Homecoming: Essays on African and Caribbean Literature
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'oEast Africa
Kenya
Post-colonial
English
Essay
Ngũgĩ's early essays on African literature, the crisis of African identity, and the role of the writer in a post-colonial society. His first major critical work.
Literary Significance
Important for understanding Ngũgĩ's critical thought before his turn to Gikuyu-language writing
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editorial-summarynot primary textNgũgĩ's early essays on African literature, the crisis of African identity, and the role of the writer in a post-colonial society. His first major critical work. Important for understanding Ngũgĩ's critical thought before his turn to Gikuyu-language writing
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