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    Ngũgĩ wa Thiong ’o ’s Visions of Africa Author(s): Christine Loflin Source: Research in African Literatures‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 1995)‚ pp. 76-93 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3820228 Accessed: 22/06/2010 13:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you

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    Encounter in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Shivnarayan Assistant Professor of English‚ LDM College‚ Parli Vaijnath 431515 India ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION In The River BetweenNgugi critically examines and evaluates‚ primarily through the aspect of Christianity the cultural clash between the Africans

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    The Return Ngugi Wa Thiong’o The Return is story about Kamau‚ a man returning home after spending many years away in prison. Kamau has both survived the Mau Mau and being put in prison. The Mau Mau had cost many Black Nationalist’s lives‚ and had seen many more put away in jails. The story begins as Kamau is released from jail. Several indicators are given about Kamau’s health‚ which begins with the description of his back as “slightly drooping” in paragraph two. The reader understands that

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    ‘Weep Not‚ Child’ is a very powerful book by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Published in 1964‚ it is Ngugi’s first book and one of his most acclaimed ones. The story is about the rise of the independence movement and the effects of colonialism on individuals and families. He has explored the political division created in the Kenyan nation‚ community and family from the arrival of British colonialist. Ngugi puts forth the idea of education being the foremost requirement for solving Kenya’s problem of colonialism

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    In the novel "A Grain of Wheat" by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o‚ the character of Mugo undergoes a number crisis’ throughout the novel. His presentation in these situations is critical to the reader’s interpretation of him and adds to the impression he leaves them with. His situation in the passage is one of remembrance. This theme runs strongly through the novel and contributes to its overall effect upon the reader. The passage begins with the statement‚ "Mugo went out." This statement has a sense of finality

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    Mrs. Anderson IB English A1 11 December 19‚ 2012 Christianity function in Matagari Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matagari catalogs the story of Matagari‚ Guthera‚ and Muriuki as they look for truth and justice across their country. During this journey the story highlights many Biblical allusions that play a major role in the story development and how Matagari‚ primarily‚ looks for truth and justice. In order to understand the text‚ the reader must first understand the basics of Christianity and the

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    The River Between Analysis

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    faith. The author Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o discuss this separation in the book The River Between. Are there religions that are better than any other? Should you stick to your beliefs or be a rebel? Is it worth to go against the flow? Does anyone have obligations towards his religion? This is some of the questions that Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o deals with. Ngūgĩ wa Thiong’o is a social activist and a Kenyan writer who was born in 1938. He was educated in Kenya‚ Uganda and Britain. In 1965‚ Ngūgĩ published his second

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    cultural and historical sites in London and southern England and to encourage students to visit additional sites independently and to view such places in an informed and critical way. iii. To encourage students to make informed‚ critical comparisons between what they observe and learn of British culture and their own home cultures Learning outcomes On completion of the course students should: iv. Know and understand some of the main historical antecedents of key aspects in British culture and society;

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    A review of ‘Goodbye Africa’ by Ngugi‚ The fascination narrator of ‘Goodbye Africa’ is called third person‚ usually referring to by the narrator as ‘he’‚ ‘she’‚ and ‘it’. It is obvious in the short story that the narrator is merely an unspecified entity or uninvolved person that conveys the story‚ and is not a character of any kind within the story being told. ‘Goodbye Africa’ is narrated by She/he perspective‚ also with subjective narration describing characters feelings and thoughts‚ “She felt

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    critical presentation of what socialist realism is using Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s I Will Marry When I Want and Festus Iyayi’s Violence as a case study. The texts have their historical and fictional settings in Kenya and Nigeria respectively. The Marxist theory‚ upon which the socialist realist literature set their canon‚ is that which is characterized with class stratification and struggle. Therefore we see two categories of characters; the Ahab Kioi wa Kanoru‚ Jezebel‚ and the Kiguunda‚ Gicaamba‚ Wangeci

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