Director: Manthia Diawara
Production: Balufu Bakupa-Kanyinda, K’a Yéléma Productions Editing: Harry Kafka
Camera: Petna Ndaliko Katondolo
Sound: Awam Amkpa
Country: Mali, USA, Kenya
Year: 2007
Runtime: 83’
Colour, sound

With Ngugi wa Thiong’o.

Special Mention Zanzibar International Film Festival, 2007.

This documentary follows acclaimed author Ngugi wa Thiong’o as he and his political activist wife Njeeri wa Thiong’o journey back to Kenya after years of exile. As they are welcomed home by joyous and hopeful crowds, they must also deal with those who still find their revolutionary words and deeds threatening. A useful film for discussions about African literature, postcolonial literature and experiences, the challenges facing exiled authors and the politics of language.