Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas - Rilegato

Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi

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ISBN 10: 1620979322 ISBN 13: 9781620979327

Casa editrice: New Pr, 2025

Riassunto

A Literary Hub Most Anticipated Book

Brilliant thoughts on modern African literature and postcolonial literary criticism from one of the giants of contemporary letters

“One of the greatest writers of our time.” —Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, bestselling author

Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a towering figure in African literature, and his novels A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; and Petals of Blood are modern classics. Emerging from a literary scene that flourished in the 1950s and ’60s during the last years of colonialism in Africa, he is now known not just as a novelist—one who, in the late ’70s, famously stopped writing novels in English and turned to the language he grew up speaking, Gikuyu—but as a major postcolonial theorist.

In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi gives us a series of essays that build on the revolutionary ideas about language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity that he set out in his earlier work—illuminating the intrinsic importance of keeping intact and honoring these native languages throughout time.

Intricate and deeply nuanced, this collection examines the enduring power of African languages in resisting both the psychic and material impacts of colonialism, past and present. These themes are elucidated through chapters on some contemporaries of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, including Chinua Achebe, Micere Githae Mugo, and Wole Soyinka—each offering a distinct lens on the liberatory potential of language.

A brave call for discourse and immensely relevant to our present moment, Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas works both as a wonderful introduction to the enduring themes of Ngugi’s work as well as a vital addition to the library of the world’s greatest and most provocative living writers.

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Informazioni sull?autore

One of the leading writers and scholars at work today, Ngugi wa Thiong'o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; and Petals of Blood, as well as Birth of a Dream Weaver, Wrestling with the Devil, Minutes of Glory, The Perfect Nine, and Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas (all from The New Press). Currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, Ngugi is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorates, among other awards, and has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.

Dettagli dell'edizione

• Editore: New Pr
• Data di pubblicazione: 2025
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 1620979322
• ISBN 13: 9781620979327
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 214
• Contatto del produttore: non disponibile
• Persona responsabile: non disponibile