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Se Afrika
För första gången på svenska: den berömde författaren Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o uppmärksammade och omtalade essäer. I mer än sextio år har Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o skildrat frågorna, utmaningarna, historierna och framtiden för människor på den afrikanska kontinenten, med fokus på folket i hans hemland Kenya. Han berättar om det koloniala våldet, om de politiska oroligheterna efter att kolonialmakterna dragit sig tillbaka, om kampen för frihet och att fängslas för den och om längtan efter ekonomisk jämlikhet efter åratal av ojämlikhet. Med en röst präglad av både hopp och besvikelse ifrågasätter han den roll som språket har att spela både i organiseringen av maktstrukturer och i uttrycket av det egna jaget. Wa Thiong’o skönlitterära verk är välkända, men hans sakprosa har inte varit lika uppmärksammad. Se Afrika är den första samlingen och består av olika texter skrivna under tre decennier. Den här boken täcker in ett stort antal ämnen såsom den intellektuelles roll, vilken inverkan Asien har på Afrika, arbete och politisk oro i en tid präglad av kapitalism och hur slaveriets arv ser ut. I en tid där Afrika tar en stor plats i diskussionen om globalisering är Se Afrika obligatorisk läsning.
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123 pages, Hardcover
First published October 11, 2017
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
108 books2,030 followersNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o was a Kenyan author and academic, who was described as East Africa's leading novelist.
He began writing in English before later switching to write primarily in Gikuyu, becoming a strong advocate for literature written in native African languages. His works include the celebrated novel The River Between, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He was the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. His short story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright was translated into more than 100 languages.
In 1977, Ngũgĩ embarked upon a novel form of theatre in Kenya that sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he held to be "the general bourgeois education system", by encouraging spontaneity and audience participation in the performances. His project sought to "demystify" the theatrical process, and to avoid the "process of alienation [that] produces a gallery of active stars and an undifferentiated mass of grateful admirers" which, according to Ngũgĩ, encourages passivity in "ordinary people". Although his landmark play Ngaahika Ndeenda, co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, was a commercial success, it was shut down by the authoritarian Kenyan regime six weeks after its opening.
Ngũgĩ was subsequently imprisoned for more than a year. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, he was released from prison and fled Kenya. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine. He previously taught at Northwestern University, Yale University, and New York University. Ngũgĩ was frequently regarded as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He won the 2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Among his children are authors Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ.
He began writing in English before later switching to write primarily in Gikuyu, becoming a strong advocate for literature written in native African languages. His works include the celebrated novel The River Between, plays, short stories, and essays, ranging from literary and social criticism to children's literature. He was the founder and editor of the Gikuyu-language journal Mũtĩiri. His short story The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright was translated into more than 100 languages.
In 1977, Ngũgĩ embarked upon a novel form of theatre in Kenya that sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he held to be "the general bourgeois education system", by encouraging spontaneity and audience participation in the performances. His project sought to "demystify" the theatrical process, and to avoid the "process of alienation [that] produces a gallery of active stars and an undifferentiated mass of grateful admirers" which, according to Ngũgĩ, encourages passivity in "ordinary people". Although his landmark play Ngaahika Ndeenda, co-written with Ngũgĩ wa Mirii, was a commercial success, it was shut down by the authoritarian Kenyan regime six weeks after its opening.
Ngũgĩ was subsequently imprisoned for more than a year. Adopted as an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience, he was released from prison and fled Kenya. He was appointed Distinguished Professor of Comparative Literature and English at the University of California, Irvine. He previously taught at Northwestern University, Yale University, and New York University. Ngũgĩ was frequently regarded as a likely candidate for the Nobel Prize in Literature. He won the 2001 International Nonino Prize in Italy, and the 2016 Park Kyong-ni Prize. Among his children are authors Mũkoma wa Ngũgĩ and Wanjiku wa Ngũgĩ.
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November 18, 2017
Sju tänkvärda essäer med perspektiv som jag sällan stöter på om en kontinent som jag läser alldeles för lite om. Med sina ca 120 sidor är det en bok som alla kan och bör ta sig an.
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