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Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a hugely influential African writer respected not only for his creative work but also for his criticism of wider cultural issues - issues such as nation and narration, power and performance, language and identity, empire and postcoloniality. Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonisation in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides fresh insight into the author's life and the historic events that produced his work.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Kenya --- In literature. --- Ngugi, James --- Cenia --- Chenia --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- GOK --- Government of Kenya --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Kenniya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Ḳenyah --- Kīniyā --- Kīnyā --- Quênia --- Republic of Kenya --- Кения --- קניה --- كينيا --- ケニア --- 肯尼亚 --- East Africa Protectorate --- Imperialism in literature.

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908 <676.2> --- Heemkunde. Area studies--Kenia --- Kenya --- History --- -Dictionaries. --- 908 <676.2> Heemkunde. Area studies--Kenia --- Kīnyā --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Chenia --- Cenia --- Government of Kenya --- Republic of Kenya --- GOK --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- ケニア --- קניה --- Ḳenyah --- Quênia --- كينيا --- Kīniyā --- 肯尼亚 --- Kenniya --- Кения --- East Africa Protectorate --- Dictionaries. --- Dictionaries

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Somalis --- Somal --- Somali --- Somalians --- Somals --- Cushites --- Ethnology --- History. --- Social conditions. --- Economic conditions. --- Kenya --- Ethnic relations. --- Economic conditions --- History --- Social conditions --- Cenia --- Chenia --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- GOK --- Government of Kenya --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Kenniya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Ḳenyah --- Kīniyā --- Kīnyā --- Quênia --- Republic of Kenya --- Кения --- קניה --- كينيا --- ケニア --- 肯尼亚 --- East Africa Protectorate

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Industrial productivity --- -Productivity, Industrial --- TFP (Total factor productivity) --- Total factor productivity --- Industrial efficiency --- Production (Economic theory) --- Kenya --- Economic conditions --- -Theses --- -Kenya --- Kīnyā --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Chenia --- Cenia --- Government of Kenya --- Republic of Kenya --- GOK --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- ケニア --- קניה --- Ḳenyah --- Quênia --- كينيا --- Kīniyā --- 肯尼亚 --- Kenniya --- Кения --- Productivity, Industrial --- Theses

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Many observers of Kenya’s complicated history see causes for concern, from the use of public office for private gain to a constitutional structure historically lopsided towards the executive branch. Yet efforts from critics and academics to diagnose the country’s problems do not often consider what these fiscal and political issues mean to ordinary Kenyans. How do Kenyans express their own political understanding, make sense of governance, and articulate what they expect from their leaders? In For Money and Elders, Robert W. Blunt addresses these questions by turning to the political, economic, and religious signs in circulation in Kenya today. He examines how Kenyans attempt to make sense of political instability caused by the uncertainty of authority behind everything from currency to title deeds. When the symbolic order of a society is up for grabs, he shows, violence may seem like an expedient way to enforce the authority of signs. Drawing on fertile concepts of sovereignty, elderhood, counterfeiting, acephaly, and more, Blunt explores phenomena as diverse as the destabilization of ritual “oaths,” public anxieties about Satanism with the advent of democratic reform, and mistrust of official signs. The result is a fascinating glimpse into Kenya’s past and present and a penetrating reflection on meanings of violence in African politics. (Provided by publisher)

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