Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Hello Readers! This blog is a part of Thinking Activity. It was assigned by Megha Ma'am, Department of English, MKBU. In this blog I am going to write about some of the ideas about Petals of Blood by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Author : Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a famous writer from Kenya. He was born on January 5, 1938, in Limuru, Kenya. He wrote many important books, and one of his most famous ones is called "Weep Not, Child," which came out in 1964. It was a big deal because it was the first important novel in English written by someone from East Africa. As Ngugi learned more about how colonialism affected Africa, he became more aware and changed his name to his traditional one. He also started writing in the language of the Kikuyu people, who are from Kenya. Ngugi wa Thiong'o was a well known writer from Kenya who wrote important books and made