Detained!: A prison memoir - Paperback

by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (Author)

In this book, Ngügi describes with great accomplishment, the purposeful degradation and humiliation of political prisoners, the neglect and casual cruelty that undermined their health, and the debilitating blend of tension and tedium that marked each day in prison. An artfully integrated series of reflections enables him to consider hi own writings, the nature of imprisonment, and the way forward for th"e people of Kenya