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Author: Godwin Siundu Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000817741 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
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This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor’s writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as Dragonfly Sea and her short story “Weight of Whispers”. While the chapters in this book grapple with diverse themes, they generally converge on Owuor’s preoccupation with different forms of violence that has dominated Kenya’s postcolonial experiences, especially those around the politics of power and the roles of regional, ethnic, and gender identities in influencing such politics. Many of the chapters in this book problematize the violence of genocide, trauma, and flight as they are variously and singularly underpinned by silences that signal the failure of adequate avenues for articulation of what impact such violence has on its victims. Other chapters focus on the style of Owuor’s writing, thereby highlighting the many literary innovations that Owuor crafts in order to effectively carry the weight of her concerns. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of Literature, Politics, History, and Sociology. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Author: Godwin Siundu Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1000817741 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 178
Book Description
This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor’s writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as Dragonfly Sea and her short story “Weight of Whispers”. While the chapters in this book grapple with diverse themes, they generally converge on Owuor’s preoccupation with different forms of violence that has dominated Kenya’s postcolonial experiences, especially those around the politics of power and the roles of regional, ethnic, and gender identities in influencing such politics. Many of the chapters in this book problematize the violence of genocide, trauma, and flight as they are variously and singularly underpinned by silences that signal the failure of adequate avenues for articulation of what impact such violence has on its victims. Other chapters focus on the style of Owuor’s writing, thereby highlighting the many literary innovations that Owuor crafts in order to effectively carry the weight of her concerns. This book will be of interest to scholars and advanced students of Literature, Politics, History, and Sociology. It was originally published as a special issue of the journal Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Author: Godwin Siundu Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 9781032408255 Category : Languages : en Pages : 0
Book Description
This book is a collection of essays on Yvonne Owuor's writings, mainly her most acclaimed novel, Dust as well as Dragonfly Sea and her short story "Weight of Whispers". It was originally published as a special issue of the journal, Eastern African Literary and Cultural Studies.
Author: Mukoma Wa Ngugi Publisher: Melville House ISBN: 1612190073 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 185
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A cop from Wisconsin pursues a killer through the terrifying slums of Nairobi and the memories of genocide IN MADISON, WISCONSIN, it’s a big deal when African peace activist Joshua Hakizimana—who saved hundreds of people from the Rwandan genocide—accepts a position at the university to teach about “genocide and testimony.” Then a young woman is found murdered on his doorstep. Local police Detective Ishmael—an African-American in an “extremely white” town—suspects the crime is racially motivated; the Ku Klux Klan still holds rallies there, after all. But then he gets a mysterious phone call: “If you want the truth, you must go to its source. The truth is in the past. Come to Nairobi.” It’s the beginning of a journey that will take him to a place still vibrating from the genocide that happened around its borders, where violence is a part of everyday life, where big-oil money rules and where the local cops shoot first and ask questions later—a place, in short, where knowing the truth about history can get you killed.
Author: Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye Publisher: The Feminist Press at CUNY ISBN: 1558618961 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 205
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This contemporary African classic tells the story of seven unforgettable Kenyan women as it traces more than sixty years of turbulent national history. Like their country, this group of old women is divided by ethnicity, language, class, and religion. But around the charcoal fire at the Refuge, the old-age home they share in Nairobi, they uncover the hidden personal histories that connect them as women: stories of their struggles for self-determination; of conflict, violence, and loss, but also of survival. Each woman has found her way to the Refuge because of a devastating life experience—the loss of family and security to revolution, emigration, or poverty. But as they reflect upon their tragedies, they also become aware of the community they have formed—a community of collective history, strength, humor, and affection. And they learn that they are more connected than they know, as the murder of a student in the neighborhood reveals how their lives have intersected across generations, how securely the past is tied to the present—and to the future—of their young nation.
Author: Charles Hornsby Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing ISBN: 0755627741 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 1102
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Since independence from Great Britain in 1963, Kenya has survived five decades as a functioning nation-state, holding regular elections; its borders and political system intact and avoiding open war with its neighbours and military rule internally. It has been a favoured site for Western aid, trade, investment and tourism and has remained a close security partner for Western governments. However, Kenya's successive governments have failed to achieve adequate living conditions for most of its citizens; violence, corruption and tribalism have been ever-present, and its politics have failed to transcend its history. The decisions of the early years of independence and the acts of its leaders in the decades since have changed the country's path in unpredictable ways, but key themes of conflicts remain: over land, money, power, economic policy, national autonomy and the distribution of resources between classes and communities.While the country's political institutions have remained stable, the nation has changed, its population increasing nearly five-fold in five decades. But the economic and political elite's struggle for state resources and the exploitation of ethnicity for political purposes still threaten the country's existence. Today, Kenyans are arguing over many of the issues that divided them 50 years ago. The new constitution promulgated in 2010 provides an opportunity for national renewal, but it must confront a heavy legacy of history. This book reveals that history.
Author: Michela Wrong Publisher: Harper Collins ISBN: 0061886939 Category : Political Science Languages : en Pages : 459
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The true story of one man’s fight against corruption: "like a John Le Carré novel” that shows “how and why Kenya descended into political violence” (Washington Post). In January 2003, Kenya was hailed as a model of democracy after the peaceful election of President Mwai Kibaki. By appointing respected longtime reformer John Githongo as anticorruption czar, the new Kikuyu government signaled its determination to end the shady practices that had tainted the previous regime. Yet only two years later, Githongo himself was on the run, having secretly compiled evidence of official malfeasance throughout the new administration. Unable to remain silent, Githongo, at great personal risk, made the painful choice to go public. The result was a Kenyan Watergate. Michela Wrong’s account of how a pillar of the establishment turned whistle-blower—instantly becoming one of the most hated and admired men in Kenya—grips like a political thriller while probing the very roots of the nation’s predicament. “A fast-paced political thriller. . . . Wrong’s gripping, thoughtful book stands as both a tribute to Githongo’s courage and a cautionary tale.” —New York Times Book Review
Author: M. M. Kaye Publisher: Minotaur Books ISBN: 1250089255 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 209
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Written by celebrated author M. M. Kaye, Death in Kenya is a wonderfully evocative mystery... When Victoria Caryll is offered a position at Flamingo, her aunt's family estate in Kenya's Rift Valley, she accepts-knowing full well that the move will give her a chance to see Eden DeBrett once again, the man she was previously engaged to. But she doesn't realize that coming to her aunt's home will introduce her to an unstable region still recovering from the bloody Mau Mau revolt, and to a household thrown into grief by a recent murder. Distinguished by its mystery, romance, and exotic setting, Death in Kenya is as graceful as it is chilling-it is the beloved novel of one of our finest and most accomplished writers.
Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o Publisher: Heinemann ISBN: 9780435908300 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 148
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"Two small boys stand on a rubbish heap and look into the future. One boy is excited, he is beginning school; the other, his brother, is an apprentice carpetner. Together, they will serve their country--the teacher and the craftsman. But this is Kenya and times are against them. In the forests, the Mau Mau are waging war against the white government, and two brothers, Njoroge and Kamau, and the rest of their family, need to decide where their loyalties lie. For the practical man, the choice is simple, but for Njoroge, the scholar, the dream of progress through learning is a hard one to give up"--P. [4] of cover.
Author: Godwin Siundu
Author: Godwin Siundu
Author: Godwin Siundu
Author: Mukoma Wa Ngugi
Author: David Maughan-Brown
Author: Marjorie Oludhe Macgoye
Author: Kathleen Klaus
Author: Charles Hornsby
Author: Michela Wrong
Author: M. M. Kaye
Author: Ngugi wa Thiong'o