April 15, Thursday, 7:30pm
A special benefit evening to save Revolution Books
NGŨGĨ WA THIONG'O

In a rare New York City appearance, the world-renowned author from Kenya will read and talk about his new book Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir

    

Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o's remarkable novels and plays paint a harsh and unsparing picture of life in neo-colonial Kenya. He has been imprisoned more than once in Kenya for his books, and for his outspoken resistance, including his theoretical work on post-colonial literature. The first of his novels composed in Gikuyu, his mother tongue, Devil on the Cross, was written in prison on toilet paper in the late 1970s.

Ngũgĩ's books have been translated into more than 30 languages. He now lives in exile in the U.S. Formerly a professor at NYU, he is currently a Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.

For more on Ngũgĩ: http://www.ngugiwathiongo.com/. Listen here to a great interview with Ngũgĩ and Michael Slate on Pacifica radio. Listen here to Ngũgĩ on the Leonard Lopate show on NPR. Ngũgĩ will be interviewed next week on Democracy Now and Wake-Up Call on WBAI. Watch our website for exact times.

The event takes place at Judson Memorial Church, 55 Washington Square South (south side of Wash Square Park). Take R, W to 8th St., or A, C, E, F and V to W. 4th St., or #1 to Christopher St.

TICKETS STILL AVAILABLE AT THE DOOR
Tickets: $15
Students with ID: $5
Benefit tickets:
$100-- includes copy of Ngugi's memoir and special seating
$250-- includes the above + 1-year membership in Friends of Revolution Books

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