FIGHTERS & MARTYRS

97pp., paperback, Vintage Classics, London (1975) 2026

ISBN: 9781529983746

These six stories of rebellion and sacrifice were first published in 1975 in Secret Lives and Other Stories.

Stories included in this collection: The Village Priest, The Black Bird, The Martyr, The Return, A Meeting in the Dark and Goodbye Africa.

Ngugi wa Thiong’o (1938-2025) was born in Limuru, Kenya, and went on to become one of the leading writers and scholars of our times. He books include the novels Petals of Blood, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essay collections Decolonizing the Mind, Decolonizing Language and Homecoming.