Africa Writes Back by James Currey

Author:James Currey
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Ohio University Press

It had been assumed in Nairobi, as in London, that the novel would outsell the play despite being published in full. The demand for both books was almost equal. By the end of 1980 three impressions totalling 15,000 of the novel and 13,000 of the play had been printed. Douglas Killam asked me in 1982 to estimate the readership. I took a conservative guess that each copy would be read by an average of six or seven people which would mean at least 100,000 readers for each book. There was a ready second-hand market going on the pavements down River Road. In addition, how many people had heard the books read aloud?

Ngũgĩ had come out of detention at the end of 1978 even more determined to push forward his writing and publishing philosophy without compromise. Keith Sambrook wrote:

Ngũgĩ is certainly not modifying his views as his full page in the Kenyan supplement of The Guardian the other day clearly shows. Being his publisher will no doubt cause us some awkward moments from now on but we shall retain the most important writer in Africa on our list. (KS to HC 15 June 1979)

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