NGUGI WA THIONG'O: TEXTS & CONTEXTS Literature J is a historic self-portrait

J is a historic self-portrait of an American legend

Neil Foley examines the complex interplay among regional

ISBN-13 : 9781592329144

intersectionality

NGUGI WA THIONG'O: TEXTS & CONTEXTS Literature J is a historic self-portraitKamiriithu has attracted considerable critical attention over the last twenty five years. In this ground breaking study of Kamiriithu, the author puts pressure on some of the assumptions driving earlier research. Moving from a savvy discussion of all extant Ngugi plays and their contexts, Ndigirigi then reconstructs Kamiriithuits aesthetics, its ideology, its politics and ultimately, its theorizingin a way that no other critic has done before. Whereas