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    "description": "In exile now for more than twenty years, Ng\u0169g\u0129 wa Thiong'o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him international attention and praise. His aim in Wizard of the Crow is, in his own words,nothing less than \u201cto sum up Africa of the twentieth century in the context of two thousand years of world history.\u201d\n\nCommencing in \u201cour times\u201d and set in the \u201cFree Republic of Abur\u0129ria,\u201d the novel dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for control of the souls of the Abur\u0129rian people. Among the contenders: His High Mighty Excellency; the eponymous Wizard, an avatar of folklore and wisdom; the corrupt Christian Ministry; and the nefarious Global Bank. Fashioning the stories of the powerful and the ordinary into a dazzling mosaic, Wizard of the Crow reveals humanity in all its endlessly surprising complexity.",
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