Semester : None
Author : Ngugi Wa Thiongo
Editor : Dilip K. Basu And Sanjay Kumar
this edition of the trail of dedan kimathi by ngugi wa thiong'o and micere githae mugo tries to explan the play. especially to those who have no knowledge of kenyan language and an insufficient knowledge of kenyan history. the play has songs and gikuyu. moreover, the most celebrate kenyan writer of our time, have his exile, his novels, a total understanding of the man and author remains crucially incomplete if his dramatic works are not fully attended to.the anti-imperialist cultural politics of the authors is emphasized here in the play's analysis; to re-write, to recover the real history of kenya,s liberation struggle was the inspired motive behind the play's writing, for the real history, the authors felt, was being suppressed and distorted by imperialists and their compradorial allies. similar feeling were voiced by others in different corners of the third world including india, in the 1790s about their own histories. thus, understanding the play would be reading an interpretation of theworld of the last hundred years shared by many of the authors contemporaries. the text and its companion working together offer and explain an alternative to western avant-garde dramatic construction.
ngugi wa thiongo
Paper Back
worldview publications
2015
English
New
dilip k. basu and sanjay kumar
ENGLISH HONOURS SIXTH SEMESTER (THREE YEAR)
9382267093
978-9-38-226709-6
20.00” x 24.00” x 1.00"
0.34 Kg
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