A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi wa Thiong o is a classic tale

of Kenya's struggle for independence, as seen through the

lives of ppl.
It is a novel replete with political, religious and social
observation alongside its crystallization of mid-twentieth
century history
A Grain of Wheat by Ngugi. This novel is set on the eve
of independence from British rule in Kenya, in the early 60s.
The protagonists are a handful of men, including Gikonyo and
Mugo who each face their own demons after time spent
in prison and detention camps, as political prisoners. This is a
country on the brink of change, so there is a fair amount
of hope as the resistance plots and plans for the new, free
nation they envisage.
A Grain of Wheat is a novel by Kenyan novelist Ngg wa
ThiongSet 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
19521960 Emergency/ / A Grain of Wheat centres a political
narrative about the struggle for independence and liberation in
Kenya; about rebellion against British imperialism/ s being principally
about the relationship between colonist and colonised. Rather, its about the relationships between the Africans
and the way theyve been affected by events. Some of them worked for the British; others fought them
It clearly depicted and painted a picture as to how the struggle for independence were for the Kenyans.
This novel is a stunning portrayal of British colonialism in Kenya in the lead up to Independence
Ngugi portrays how many of these characters internalize colonialism and shows the damaging
consequences of this not only on a personal level, but also on a communal one.
Ngugi's hope for the future, evident in the title, persists through the horrors of war, racism, poverty and
deception. In

this novel he again raises the same question about colonization

and colonized people and so this work is also known as his masterpiece.
He tries to bring reality and realism in front of worlds with help of all his
works and this work is also adding the same in his patriotic movement for
people and nation.