In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong'o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial Africa. In these essays, Ngugi wa Thiong'o eloquently interweaves a range of issues including religious oppression, consumerism, and independence with the powerful intellect and passion that has come to characterise his writing. These pieces are essential for readers wishing to uncover a critical perspective on African society and culture. Homecoming is a groundbreaking collection intended to provoke and encourage thoughtful debate on how best to 'restore the creative glory of Africa and of all Africans' in the wake of postcolonialism. 'One of the greatest writers of our time.' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie 'A tremendous writer... It's hard to doubt the power of the written word when you hear the story of Ngugi wa Thiong'o.' Guardian 'One of Africa's greatest writers.' New York Times

ISBN-13: 9781035906024

ISBN-10: 1035906023

Language: English

Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Year: 2024

Pages: None

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 2:13 p.m.

Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye, the well-known Kenyan writer, is established as an important African woman's voice. Her novel explores further aspects of the making of modern Kenya. Two women, one white and one black, brought together by fate and common experiences, reminisce about a past spanning the colonial period, the heady independence and anti-climatic post-independence days. Through the story of the widow of a colonial settler, and her African maid and companion, she deals with the conflicts between black and white, and young and old.

ISBN-13: 9789966465474

ISBN-10: 9966465472

Language: English

Publisher: East African Educational Publishers

Year: 1994

Pages: 205

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 2:09 p.m.

It was a cold, dark night. Everything was quiet. A Mawingo bus was travelling from Nairobi to Mombasa. It had big signs painted on the outside: Danger- man. It had travelled over two hundred kilometres and was approaching Mtito Andei. Everybody in the bus was fast asleep. Everyone, that is, except four people. So begins an adventure for four Kenyan youths, two boys and two girls, that explores the depth of deprivation and disaster that capitalism has been for working people in Kenya. Tricked into becoming forced workers for a factory with owners from USA, Britain and Japan, the youth live the harsh life of exploited workers. However, their sense of justice soon turns them into rebels seeking life and freedom. The story takes them through life-threatening adventures, fighting the armed forces summoned by the factory owners. Will they manage to survive the brutal attacks by fierce dogs and armed militia? Will they live to see the sea at Mombasa they had set out for?

ISBN-13: 9789914987515

ISBN-10: 9914987516

Language: English

Publisher: Vita Books

Year: 2021

Pages: 70

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 2:06 p.m.

ISBN-13: 9789966070814

ISBN-10: 9966070818

Language: English

Publisher: Asaph Office Publications (AOP), Book Division, Prison Literature

Year: 2014

Pages: 142

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:57 p.m.

ISBN-13: 9780713102475

ISBN-10: 0713102470

Language: English

Publisher: E. Arnold

Year: 1978

Pages: None

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:54 p.m.

"Learn Kalenjin the modern way with Kalenjin kasahorow!Start exploring the modern world with Kalenjin!The Modern Kalenjin Dictionary is a Kalenjin explorer's dictionary for English language speakers.Read Modern Kalenjin confidently. Contains all the words you need to understand every book in the kasahorow Kalenjin Library.Discover the joy of learning new things in Kalenjin.Suitable for everyone 13 years old and older."

ISBN-13: None

ISBN-10: None

Language: English, Nilo-Saharan languages

Publisher: Transafrica

Year: 1979

Pages: 121

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:50 p.m.

Bethwell Allan Ogot is a Kenyan historian and eminent African scholar who specialises in African history, research methods and theory. One of his works starts by saying that "to tell the story of a past so as to portray an inevitable destiny is, for humankind, a need as universal as tool-making.

ISBN-13: 9789966137913

ISBN-10: 9966137912

Language: English

Publisher: Anyange Press Limited

Year: 2020

Pages: 68

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:47 p.m.

Using oral histories to tell the stories of 15 uprisings instigated by Kenyan women during the 20th century, Land, Food, Freedom reveals Kenyan women's determination to get back their stolen land from the British colonial power. Local men who collaborated with British colonial officials and settlers found themselves repeatedly challenged by the organisations and actions of these women. In acting against their dispossession, they inspired a different set of men to stand in alliance with them to defend the gendered commons'.'

ISBN-13: 9781592216918

ISBN-10: 1592216919

Language: English

Publisher: Africa World Press

Year: 2009

Pages: 328

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:43 p.m.

This is a new title from the Kenyan publisher who is publishing works of scholarship on the oral literature of the different groups in Kenya. The background is the rich repository in oral literature of the enduring wisdom and cultural values of the peoples of Africa. Within the proverbs and riddles, oral narratives and songs, philosophical and material cultures are captured and expressed. These ethnic-based oral literature titles seek to preserve this wisdom in the written form. The literature of the Embu and Mbeere of Eastern Kenya is fully explored here by a renowned scholar and writer on oral literature. She covers the historical and cultural background; genres of oral literature and their performance; form and style; and the social functions of oral literature. Literary texts examined are narratives, oral poetry, proverbs, and riddles and puzzles.

ISBN-13: 9789966464071

ISBN-10: 9966464077

Language: English

Publisher: East African Educational Publishers

Year: 1997

Pages: 211

Cataloged: Nov. 19, 2024, 1:40 p.m.