Other works by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o include the novels Weep Not, Child (1964), The River Between (1965), and Petals of Blood (1977) amongst many others (40+). The Black Hermit (1968; produced 1962) was the first of several plays, of which The Trial of Dedan Kimathi (1976; produced 1974), cowritten with Micere Githae Mugo, is considered by some critics to be his best work.
For further reading on colonialism and post-colonialism in Africa consider: Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (1958), Okot p'Bitek's Song of Lawino and Song of Ocol (1984), Majprie Oludge MacGoye's Coming to Birth (1986), Tsitsi Dangarembga's Nervous Condition (1988), Meja Mwangi's The Mzungu Boy (1995), and Beverley...
