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Title:

NGUGI WA THIONG'O

By:

Simon Gikandi

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ISBN 10:

052148006X

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9780521480062

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Publisher:

CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY PRESS

Pub. date:

11 May, 2000

Series:

Cambridge Studies in African & Caribbean Literature No.8

Pages:

342

Description:

A comprehensive study of all the works of Kenyan dramatist and novelist, Ngugu wa Thiong'o, first published in 2000.

Synopsis:

Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a hugely influential African writer respected not only for his creative work but also for his criticism of wider cultural issues - issues such as nation and narration, power and performance, language and identity, empire and postcoloniality. Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, 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 decolonisation 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 fresh insight into the author's life and the historic events that produced his work.

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