Contents

pp v-viii

Preface

pp ix-xii

Acknowledgements

pp xiii-xiv

Chronology

pp xv-xix

Photographic Section

pp xx-xxii

Introduction: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Reflections on His Life of Writing

pp 1-12

Ngũgĩ at Work

pp 13-22

Part I - Serenades & Beginnings

pp 23-24

1 - Hyperbolic Praise Poetry for Ngũgĩ @80 … In Imitation of African Orature

pp 25-34

2 - A Song at Dawn (for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o)

pp 35-35

3 - Ngũgĩ in Eritrea

pp 36-40

4 - Up From Makerere: On the Publication of Weep Not, Child

pp 41-44

5 - Encountering Ngũgĩ at Leeds: An Interview with Peter Nazareth

pp 45-47

6 - The Book that Made Me: On Weep Not, Child

pp 48-50

7 - Note from a Literary Son

pp 51-52

8 - What is in a Name?

pp 53-56

9 - In Exile: Between Britain & Kenya

pp 57-60

Part II - Memories, Recollections & Tributes

pp 61-62

10 - Remembering Early Conversations with Ngũgĩ

pp 63-65

11 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o at 80: Pongezi (Congratulations!)

pp 66-68

12 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o at 80: Inspiring Encounters

pp 69-74

13 - Ngũgĩ in the 1970s at the University of Nairobi

pp 75-78

14 - ‘Professor, You are in Ngũgĩ's Book’

pp 79-85

15 - Mũraata, Mũrutani, na Mũthikĩrĩria (Friend, Teacher & Listener)

pp 86-90

16 - Fear & Trepidation in Asmara: Meeting Ngũgĩ

pp 91-96

17 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: A True Story

pp 97-101

18 - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: Tribute on His 80th Birthday

pp 102-106

Part III - Working with Ngũgĩ

pp 107-108

19 - Ngũgĩ & the Decolonization of Publishing

pp 109-114