Overview
Region
East Africa
Kenya
Era
Contemporary
Language
English
Genre
Essay
About This Work
Ngũgĩ's argument that the dismemberment of Africa — cultural, linguistic, psychological — requires a counter-practice of 're-membering' through African languages and pan-Africanism.
Literary Significance
Ngũgĩ's most accessible theoretical work; a synthesis of his decades of writing on African language and decolonization