Postcolonialism in the wake of the Nairobi revolution : Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the idea of African literature / by Apollo Obonyo Amoko.
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TextPublisher: New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010Description: xi, 204 pContent type: text Media type: computer Carrier type: online resourceISBN: 9780230113985 (ebook)Subject(s): Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938- -- Criticism and interpretation | Ngugi wa Thiongo, 1938- -- Influence | African literature -- 20th century -- History and criticism | Nationalism and literature -- Africa | Postcolonialism -- Africa | Postcolonialism in literature | Literature | Literary theory | African history | Cultural studies | Sociology | Social & cultural anthropology | Politics & government | Anthropology | Society & culture: general | Africa | Africa -- In literature | Kenya -- In literatureGenre/Form: Online access: Click here to access online Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230105461Summary: This work examines both the emergence of African literature & its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature & the processes of nationalist legitimization & between colonial & postcolonial school cultures & national cultures.
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This work examines both the emergence of African literature & its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature & the processes of nationalist legitimization & between colonial & postcolonial school cultures & national cultures.
Also available in printed form ISBN 9780230105461
Electronic reproduction. Askews and Holts. Mode of access: World Wide Web.
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