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 Uganda. In 1977 he was imprisoned after his most controversial work, Ngaahika N…
Da britene koloniserte Kenya skapte de politiske omveltningene store konflikter. Men også den religiøse og kulturelle påvirkningen skapte splid. Mange ble overbevist av kristen misjonsvirksomhet, mens andre tviholdt på tradisjonene fra gammelt av. Wayaki kommer fra en tradisjons…
PrefaceIntroduction1. Art War with the State: Writers and Guardians of a Postcolonial Society2. Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: The Conflict Between the Crafts of Art and the State3. Enacting Power: The Politics of the Performance State4. Voicing Silence: Language, Democracy, …
