Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas
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- Hardcover
224 pages
- Release Date
17 November 2025
Summary
Decolonizing Language: Revolutionary Ideas on Identity and Culture
A new collection of literary criticism and brilliant insights from one of the giants of contemporary thinking.
Who owns language? In Decolonizing Language and Other Revolutionary Ideas, Ngugi wa Thiong’o presents a series of essays that build on his vast wealth of work on language and its constructive role in national culture, history, and identity. Intricate, nuanced and accessible, it reaffirms the…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780241780978 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0241780977 |
| Author: | Ngugi wa Thiong'o |
| Publisher: | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Allen Lane |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 224 |
| Release Date: | 17 November 2025 |
| Weight: | 400g |
| Dimensions: | 222mm x 138mm x 25mm |
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One of the greatest writers of our time – Chimamanda Ngozi AdichieA giant of African writing * Guardian *One of Africa’s greatest writers * New York Times *A visionary writer * Daily Telegraph *Ngugi wa Thiong’o is a revolutionary * Paris Review *One of Kenya’s greatest storytellers * Financial Times *
Ngugi is the most celebrated of African novelists. What he offers is nothing less than a new direction for African writing
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ngugi wa Thiong’o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938, and is one of the leading writers and scholars at work today. He is the author of novels including A Grain of Wheat, Devil on the Cross and Petals of Blood; memoirs such as Dreams in a Time of War; and essays including the seminal Decolonising the Mind. Currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, Ngugi is the recipient of twelve honorary doctorates, among other awards, and has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.
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