Wrestling with the Devil

A Prison Memoir is an account of Ngũgĩ's year-long detention without trial at Kenya's Kamĩtĩ Maximum Security Prison in 1978, following the staging of his politically charged Gĩkũyũ play. Written secretly on toilet paper during his imprisonment, the memoir details his psychological endurance, critique of authoritarianism, and unwavering belief in political resistance and cultural freedom.