A classic of African postcolonial literature, Petals of Blood is best understood next to other highlights of the genre. These include Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's other novels Weep Not Child and The River Between, Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart, Wole Soyinka's Death and the King's Horseman, and Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Condition.
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