Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African LiteratureNgugi describes this book as 'a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of literature.' East Africa [Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda]: EAEP |
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User Review - Widsith - LibraryThingNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o had already published four acclaimed novels in English when, in 1977, he gave up the language as a vehicle for fiction. A few years later he published this polemic, which he said ... Read full review
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User Review - AndrewBlackman - LibraryThingThis is Ngugi's farewell to the English language, and he lays out his reasons for returning to his mother tongue of Gikuyu in a series of lectures converted into essays. His discussion of audience is ... Read full review
Contents
The Language of African Literature | 4 |
The Language of African Theatre | 34 |
The Language of African Fiction | 63 |
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| Title | Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature African studies Books in African studies Books on Africa & the Third World. Literary criticism Studies in African literature |
| Authors | Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo |
| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | J. Currey, 1986 |
| ISBN | 0852555016, 9780852555019 |
| Length | 114 pages |
| Subjects | › Literary Collections / African Literary Criticism / African Political Science / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism |
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