<span>A. A farmer who has to give most of what he farms to someone else
A serf was almost a slave to the king or lord.
Hope that helps.</span>
Starting the stories with his childhood makes Ngugi's stories seem more real than others because people think that it is a real life story.Mentioning childhood invokes multiple senses of the readers,engages the readers,evokes strong emotions as people start to think of their own childhood as well, helps in creating intriguing and complex characters for Ngugi's stories,the writer may use rich character voice,Ngugi is able to pull his readers into action.
Alexander Hamilton Stephens is the man you are looking for. I know this because he was the governor of Georgia from 1882-1883. After 4 months of being Governor he died in office on March 4, 1883.