Ngũgĩ wa Thiong ’o ’s Visions of Africa Author(s): Christine Loflin Source: Research in African Literatures‚ Vol. 26‚ No. 4 (Winter‚ 1995)‚ pp. 76-93 Published by: Indiana University Press Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/3820228 Accessed: 22/06/2010 13:31 Your use of the JSTOR archive indicates your acceptance of JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use‚ available at http://www.jstor.org/page/info/about/policies/terms.jsp. JSTOR ’s Terms and Conditions of Use provides‚ in part‚ that unless you
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Devil on the Cross was written by Ngugi while he was imprisoned. He was held without trail by a government that tried to silence him. The out come was a book that was "One of the century’s greatest novels" by the Tribune. In the following passages I plan to explain the meaning of four characters that are affected by capital class. The speaker of the passage "She sat down on a box " is the gorgeous protagonist; Jacinta Wariinga. Jacinta Wariinga is a young beautiful black woman who easily stops
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Cross-Cultural Encounter in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s The River Between ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- W. Shivnarayan Assistant Professor of English‚ LDM College‚ Parli Vaijnath 431515 India ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ INTRODUCTION In The River Between‚ Ngugi critically examines and evaluates‚ primarily through the aspect of Christianity the cultural clash
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Mrs. Anderson IB English A1 11 December 19‚ 2012 Christianity function in Matagari Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matagari catalogs the story of Matagari‚ Guthera‚ and Muriuki as they look for truth and justice across their country. During this journey the story highlights many Biblical allusions that play a major role in the story development and how Matagari‚ primarily‚ looks for truth and justice. In order to understand the text‚ the reader must first understand the basics of Christianity and the
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The Return Ngugi Wa Thiong’o The Return is story about Kamau‚ a man returning home after spending many years away in prison. Kamau has both survived the Mau Mau and being put in prison. The Mau Mau had cost many Black Nationalist’s lives‚ and had seen many more put away in jails. The story begins as Kamau is released from jail. Several indicators are given about Kamau’s health‚ which begins with the description of his back as “slightly drooping” in paragraph two. The reader understands that
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‘Weep Not‚ Child’ is a very powerful book by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. Published in 1964‚ it is Ngugi’s first book and one of his most acclaimed ones. The story is about the rise of the independence movement and the effects of colonialism on individuals and families. He has explored the political division created in the Kenyan nation‚ community and family from the arrival of British colonialist. Ngugi puts forth the idea of education being the foremost requirement for solving Kenya’s problem of colonialism
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In the novel "A Grain of Wheat" by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o‚ the character of Mugo undergoes a number crisis’ throughout the novel. His presentation in these situations is critical to the reader’s interpretation of him and adds to the impression he leaves them with. His situation in the passage is one of remembrance. This theme runs strongly through the novel and contributes to its overall effect upon the reader. The passage begins with the statement‚ "Mugo went out." This statement has a sense of finality
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Devil on the Cross: Wariinga Character Analysis and Development Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o is a compelling and curious novel that examines both the physical and mental journey of a young woman‚ Wariinga. Along the way she encounters many people and challenges that shape her identity. Eventually Wariinga develops into what Ngugi considers ideal Kenyan femininity to be. However‚ when the reader first encounters her in the novel‚ she is confused by the message of what it means to be
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Compare the effects of the use of different narrative voice in “Miramar” and “Devil on the Cross”. In both Ngugi’s “Devil on the Cross” and Naguib’s “Miramar” we see a distinctive use of polyphony to convey both the political stances and social viewpoints of the authors. Although‚ the use of this literary technique differs between the two novels‚ the authors both have the same intention of persuading the reader to agree with their personal stand-point. Ngugi’s use of this literary narrative technique
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A review of ‘Goodbye Africa’ by Ngugi‚ The fascination narrator of ‘Goodbye Africa’ is called third person‚ usually referring to by the narrator as ‘he’‚ ‘she’‚ and ‘it’. It is obvious in the short story that the narrator is merely an unspecified entity or uninvolved person that conveys the story‚ and is not a character of any kind within the story being told. ‘Goodbye Africa’ is narrated by She/he perspective‚ also with subjective narration describing characters feelings and thoughts‚ “She felt
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