Ngugi and the evils of colonialism

Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong’o. He has now authored a memoir, ‘In the House of the Interpreter’. [PHOTO: COURTESY/STANDARD]

Even though his memoir says a lot about the author, it also tells how the colonialists who invaded Kenya tried and intimidated many people and enslaved them in their own homes as JENNIFER MUCHIRI argues in this piece.

 Then said Christian: What means this? The Interpreter answered: This parlour is the heart of a man that was never sanctified by the sweet grace of the gospel.  The dust is his Original Sin and inward corruptions that have defiled the man. He that began to sweep at first is the Law; but she that brought the water and did sprinkle it is the gospel.