Postcolonialism in the wake of the Nairobi revolution Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the idea of African literature
by
Amoko, Apollo Obonyo.
Title
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Postcolonialism in the wake of the Nairobi revolution Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the idea of African literature
Author
:
Amoko, Apollo Obonyo.
Personal Author
:
Amoko, Apollo Obonyo.
Edition
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1st ed.
Publication Information
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New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
Physical Description
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xi, 204 p.
Contents
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Introduction: pitfalls of postcolonial intellectual consciousness: African literature in the wake of the Nairobi revolution -- Early fictions of school culture: The river between and Weep not, child -- Later fictions of school culture: Petals of blood and Devil on the cross -- Theaters of school culture: festac, the Kenya national theater and the Kamiriithu theatre project, the trial of Dedan Kimathi, I will marry when I want and Kenneth Watene's Dedan Kimathi -- Conclusion: between irony and tragedy: Chiekh Hamidou Kane's ambiguous adventure in Ambiguous adventure.
Personal Subject
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Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938--Criticism and interpretation.
Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938--Influence.
Subject Term
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African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism.
Nationalism and literature -- Africa.
Postcolonialism -- Africa.
Postcolonialism in literature.
Geographic Term
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Africa -- In literature.
Kenya -- In literature.
Genre
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Electronic books.
Added Corporate Author
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ProQuest (Firm)
Electronic Access
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| Library | Material Type | Item Barcode | Shelf Number | Status |
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| IYTE Library | E-Book | 2343435-1001 | PR9381.9 .N45 Z49 2010 | Ebrary E-Books |