GUIDE TO THE RIVER BETWEEN BY NGUGI WA THIONG'O: Notes and Comprehensive Analysis of the text

The story sets in Kameno and Makuyu in Kenya particularly in the remote highlands of central Kenya during the time of Mau Mau emergency or rebellion which was a violent uprising by the kikuyu people against British control whose saw the region in a state of emergency from 1952 to 1960. Setting brings about authenticity in a work of art. Via an artistically realistic setting, the reader is able to identify with the story and its characters. This is because the reader can succinctly place the work historically, geographically and culturally, with the help of the details the author gives.