Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance
Autor Ngugi wa Thiong'oen Limba Engleză Paperback – 23 feb 2009
Novelist
Ngugi
wa
Thiong'o
has
been
a
force
in
African
literature
for
decades:
Since
the
1970s,
when
he
gave
up
the
English
language
to
commit
himself
to
writing
in
African
languages,
his
foremost
concern
has
been
the
critical
importance
of
language
to
culture.
InSomething
Torn
and
New,
Ngugi
explores
Africa's
historical,
economic,
and
cultural
fragmentation
by
slavery,
colonialism,
and
globalization.
Throughout
this
tragic
history,
a
constant
and
irrepressible
force
was
Europhonism:
the
replacement
of
native
names,
languages,
and
identities
with
European
ones.
The
result
was
the
dismemberment
of
African
memory.
Seeking
to
remember
language
in
order
to
revitalize
it,
Ngugi's
quest
is
for
wholeness.
Wide-ranging,
erudite,
and
hopeful,Something
Torn
and
Newis
acri
de
coeurto
save
Africa's
cultural
future.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780465009466
ISBN-10: 0465009468
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: P
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Civitas Books
Locul publicării:United States
ISBN-10: 0465009468
Pagini: 176
Ilustrații: P
Dimensiuni: 140 x 216 x 13 mm
Greutate: 0.23 kg
Ediția:New.
Editura: BASIC BOOKS
Colecția Civitas Books
Locul publicării:United States
Notă biografică
Ngugi
wa
Thiong'o,
currently
Distinguished
Professor
of
English
and
Comparative
Literature
and
Director
of
the
International
Center
for
Writing
and
Translation
at
the
University
of
California,
Irvine,
was
born
in
Kenya
in
1938.
After
penningPetals
of
Bloodin
1977,
a
novel
sharply
critical
of
life
in
neo-colonial
Kenya,
he
was
arrested
and
imprisoned
without
charge
for
a
year.
Vanity
Fair
has
called
him
“the
scourge
of
African
dictators
and
warlords”
and
theSan
Diego
Union-Tribunepraised
him
as
“a
writer
whose
output
feels
essential
for
those
hoping
to
understand
contemporary
Africa.”
He
lives
in
Irvine,
California.