Other works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o include the novels Weep Not, Child (1964), The River Between (1965), Petals of Blood (1977), and A Grain of Wheat (1986) amongst many others (40+). The Black Hermit (1968; produced 1962) was the first of his many plays, of which The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976; produced 1974), cowritten with Micere Githae Mugo, is considered by some critics to be his best work.
For further reading on colonialism and post-colonialism in Africa, consider such works as Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958); Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1984); Majprie Oludge MacGoye's Coming to Birth (1986); Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Conditions (1988); Meja Mwangi's...
