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Fighters & Martyrs
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529983746
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $19.99

Fighters & Martyrs

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Relish a BRIEF ENCOUNTER with Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Africa's foremost voice of resistance, in this fierce collection of stories about defiance, sacrifice, and survival

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's stories of rebellion and sacrifice, where ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courage

In these tales of rebellion and sacrifice, ordinary lives burn with extraordinary courage. From fighters taking up arms against colonial rule to martyrs confronting impossible choices, these stories of struggle and resilience explore the cost of freedom and the endurance of the human spirit.

Includes the stories: The Village Priest, The Black Bird, The Martyr, The Return, A Meeting in the Dark and Goodbye Africa

BRIEF ENCOUNTERS: classic novellas and captivating stories, to be read in a single sitting or savoured over days
  • Published: 20 October 2026
  • ISBN: 9781529983746
  • Imprint: Vintage Classics
  • Format: Paperback
  • Pages: 112
  • RRP: $19.99

About the author

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the leading writers and scholars at work in the world today. His books include the novels Petals of Blood, for which he was imprisoned by the Kenyan government in 1977, A Grain of Wheat and Wizard of the Crow; the memoirs, Dreams in a Time of War, In the House of the Interpreter and Birth of a Dream Weaver; and the essays, Decolonizing the Mind, Something Torn and New and Globalectics. Recipient of many honours, among them ten honorary doctorates, he is currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine.
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Also by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Weep Not, Child
Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas
The Perfect Nine
Petals of Blood
Secret Lives & Other Stories
Wrestling with the Devil
Devil on the Cross
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