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Literature · 1977

Petals of Blood

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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Petals of Blood
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Carries memory forward while giving it a stronger literature expression.

Four suspects in a murder, each representing a different path of postcolonial Kenya.

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Four suspects in a murder, each representing a different path of postcolonial Kenya.

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Four suspects in a murder, each representing a different path of postcolonial Kenya.

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