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Dreams in a Time of War
- A Childhood Memoir
- By: Ngugi wa'Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Hakeem Kae-Kazim
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
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Of Kenya's largest ethnic group, the Kikuyu, Ngugi wa Thiongo was born in 1938 in the backlands of his country (Kiambu district) to a father whose four wives bore him two dozen or so children. Ngugi was the fifth child of the third wife. His father was a peasant farmer forced to become a squatter after the British Imperial Act of 1915. Before going off to school, he had what was then considered a bizarre and inexplicable thirst for learning....
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An escape through education
- By Tango on 06-17-12
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Dreams in a Time of War
- A Childhood Memoir
- Narrated by: Hakeem Kae-Kazim
- Length: 7 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 02-13-12
- Language: English
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The Perfect Nine
- The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
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In his first attempt at the epic form, Ngũgĩ tells the story of the founding of the Gĩkũyũ people of Kenya, from a strongly feminist perspective. A verse narrative, blending folklore, mythology, adventure, and allegory, The Perfect Nine chronicles the efforts the Gĩkũyũ founders make to find partners for their ten beautiful daughters - called “The Perfect Nine” - and the challenges they set for the 99 suitors who seek their hands in marriage. The epic has all the elements of adventure, with suspense, danger, humor, and sacrifice.
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Very Nice
- By Ifayemisi on 04-30-23
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The Perfect Nine
- The Epic of Gĩkũyũ and Mũmbi
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 2 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 10-06-20
- Language: English
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Birth of a Dream Weaver
- A Writer's Awakening
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
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Birth of a Dream Weaver charts the very beginnings of a writer’s creative output. In this wonderful memoir, Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounts the four years he spent at Makerere University in Kampala, Uganda - threshold years during which he found his voice as a journalist, short story writer, playwright, and novelist just as colonial empires were crumbling and new nations were being born - under the shadow of the rivalries, intrigues, and assassinations of the Cold War.
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Important memoir, disappointing production
- By Håkon Astrup on 01-27-21
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Birth of a Dream Weaver
- A Writer's Awakening
- Narrated by: Benjamin A. Onyango
- Length: 6 hrs and 28 mins
- Release date: 12-29-20
- Language: English
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A Grain of Wheat
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
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Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952-1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested.
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One of Kenya's Great
- By Afro History fan on 07-31-19
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A Grain of Wheat
- Narrated by: Ron Butler
- Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 07-09-19
- Language: English
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En la casa del intérprete (Narración en Castellano) [In the House of the Interpreter]
- Memorias de infancia (Ciclogénesis) [A Memoir (Cyclogenesis)]
- By: Rita da Costa - translator, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Carlos Olalla
- Length: 8 hrs
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En Sueños en tiempos de guerra, Ngũgĩ dibuja hábilmente una era pasada, capturando el paisaje, la gente y la cultura. Narrado desde los ojos de un niño y al mismo tiempo la inteligencia de una vida dedicada, entre otras cosas, al estudio y la defensa de las culturas minorizadas, el audiolibro evidencia la vicisitudes sociales y políticas de la vida colonial y la guerra.
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En la casa del intérprete (Narración en Castellano) [In the House of the Interpreter]
- Memorias de infancia (Ciclogénesis) [A Memoir (Cyclogenesis)]
- Narrated by: Carlos Olalla
- Length: 8 hrs
- Release date: 07-27-20
- Language: Spanish
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Sueños en Tiempos de Guerra (Narración en Castellano) [Dreams in a Time of War]
- Ciclogénesis [Cyclogenesis]
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Miguel García
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o es estudiante en una prestigiosa escuela de Nairobi cuando la guerrilla Mau Mau reclama la independencia de Kenia. La etapa de más represión del gobierno británico coincide con su entrada al instituto, donde se siente protegido. Así, cuando Ngũgĩ visita su pueblo lo encuentra devastado y trasladado cerca de la vigilancia de las autoridades en un conjunto de pueblos a modo de campo de concentración.
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Sueños en Tiempos de Guerra (Narración en Castellano) [Dreams in a Time of War]
- Ciclogénesis [Cyclogenesis]
- Narrated by: Miguel García
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 08-13-20
- Language: Spanish
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Nace un tejedor de sueños (Narración en Castellano) [A Weaver of Dreams Is Born]
- El despertar de un escritor (Ciclogénesis) [The Awakening of a Writer]
- By: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Leopoldo Ballesteros
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
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Nace un tejedor de sueños es el despertar de un escritor y es la liberación de un pueblo. Mientras Ngũgĩ va a estudiar a la Universidad de Makerere, en Uganda, su pueblo se defiende del Imperio británico. En aquellos tiempos convulsos es cuando nace uno de los intelectuales más importantes de nuestra época, formándose como periodista, escritor de cuentos, dramaturgo y novelista.
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Nace un tejedor de sueños (Narración en Castellano) [A Weaver of Dreams Is Born]
- El despertar de un escritor (Ciclogénesis) [The Awakening of a Writer]
- Narrated by: Leopoldo Ballesteros
- Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
- Release date: 08-13-20
- Language: Spanish
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Fiction: An African Landscape (2010): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
- Panel 1084
- By: Mr. Kwei Quartey, Mr. Ngugi wa Thiong'o
- Narrated by: Ms. Lisa Fugard
- Length: 57 mins
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The Los Angeles Times Festival of Books began in 1996 with a simple goal: to bring together the people who create books with the people who love to read them. The festival was an immediate success and has become the largest and most prestigious book festival in the country, attracting more than 130,000 book lovers each year.
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Fiction: An African Landscape (2010): Los Angeles Times Festival of Books
- Panel 1084
- Narrated by: Ms. Lisa Fugard
- Length: 57 mins
- Release date: 08-12-10
- Language: English
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Scrivere per la pace
- Rendere l'Africa visibile al mondo
- By: Thiong'o Ngugi Wa
- Narrated by: Luciano Roffi
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
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Per oltre sessant'anni, Ngugi wa Thiongb ha scritto dell'Africa con indomito coraggio, affrontando domande, ponendo sfide, raccogliendo storie e provando a immaginare un futuro possibile per il suo continente. Nella sua ampia produzione letteraria, "Scrivere per la pace" rappresenta il punto più alto della sua riflessione saggistica, raccogliendo per la prima volta i testi scritti dall'autore in oltre tre decenni su una vasta area di tematiche.
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Scrivere per la pace
- Rendere l'Africa visibile al mondo
- Narrated by: Luciano Roffi
- Length: 3 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 12-17-19
- Language: Italian
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