Ngugi wa Thiong”o is Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine, and an award-winning Kenyan author currently writing primarily in the Gikuyu language. The author of novels, plays, short stories, and essays, Ngugi wa Thiong”o is founder and editor of the online Gikuyu-language journal,
Mutiiri, and an honorary member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His most recent books include
Dreams in a Time of War: A Childhood Memoir;
Decolonising the Mind;
Something Torn and New; and the novels
The River Between,
Petals of Blood, and
Wizard of the Crow, among others.
50 หนังสืออิเล็กทรอนิกส์โดย Ngugi wa Thiong o.
Osonye Tess Onwueme: Tell It to Women
Using the magic of movement, dance, and drama, and the devices of humor and metaphor, Osonye Tess Onwueme has created a post-feminist epic drama that transcends current feminist theories. An …
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Globalectics
A masterful writer working in many genres, Ngugi wa Thiong’o entered the East African literary scene in 1962 with the performance of his first major play, The Black Hermit, at the National Theatre in …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Birth of a Dream Weaver
One of Oprah.com’s ’17 Must-Read Books for the New Year’ and O Magazine’s ’10 Titles to Pick up Now.’
“Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Wrestling with the Devil
A New York Times Editors’ Choice ‘A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit.’ —Ariel Dorfman, The New …
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: Minutes of Glory
A dazzling short story collection from the person Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie calls ‘one of the greatest writers of our time’
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, although renowned for his novels, memoirs, and plays, h …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: In the Name of the Mother
Alongside the impact of his early novels and plays, and his more recent memoirs, these essays give new insights into Ngugi’s and other writers’ responses to colonialism – there is new material here f …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Der Fluss dazwischen
Ngugis Roman erzählt vom Leben im kenianischen Hochland zu jener Zeit, als die weiße Eroberung erst ein bedrohlicher Schatten war. Waiyaki wächst in der traditionellen Dorfgemeinschaft der Gikuyu auf …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Der gekreuzigte Teufel
Der gekreuzigte Teufel wurde von Ngũgĩ heimlich im Gefängnis – er wurde wegen eines Theaterstücks in Gĩkũyũ verhaftet, aber nie vor Gericht gestellt – auf Toilettenpapier niedergeschrieben. Erst kurz …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Dreams in a Time of War
Ngugi wa Thiong’o was born the fifth child of his father’s third wife, in a family that includes twenty-four children born to four different mothers. He spent his 1930s childhood as the apple of his …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: In the House of the Interpreter
During the early fifties, Kenya was a country in turmoil. While Ngugi enjoys scouting trips, chess tournaments and reading about Biggles at the prestigious Alliance School near Nairobi, things are …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Wizard of the Crow
Informed by traditional African storytelling, discover Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s masterpiece. To honour the Ruler’s birthday, the Free Republic of Aburiria set out to build a tower; a modern wonder of the …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Birth of a Dream Weaver
Exquisite in its honesty and truth and resilience, and a necessary chronicle from one of the greatest writers of our time Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Selected as a Book of the Year 2016 in the Guardian …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Wrestling with the Devil
Ngugi wa Thiong o s powerful prison memoir begins half an hour before his release on 12 December 1978. A year earlier, he recalls, armed police arrived at his home and took him to Kenya s Kamiti …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Petals of Blood
‘A compelling novel about the tragedy of corrupting power, set in post-independence Kenya… Ngugi writes with passion about every form, shape and colour which power can take’ Sunday Times After …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Secret Lives & Other Stories
‘One of the greatest writers of our time’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie Ngugi wa Thiong’o is renowned for his political novels and plays, yet he honed his craft as a short story writer. First published in …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Dekolonisierung des Denkens
Sein literarisches Werk macht den kenianischen Kulturwissenschaftler und Schriftsteller Ngugi wa Thiong’o [Autor u.a. von ›Herr der Krähen‹, ›Der gekreuzigte Teufel‹ oder ›Träume in Zeiten des …
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Wa Thiong’o Ngugi Wa Thiong’o: Moving the Centre: The Struggle for Cultural Freedoms
In 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 …
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: The Perfect Nine
A dazzling, genre-defying novel in verse from the author Delia Owens says “tackles the absurdities, injustices, and corruption of a continent”
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s novels and memoirs have received g …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Somnis en temps de guerra
Ngugi wa Thiong’o va néixer el 1938 a la Kenya rural. Fins i tot mentre la Segona Guerra Mundial afectava les vides dels africans sota el jou imperialista anglès i la seva família passava penúries …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Desplaçar el centre
Durant els últims quatre-cents anys, les cultures del món han estat dominades per un conjunt d'estats occidentals, que han arribat a veure's a si mateixos com a centre de l'univers, un …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Desplazar el centro
Romper las fronteras mentales y desplazar los centros de poder para redistribuirlo y descomponer la hegemonía cultural.
Durante los últimos cuatrocientos años, las culturas del mundo han sido …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Descolonitzar la ment
Descolonitzar la ment , referència imprescindible en els estudis sobre postcolonialisme, no només defensa la importància de recuperar la llengua pròpia en la construcció de la identitat nacional, …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: A la Casa de l’Intèrpret
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o és estudiant a una prestigiosa escola de Nairobi quan el Mau-Mau reclama la independència de Kenya. L'etapa de més repressió del govern britànic coincideix amb la seva …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: En la Casa del Intérprete
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o es estudiante en una prestigiosa escuela de Nairobi cuando la Mau Mau reclama la independencia de Kenia. La etapa de más represión del gobierno británico coincide con su …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Lluitar amb el diable
‘Ocupo la cel·la 16 d'un bloc en què hi ha divuit presos polítics més. Aquí jo no tinc nom. Només soc un número en un expedient: K6, 77’
Així comença Lluitar amb el diable, de Ngũgĩ wa …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Neix un teixidor de somnis
Neix un teixidor de somnis és el despertar d'un escriptor i és l'alliberament d'un poble. Mentre Ngũgĩ se'n va a estudiar a la Universitat de Makerere, Uganda, el seu poble es …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Nace un tejedor de sueños
Nace un tejedor de sueños es el despertar de un escritor y es la liberación de un pueblo. Mientras Ngũgĩ va a estudiar a la Universidad de Makerere, en Uganda, su pueblo se defiende del Imperio …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Perfect Nine
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE.* ‘One of the greatest writers of our time’ Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya’s Gikuyu …
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Meena Alexander: Fault Lines
In this evocative memoir, an acclaimed Indian poet explores writing, memory, and place in a post-9/11 world.
Passionate, fierce, and lyrical, Fault Lines follows one woman’s evolut …
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Simon Gikandi & Ndirangu Wachanga: Ngugi
This collection of essays reflects on the life and work of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, who celebrated his 80th birthday in 2018. Drawing from a wide range of contributors, including writers, critics, …
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Simon Gikandi & Ndirangu Wachanga: Ngugi
First-hand accounts of how Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s life and work have intersected, and the multiple forces that have converged to make him one of the greatest writers to come out of Africa in the twentie …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Decolonising the Mind
Ngugi describes this book as ‘a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in teaching of …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Decolonising the Mind
Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to move to writing in Gikuyu.
Ngugi describes this book as ‘a summary of som …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Writers in Politics
This book reflects many of the concerns found in Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre.
Ngugi has put together a new collection under an old title, rewriting most of the pieces that appeare …
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Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Writers in Politics
This book reflects many of the concerns found in Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre.
Ngugi has put together a new collection under an old title, rewriting most of the pieces that appeare …
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The Steve Biko Memorial Lectures
The Steve Biko Memorial Lecture, an annual event held by the Steve Biko Foundation, is a series of lectures by some of the African community’s foremost scholars, artists, religious figures and politi …
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Alex La Guma: Soviet Journey
In 1978, the South African activist and novelist Alex La Guma (19251985) published A Soviet Journey, a memoir of his travels in the Soviet Union. Today it stands as one of the longest and most …
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Arnetha Ball & Sinfree Makoni: Black Linguistics
Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.The majority of Black language researchers …
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Arnetha Ball & Sinfree Makoni: Black Linguistics
Enslavement, forced migration, war and colonization have led to the global dispersal of Black communities and to the fragmentation of common experiences.The majority of Black language researchers …
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Thiong’o Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Homecoming
In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong’o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial Africa. In …
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Stanley Gazemba & Kinyanjui Kombani: Nairobi Noir
In this anthology, fourteen authors explore dark mysteries in the concrete jungle capital of Kenya, dealing with topics of race, religion, and corruption.Akashic Books continues its award-winning …
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