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1. What is a memoir?

A memoir is a personal account of an experience written by someone with direct or ntimate knowledge of the experience.

2. What descriptive words does Ngũgĩ use to show the reader what his home looks like upon his first return?

Ngũgĩ says his home is, “rubble of burnt, dry mud, splinters of wood and grass" (5). He says the whole village has “disappeared.” Other words he uses are “desolation,” “emptiness,” and the rubble where homes used to be as “tombs” (5).

3. Why does Ngũgĩ refer to Alliance as a sanctuary?

Ngũgĩ refers to Alliance as a sanctuary because it feels separate from the world outside, in which Guerilla fighters are at war with colonial forces.

4. In what ways does Ngũgĩ say Alliance used schools of the American South as a model when it first opened?

Using schools of the American South as a model, Alliance, when first opened, had classes in agriculture and carpentry and mostly produced teachers.

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