Memoir and Ngugi’s unique side

Many know him as a serious writer, one who could be weeping all the time, but as JOHN KARIUKI argues, the author portrays his hilarious image in the book

 Like me, many fans of Ngugi wa Thiong’o are likely to be nonplussed to learn that he was saved and a staunch member of the Balokole, a movement of Jesus-is-my-personal-saviour adherents, while at Alliance High School between 1955-58! It hit me as ironic that Ngugi, who, through his works has distinguished himself, as Kenya’s foremost critic of the hypocrisy with which we practise brand Kenya Christianity, would spend his secondary school years trying to win souls on behalf of the Lord!