Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution

1. Front Matter

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2. Introduction: Pitfalls of Postcolonial Intellectual Consciousness: African Literature in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution

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3. Early Fictions of School Culture: The River Between and Weep Not, Child

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4. Later Fictions of School Culture: Petals of Blood and Devil on the Cross

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5. The Theaters of School Culture: Imaging the Nation in Ngugi’s Plays

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6. Conclusion: Between Irony and Tragedy: Cheikh Hamidou Kane’s Ambiguous Adventure in Ambiguous Adventure

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7. Back Matter

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This work examines both the emergence of African literature and its institutionalization within nationalist African academies. Amoko analyzes the relationship between such institutions of literature and the processes of nationalist legitimization and between colonial and postcolonial school cultures and national cultures.

• Africa
• colonialism
• Institution
• Kenya
• Nation

"This study should be welcomed by anyone interested in postcolonial theory or African studies. Highly recommended." - CHOICE

APOLLO AMOKO Assistant Professor in the English Department at the University of Florida, USA.

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