following entry presents an overview of Ngugi’s career through 2002. See also Ngugi wa Thiong’o Criticism. As a spokesman for his people and a chronicler of Kenya’s modern history‚ Ngugi is widely regarded as one of the most significant writers of East Africa. His first novel‚ Weep Not‚ Child (1964)‚ was the first English-language novel to be published by an East African‚ and his account of the Mau Mau Emergency in A Grain of Wheat (1967; revised‚ 1986) presented for the first time an African perspective
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A review of a recent biography of David Livingstone began with the words “His heroic figure looms over the continent”. Discuss constructions of white ‘heroism’ in Africa‚ focussing on a critical analysis of two journalistic or non-fiction texts. The texts you choose to analyse can be from any historical era or they can be modern‚ or you can choose to analyse one historical text and one modern text but at least one must be by‚ or about‚ Livingstone. As this is a Journalism module‚ one of the
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Reflection Conduct disorder in children This paper will examine Conduct Disorder in children. A description of the disorder’s subtypes and various methods of diagnosis will be discussed. Specific attention will be given to the method of counselling a prepubescent child who is causing serious problems in school for both teachers and classmates. The skills and strategies used to counsel this child’s parents and teachers will also be outlined. Conduct Disorder is defined as classified in a group
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To Shame or Not To Shame The use of shame as a punishment seems to be contagious through the United States court system as an alternative to incarceration of non-violent crimes. When considering the effectiveness of this act‚ reading the effects of shame as a punishment for criminals’ calls for analytical comparison. Dan M. Kahan’s “Shame Is Worth a Try” argues that shame is cheap and effective. Kahan’s belief in shameful punishments has support from evidence alluding to the cheapness and effectiveness
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doi:10.1016/j.cities.2008.09.003 Cities 25 (2008) 355–369 www.elsevier.com/locate/cities The construction of images of people and place: Labelling Liverpool and stereotyping Scousers Philip Boland * School of City and Regional Planning‚ Cardiff University‚ Glamorgan Building‚ King Edward VII Avenue‚ Cardiff CF10 3WA‚ United Kingdom Received 23 November 2007; received in revised form 8 September 2008; accepted 10 September 2008 Available online 12 November 2008 On 28th August 1207‚ King
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clearly patterned after Achebe’s native Nigeria‚ though one can also see elements of Liberia and Ghana. This was the first Achebe novel I had read since his classic Things Fall Apart. At first‚ I thought that Anthills suffered in comparison with that masterpiece‚ arguably the best known and most influential African novel. After finishing the book‚ though‚ I realized that Achebe had very deftly returned to and updated the themes raised in that book. His protagonists are Ikem‚ a courageous and opinionated
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When many people hear the word Africa‚ they picture steaming jungles and gorillas. Hollywood films have shrunk the public image of this immense‚ varied continent into a small segment of its actual diversity. To have a more accurate picture of the whole continent‚ however‚ one should remember that there are‚ roughly‚ three Africas‚ each with its distinct climate and terrain and with a style of life suited to the environment. The continent can be divided into the northern desert areas‚ the southeastern
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Portraying Our Own Race? * * Throughout history racism has always been an issue. Joseph Conrad and Chinua Achebe are both literary philosophers. Although they have different opinions‚ both writers have written about a particular race. In 1899 Joseph Conrad had written the infamous Heart of Darkness and in response to what Achebe thought was racism towards Africans Chinua Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart in 1959 to prove Africans were civilized. There has been much controversy over Joseph Conrad
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