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.