Kristen Osborne-Bartucca, author of ClassicNote. Completed on May 13, 2016,
copyright held by GradeSaver.
Updated and revised by Aaron Suduiko June 05, 2016. Copyright held by GradeSaver.
Thiong'o, Ngugi wa. A Grain of Wheat. New York: Penguin Books, 2012.
Caminero-Santangelo, Byron. “Neocolonialism and the Betrayal Plot in "A Grain of Wheat": Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o's Re-vision of "under Western Eyes"”. Research in African Literatures 29.1 (1998): 139–152.
Vaughan, Michael. “African Fiction and Popular Struggle: The Case of "A Grain of Wheat"”. English in Africa 8.2 (1981): 23–52.
Harrow, Kenneth. “Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's "A Grain of Wheat": Season of Irony”. Research in African Literatures 16.2 (1985): 243–263.
Jabbi, Bu-Buakei. “The Structure of Symbolism in "A Grain of Wheat"”. Research in African Literatures 16.2 (1985): 210–242.
MUGESERA, Léon. “Guilt and Redemption in Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's « A Grain of Wheat »”. Présence Africaine 125 (1983): 214–232.
Maughan-Brown, David. “"mau Mau" and Violence in Ngugi's Novels”. English in Africa 8.2 (1981): 1–22.
One recurring theme or motif is that of rain. It is often drizzly or raining in the novel. This rain is sometimes purifying, sometimes harmful and an omen of gloom and subversion of promise and hope. It is rainy the night before and the day of...
A Grain of Wheat study guide contains a biography of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, literature essays, quiz questions, major themes, characters, and a full summary and analysis.
A Grain of Wheat essays are academic essays for citation. These papers were written primarily by students and provide critical analysis of A Grain of Wheat by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.
