Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe - Couverture rigide

Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0857423134 ISBN 13 : 9780857423139

Editeur : Seagull Books London Ltd, 2016

Synopsis

For more than sixty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been writing fearlessly the questions, challenges, histories, and futures of Africans, particularly those of his homeland, Kenya. In his work, which has included plays, novels, and essays, Ngugi narrates the injustice of colonial violence and the dictatorial betrayal of decolonization, the fight for freedom and subsequent incarceration, and the aspiration toward economic equality in the face of gross inequality. With both hope and disappointment, he questions the role of language in both the organization of power structures and the pursuit of autonomy and self-expression.

Ngugi's fiction has reached wide acclaim, but his nonfictional work, while equally brilliant, is difficult to find. Secure the Base changes this by bringing together for the first time essays spanning nearly three decades. Originating as disparate lectures and texts, this complete volume will remind readers anew of Ngugi's power and importance. Written in a personal and accessible style, the book covers a range of issues, including the role of the intellectual, the place of Asia in Africa, labor and political struggles in an era of rampant capitalism, and the legacies of slavery and prospects for peace. At a time when Africa looms large in our discussions of globalization, Secure the Base is mandatory reading.

A propos du livre

À propos de l'auteur

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a leading African writer and scholar. He is currently distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many novels, short stories, essays, a memoir, and several plays. In 2001, he received the prestigious Nonino International Prize for Literature.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Seagull Books London Ltd
• Date d'édition: 2016
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0857423134
• ISBN 13: 9780857423139
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 152
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible
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