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Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution: Ngugi wa Thiong’a and the Idea of African Literature

Posted by Black Africa - March 23, 2012 - Culture
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This work examines both the emergence of African literature and its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature and the processes of nationalist legitimization and between colonial and postcolonial school cultures and national cultures. Of particular interest is Ngugi wa Thiong’o, a paradigmatic postcolonial intellectual who was instrumental in shaping both the African literary tr… More >>

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution: Ngugi wa Thiong’a and the Idea of African Literature

Originally posted 2010-05-05 21:34:25.

African, Idea, Literature, nairobi, Ngugi, Revolution, wake

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(Dedicicated To Zulu Chief Shaka)

Hero who surpasses other heroes!
Swallow that disappears in the clouds,
Others disappearing into the heavens!
Son of Menzi!
Viper of Ndaba!
Erect, ready to strike,
It strikes the shields of men!
Father of the cock!
Why did it disappear over the mountains?
It annihilated men!
That is Shaka,
Son of Senzangakhona,
Of whom it is said, Bayede!
You are an elephant!

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