《一粒麦种》是恩古吉最知名的作品,也是一部描写肯尼亚人民反抗殖民者的史诗性作品。在茅茅运动中,作者经历过家人被捕、同父异母的兄弟被射杀和母亲遭受Kamiriithu英国地方军的折磨,因此茅茅运动便成为了他多部作品中的重要背景。《一粒麦种》中的人物和情节也正是以茅茅运动为背景塑造和展开的。小说的主人公黑人莫果曾经是反 One grain of wheat is Ngugu Ji’s most famous piece of work and an epic piece depicting the people of Kenya against colonists. In the Mau Mau campaign, Mau Mau’s movement became an important backdrop to many of his works as the author experienced the arrest of his family, the shooting of his half-brother and the torture of his mother against the British Army Kamiriithu. The characters and plots in “One Grain of Wheat” are precisely shaped and developed under the background of Mau Mau. The protagonist of the novel Black Mogu used to be the opposite