Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross uses oral storytelling and dialogue to illustrate the ideas that underlie the plot of the novel, making statements about the colonization and decolonization of Kenya. Kenya’s capitalism and corruption caused...

In Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s “The Black Bird”, Mangara, the main character, believes that the black bird is responsible for deaths in his family. His spends his whole life looking for the black bird after it kills his close family members. Mangara looks...