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Petals of Blood

by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

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Four people in a Kenyan village are drawn into a murder investigation and a changing country.

AfricanLiterary fictionHistoricalColonialismPoliticsClass

  • First published 1977
  • Length Long (a big read)
  • Language English

In lists: African classics

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