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OverviewIn this collection Ngugi is concerned with moving the centre in two senses - between nations and within nations - in order to contribute to the freeing of world cultures from the restrictive walls of nationalism, class, race and gender Between nations the need is to move the centre from its assumed location in the West to a multiplicity of spheres in all the cultures of the world. Within nations the move should be away from all minority class establishments to the real creative centre among working people in conditions of racial, religious and gender equality. Kenya: EAEP Full Product DetailsAuthor: Ngugi wa Thiong'o (Author)Publisher: James Currey Imprint: James Currey Dimensions: Width: 13.80cm , Height: 1.20cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.280kg ISBN: 9780852555309ISBN 10: 085255530 Pages: 208 Publication Date: 21 January 1993 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsIf reading Ngugi's fiction can stir people from stupor, reading his non-fiction works can only do that in greater measure. He has significantly contributed to moving the center through his many years of resistance and writing both fiction and non-fiction in English and especially in Kikuyu. - Nikhil Aziz in AFRICA TODAY The compelling emotional force of this book emerges from Ngugi's convincing emphasis on a truly universal human culture and his continuing ability to personalize large political issues and to persuasively politicize his own personal experiences. CHOICE ... the poet or storyteller, he argues, cannot perform his function within his own society unless he shares and enriches its tongue. The Kenyan government only moved decisively against him when he began to do precisely that, first imprisoning him, then driving him into exile. - Gerald Moore in LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUely that, first imprisoning him, then driving him into exile. - Gerald Moore in LE MONDE DIPLOMATIQUE For a long time, Ngugi's was a lone voice howling against the wind. Now people li If reading Ngugi's fiction can stir people from stupor, reading his non-fiction works can only do that in greater measure. He has significantly contributed to moving the center through his many years of resistance and writing both fiction and non-fiction in English and especially in Kikuyu.' - Nikhil Aziz in Africa Today 'The compelling emotional force of this book emerges from Ngugi's convincing emphasis on a truly universal human culture and his continuing ability to personalize large political issues and to persuasively politicize his own personal experiences.' - Choice '... the poet or storyteller, he argues, cannot perform his function within his own society unless he shares and enriches its tongue. The Kenyan government only moved decisively against him when he began to do precisely that, first imprisoning him, then driving him into exile.' - Gerald Moore in Le Monde Diplomatique 'For a long time, Ngugi's was a lone voice howling against the wind. Now people like Edward Said have joined in the war against cultural imperialism.' - Anver Versi in New African Author InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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