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Ng?g? wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of post-independence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in G?k?y?, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism have continued despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile.

Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the...

Ng?g? wa Thiong'o is one of the most important and celebrated authors of post-independence Africa as well as a groundbreaking postcolonial theorist. His work, written first in English, then in G?k?y?, engages with the transformations of his native Kenya after what is often termed the Mau Mau rebellion. It also gives voice to the struggles of all Africans against economic injustice and political oppression. His writing and activism have continued despite imprisonment, the threat of assassination, and exile.

Part 1 of this volume, "Materials," provides resources and background for the...

This book examines the range of the colonial imaginary in Eliot's works, from the domestic and regional to ancient and speculative colonialisms. It challenges monolithic, hegemonic views of George Eliot -- whose novelistic career paralleled the creation of British India -- and also dismissals of the postcolonial as ahistorical. It uncovers often-overlooked colonized figures in the novels. It also investigates Victorian Islamophobia in light of Eliot's impatience with ignorance, intolerance, and xenophobia as well as her interrogation of the make-believe of endings. Drawing on a range of...