Dreams in a Time of War

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Dreams in a Time of War is a memoir by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o recounting his childhood and coming of age amid the political and social upheavals of colonial Kenya.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf memoir
about Gikuyu community
impact of war on civilians
rural Kenyan life
author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Kenya NERFINISHED
followedBy In the House of the Interpreter NERFINISHED
genre autobiography
non-fiction
hasAuthorNationality Kenyan NERFINISHED
hasFormat audiobook
e-book
hardcover
paperback
literaryForm prose
literaryMovement postcolonial literature
literaryPeriod 21st-century literature
literarySeries Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o memoir cycle
mainSubject British colonialism in Kenya
Mau Mau era NERFINISHED
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o NERFINISHED
childhood
colonial Kenya
coming of age
education
family life
political upheaval
poverty
narrativePerspective first-person
notableTheme colonial oppression
dreams and aspirations
family bonds
power of education
resilience
originalLanguage English
publicationYear 2010
publisher Harvill Secker NERFINISHED
Pantheon Books NERFINISHED
settingPlace Central Kenya NERFINISHED
Limuru NERFINISHED
colonial Kenya
settingTime 1940s
1950s
targetAudience adult readers

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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o notableWork Dreams in a Time of War