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| Named Person: | Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo; Ngugi wa Thiong'o. |
|---|---|
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Oliver Lovesey |
| ISBN: | 0805716955 9780805716955 |
| OCLC Number: | 42597702 |
| Description: | xiii, 164 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction: Kenyan history, Ngugi's life and career, Ngugi and postcolonial studies -- (Re)writing history: early fiction -- Mau Mau aesthetics: later fiction -- Performing revolution: plays and film -- Armed words for mental decolonization: nonfiction prose. |
| Series Title: | Twayne's world authors series, TWAS 890.; Twayne's world authors series., African literature. |
| Responsibility: | Oliver Lovesey. |
Abstract:
"Simon Gikandi's study offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonization in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides insight int the author's life and the historic events that produced his work."--BOOK JACKET.
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