title: Lost Love Form: African Chronicles
author: Shamseddin Giwa
description: Born in Nigeria, Shamseddin is a motivational speaker and relationship consultant who specialises in modern communication tools with a flavour of humour. He writes for all ages but focuses more on younger relationships looking to find an equilibrium.
zlib_text: NGUGI WA 
  THIONG’O
  THE EPIC OF GĪKŪYŪ AND MŪMBI
  THE
  
  The Perfect Nine
  
  A l s o  by  N g ũ g ĩ  wa  T h io ng’o
  f i c t i o n
  Wizard of the Crow
  Petals of Blood
  Weep Not, Child
  The River Between
  A Grain of Wheat
  Devil on the Cross
  Matigari
  Minutes of Glory
  p l a y s
  The Black Hermit
  This Time Tomorrow
  The Trial of Dedan Kimathi  
  (with Micere Mugo)
  I Will Marry When I Want  
  (with Ngũgĩ wa Mĩriĩ)
  
  m e m o i r s
  Wrestling with the Devil:  
  A Prison Memoir
  Dreams in a Time of War:  
  A Childhood Memoir
  In the House of the Interpreter:  
  A Memoir
  Birth of a Dream Weaver:  
  A Writer’s Awakening
  e s s a y s
  Globalectics
  Something Torn and New
  Decolonising the Mind
  Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams
  Moving the Centre
  Writers in Politics
  Homecoming
  Secure the Base:  
  Making Africa Visible in the Globe
  
  The 
  Perfect 
  Nine
  The Epic of Gĩkũyũ  
  and Mũmbi
  Ngũgĩ wa Tiong’o
  Translated from the Gĩkũyũ 
  original by the author
  NEW YORK
  LONDON
  
  Contents
  Notes on The Perfect Nine:  
  The Story of Gĩkũyũ and 