Something Torn and New : An African Renaissance
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Paperback / Softback
ISBN-10
0465009468
ISBN-13
9780465009466
Publisher
Basic Books
Imprint
Basic Books
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 24th, 2009
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
190 grams
Dimensions
20.80 x 13.80 x 1.30 cms
Product Classification:
Literary studies: generalMigration, immigration & emigration
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"One of Africa's greatest writers" (San Francisco Chronicle) makes an impassioned plea for the resurrection of African language--and African culture itself
Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong''o has been a force in African literature for decades: Since the 1970s, when he gave up the English language to commit himself to writing in African languages, his foremost concern has been the critical importance of language to culture. In Something Torn and New, Ngugi explores Africa''s historical, economic, and cultural fragmentation by slavery, colonialism, and globalization. Throughout this tragic history, a constant and irrepressible force was Europhonism: the replacement of native names, languages, and identities with European ones. The result was the dismemberment of African memory.
Seeking to remember language in order to revitalize it, Ngugi''s quest is for wholeness. Wide-ranging, erudite, and hopeful, Something Torn and New is a cri de coeur to save Africa''s cultural future.
Seeking to remember language in order to revitalize it, Ngugi''s quest is for wholeness. Wide-ranging, erudite, and hopeful, Something Torn and New is a cri de coeur to save Africa''s cultural future.
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