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Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Paperback): Simon Gikandi

Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Paperback)

Simon Gikandi

Series: Cambridge Studies in African and 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.

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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: Cambridge Studies in African and Caribbean Literature
Release date: September 2009
First published: May 2009
Authors: Simon Gikandi
Dimensions: 216 x 140 x 20mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback - Trade
Pages: 344
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-11901-6
Categories: Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Literary studies > From 1900
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Plays & playwrights > General
Books > Language & Literature > Literature: history & criticism > Novels, other prose & writers > General
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LSN: 0-521-11901-4
Barcode: 9780521119016

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