Critical Essays On Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo

Author : Peter Nazareth
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 55,5 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Africa
ISBN : UCSC:32106015725697

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Critical Essays on Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo by Peter Nazareth Pdf

The full range of literary traditions comes to life in the Twayne Critical Essays Series. Volume editors have carefully selected critical essays that represent the full spectrum of controversies, trends and methodologies relating to each author's work. Essays include writings from the author's native country and abroad, with interpretations from the time they were writing, through the present day. Each volume includes: -- An introduction providing the reader with a lucid overview of criticism from its beginnings -- illuminating controversies, evaluating approaches and sorting out the schools of thought -- The most influential reviews and the best reprinted scholarly essays -- A section devoted exclusively to reviews and reactions by the subject's contemporaries -- Original essays, new translations and revisions commissioned especially for the series -- Previously unpublished materials such as interviews, lost letters and manuscript fragments -- A bibliography of the subject's writings and interviews -- A name and subject index The highly acclaimed African writer (Petals of Blood, A Grain of Wheat) who illuminates the struggles of Africa and the Third World by writing about his own people, the Gikuyu.

Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1981
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 043591751X

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Writers in Politics by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Page : 162 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9781847010841

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In the Name of the Mother by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

Alongside the impact of his early novels and plays, and his more recent memoirs, these essays give new insights into Ngugi's and other writers' responses to colonialism - there is new material here for students of literature, politics and culture. Renowned worldwide, as novelist and dramatist, Ngugi wa Thiongo's contributions to the body of critical writing on African literature, politics and society have been highly significant. His best known critical work is Decolonising the Mind, which since publication in 1986 has profoundly influenced other writers, critics, scholars and students. These latest essays reflect Ngugi's continuing interests and enthusiasms. His choice of writers is original. He makes us look again at their novels to address his lifelong concerns with the ways to independence, the meanings of colonialism and the takeover by neo-colonialism, and the functions of literature in political as well asliterary terms. They will appeal not only to his international band of supporters. They will also introduce his views to young people discovering African and Caribbean literature. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine. Ngugi is renowned for his essays, including the seminal Decolonising the Mind (James Currey 1986); his plays, which led to his detentionin Kenya; his novels - the most recent works being The Wizard of the Crow (2007, translated into English from Gikuyu) and his memoirs Dreams in a Time of War and In the House of the Interpreter East Africa [Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda]: EAEP

Author : Charles Cantalupo
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 398 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 086543445X

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Ngũgĩ Wa Thiongʼo by Charles Cantalupo Pdf

Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts contains a generous sampling of this unprecedented historic event. Containing many of the conference's most distinguished critical discussions of Ngugi's this self-described 'unrepentant universalist' still rooted in his home of Kenya regardless of his exile. In Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Texts and Contexts, the book and the conference, as in The World of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the text upon which the conference was built, Ngugi's work becomes a site of accumulation, like many forms of African sculpture.

Author : Simon Gikandi,D. Ndirangu Wachanga
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2018
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781847012142

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Ngũgĩ by Simon Gikandi,D. Ndirangu Wachanga Pdf

This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contributors, including writers, critics, publishers and activists, the volume traces the emergence of Ngugi as a novelist in the early 1960s, his contribution to the African culture of letters at its moment of inception, and his global artistic life in the twenty-first century. Here we have both personal andcritical reflections on the different phases of the writer's life: there are poems from friends and admirers, commentaries from his co-workers in public theatre in Kenya in the 1970s and 1980s, and from his political associates in the fight for democracy, and contributions on his role as an intellectual of decolonization, as well as his experiences in the global art world. Included also are essays on Ngugi's role outside the academy, in the world of education, community theatre, and activism. In addition to tributes from other authors who were influenced by Ngugi, the collection contains hitherto unknown materials that are appearing in English for the first time. Both a celebration of the writer, and a rethinking of his legacy, this book brings together three generations of Ngugi readers. We have memories and recollections from the people he worked with closely in the 1960s, the students that he taught atthe University of Nairobi in the 1970s, his political associates during his exile in the 1980s, and the people who worked with him as he embarked on a new life and career in the United States in the 1990s. First-hand accounts reveal how Ngugi's life and work have intersected, and the multiple forces that have converged to make him one of the greatest writers to come out of Africa in the twentieth century. Simon Gikandi is Robert Schirmer Professor of English, Princeton University. He is President of the MLA and was editor of its journal PMLA, from 2011-2016. Ndirangu Wachanga is Professor of Media Studies and Information Science at the University of Wisconsin. He is also the authorized documentary biographer of Professors Ali A. Mazrui, Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Micere Mugo.

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 233 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 2023-10-01
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781803288802

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Homecoming by Ngugi wa Thiong'o Pdf

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong'o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial Africa. In these essays, Ngugi wa Thiong'o eloquently interweaves a range of issues including religious oppression, consumerism, and independence with the powerful intellect and passion that has come to characterise his writing. These pieces are essential for readers wishing to uncover a critical perspective on African society and culture. Homecoming is a groundbreaking collection intended to provoke and encourage thoughtful debate on how best to 'restore the creative glory of Africa and of all Africans' in the wake of postcolonialism. 'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'A tremendous writer... It's hard to doubt the power of the written word when you hear the story of Ngugi wa Thiong'o.' Guardian 'One of Africa's greatest writers.' New York Times

Author : Charles Cantalupo
Publisher : Africa World Press
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : History
ISBN : 086543459X

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The World of Ngūgī Wa Thiong'o by Charles Cantalupo Pdf

Inspired by the work of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, this collection of twelve essays and two interviews surveys the wide variety of Ngugi's work from his earliest writings to his most recent - including essays, all his novels, and his writings for children. Also included are extensive discussions of Ngugi's writings in English and Gikuyu, his use of oral literary techniques, his tragic exile, and his revolutionary politics.

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 126 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 1986
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780852555019

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Decolonising the Mind by Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.

Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : Boydell & Brewer
Page : 186 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 9780852555415

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Writers in Politics by Ngugi wa Thiong'o,Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

This book reflects many of the concerns found in Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre.

Author : Oliver Lovesey
Publisher : Modern Language Association
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-01
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
ISBN : 9781603291835

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Approaches to Teaching the Works of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o by Oliver Lovesey Pdf

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of postindependence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in Gĩkũyũ, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism continue despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile. Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the teaching of Ngũgĩ's novels, plays, memoirs, and criticism. The essays of part 2, "Approaches," consider the influence of Frantz Fanon, Karl Marx, and Joseph Conrad on Ngũgĩ; the role of women in and influence of feminism on his fiction; his interpretation and political use of African history; his experimentation with orality and allegory in narrative; and the different challenges of teaching Ngũgĩ in classrooms in the United States, Europe, and Africa."

Author : Gale, Cengage Learning
Publisher : Gale, Cengage Learning
Page : 23 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2016
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781410352248

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A Study Guide for Ngugi wa Thiong'o's "The Martyr" by Gale, Cengage Learning Pdf

Author : Patrick Williams
Publisher : Manchester University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 0719047315

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Ngugi Wa Thiong'o by Patrick Williams Pdf

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is one of the most important contemporary world writers--his name has for many become synonymous with cultural controversy and political struggle. Patrick William's lucid analysis offers the most up-to-date study of Ngugi's writing, including his most recent collections of essays. Focusing on important aspects of Ngugi's more obscure works, and drawing on a wide range of relevant theoretical perspectives, this study examines the growing complexity of Ngugi's accounts of the history of colonized and postcolonial Kenya.

Author : Carol Sicherman
Publisher : London [England] ; New York : H. Zell Publishers
Page : 288 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : UOM:39015017937007

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Ngugi Wa Thiongʼo by Carol Sicherman Pdf

"...AN EXHAUSTIVE & COMPREHENSIVE BIBLIOGRAPHY...AN ESSENTIAL ADDITION TO ANY COLLECTION THAT SUPPORTS UPPER-DIVISION UNDERGRADUATE OR GRADUATE WORK IN AFRICAN LITERATURE OR AFRICAN STUDIES."--CHOICE. "...[AN] OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT...INDISPENSABLE RESEARCH TOOL."--MATATU. This comprehensive bibliography traces Ngugi's work from juvenalia through Matigari & covers the burgeoning world-wide criticism. It includes not only Ngugi's published works, but interviews, manuscripts & other published materials as well as nearly 1,400 articles & books. Four detailed indexes list authors, editors & translators; Ngugi's titles & all references to them; interviews & subjects. (BIBLIOGRAPHICAL RESEARCH IN AFRICAN WRITTEN LITERATURE, 1)

Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
Publisher : East African Publishers
Page : 788 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2007
Category : Africa
ISBN : 9966254919

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Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo Pdf

Author : Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Publisher : Columbia University Press
Page : 121 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2012-01-31
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9780231530750

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Globalectics by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Pdf

A masterful writer working in many genres, Ngugi wa Thiong'o entered the East African literary scene in 1962 with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National Theatre in Uganda. In 1977 he was imprisoned after his most controversial work, Ngaahika Ndeenda (I Will Marry When I Want), produced in Nairobi, sharply criticized the injustices of Kenyan society and unequivocally championed the causes of ordinary citizens. Following his release, Ngugi decided to write only in his native Gikuyu, communicating with Kenyans in one of the many languages of their daily lives, and today he is known as one of the most outspoken intellectuals working in postcolonial theory and the global postcolonial movement. In this volume, Ngugi wa Thiong'o summarizes and develops a cross-section of the issues he has grappled with in his work, which deploys a strategy of imagery, language, folklore, and character to "decolonize the mind." Ngugi confronts the politics of language in African writing; the problem of linguistic imperialism and literature's ability to resist it; the difficult balance between orality, or "orature," and writing, or "literature"; the tension between national and world literature; and the role of the literary curriculum in both reaffirming and undermining the dominance of the Western canon. Throughout, he engages a range of philosophers and theorists writing on power and postcolonial creativity, including Hegel, Marx, Lévi-Strauss, and Aimé Césaire. Yet his explorations remain grounded in his own experiences with literature (and orature) and reworks the difficult dialectics of theory into richly evocative prose.