Ngugi wa Thiong'o

By:

Simon Gikandi

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Paperback / softback

Series:

Cambridge Studies in African & Caribbean Literature

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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.

Release date Australia

September 3rd, 2009

Author

Simon Gikandi

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Undergraduate

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Worked examples or Exercises

Pages

344

Series

Cambridge Studies in African & Caribbean Literature

Dimensions

140x216x20

ISBN-13

9780521119016

Product ID

3219981

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