Petals of Blood (1977), the fourth novel by the author, follows four characters — Munira, Abdulla, Wanja, and Karega — in post-independence Kenya. The novel denounces the betrayal by the ruling elite and the social inequalities that persisted after the Mau Mau movement.
Sources
- “Petals of Blood”, Open Library, https://openlibrary.org/search.json?author=Ngugi+wa+Thiong%27o