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Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution A. Amoko

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution By A. Amoko

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution by A. Amoko


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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.

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution Summary

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution: Ngugi wa Thiongo and the Idea of African Literature by A. Amoko

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.

Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution Reviews

"This study should be welcomed by anyone interested in postcolonial theory or African studies. Highly recommended." - CHOICE

About A. Amoko

APOLLO AMOKOAssistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Florida, USA.

Table of Contents

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: 48- 106 Later Fictions of School Culture: Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross Theaters of School Culture: Festac, the Kenya National Theatre and the Kamiriithu Theatre Project, The Trial of Dedan Kimathi, I Will Marry When I Want and Kenneth Watene's Dedan Kimathi Between Irony and Tragedy: Chiekh Hamidou Kane's Ambiguous Adventure in Ambiguous Adventure

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NPB9780230105461
9780230105461
0230105467
Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution: Ngugi wa Thiongo and the Idea of African Literature by A. Amoko
New
Hardback
Palgrave Macmillan
2010-11-17
204
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