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In the name of the mother : reflections on writers and empire / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo.

These latest essays reflect Ngũgĩ 's continuing interests and enthusiasms through novels that address his lifelong concerns with the ways to independence, the meanings of colonialism and the takeover by neo-colonialism and the functions of literature in political as well as literary terms.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Suffolk, UK ; Rochester, N.Y. : James Currey, [2013]
Subjects:	African literature > History and criticism. Imperialism in literature.

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