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A study of the works of Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugu wa Thiong'o explores the development of his major novels and plays against a background of colonialsim and its aftermath in Kenya.
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Table of Contents
Introduction: reading texts and contexts
Narrative and nationalist desire: early short stories and The river between
Educating colonial subjects: the "emergency stories" and Weep not, child
Representing decolonization: A grain of wheat
The poetics of cultural production: the later short stories and Petals of blood
Performance and power: the plays
The prisonhouse of culture: Detained and Devil on the cross
The work of art in exile: Matigari
Writing freedom: essays and criticism
Conclusion
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Originally published: 2000.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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