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In the Name of the Mother: Reflections on Writers and Empire
Ngugi Wa Thiong´o
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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. ... Read more
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. ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Currey
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
Number of Pages
158
Place of Publication
Oxford, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847010841
SKU
V9781847010841
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Reviews for In the Name of the Mother: Reflections on Writers and Empire
This is vintage Ngugi, plain-spoken, intensely committed, and passionate about the values of freedom and struggle in which he still profoundly believes.
Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford This collection is various and wide-ranging. Above all it is demonstrably the product of a mind which has remained determinedly open and receptive to the ideas ... Read more
Elleke Boehmer, Professor of World Literature in English, University of Oxford This collection is various and wide-ranging. Above all it is demonstrably the product of a mind which has remained determinedly open and receptive to the ideas ... Read more