چکیده (انگلیسی):

The present study captures the role of the literary artists in the struggle for emancipation of Africa. Brief allusions are
made to southern and western African literary works, but East Africa is used as a major microcosm of the
representation. Ngugi wa Thiongo’s A Grain of Wheat (1967) is analyzed using the sociological approach to the study
of literature with a view to identifying how the author has through the instrumentality of his novel been able to project
the realities of blacks emancipation in Kenya. To this end therefore, the historical, economic and social realities of the
Kenyan society isanalyzedas source materials which Nguigi has used to x-ray his society. The research concludes that,
Ngugi has been able to effectively capture therealities of his society through his novel.