Reading Petals of Blood | Alexandria
Read Petals of Blood by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o. Exposing brutal truths, this icon tears apart post-colonial facades to reveal how "development" perpetuates oppression. Through interweaving narratives of four villagers, Thiong'o shows exploitation wears new masks but keeps old patterns. His radical insight? True independence requires rejecting Western "progress" entirely and reclaiming indigenous ways.