Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o

The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in neocolonial Kenya. While Ngũgĩ’s novels are generally set in Kenya, Ngũgĩ... Read more »

Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution by Helen Yaffe

In Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution, Helen Yaffe uses archival research and interviews with Che Guevara’s contemporaries and colleagues. This book records Guevara’s contribution to industrial organization, economic management, and socialist... Read more »