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Demystifying the Future in Africa’s (Un)vanishing Past: A Study of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Novels

  • Gbemisola Adeoti
    Gbemisola Adeoti
    Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. E-mail: remiade@oauife.edu.ng; ayinla80@yahoo.com
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Résumé

Le présent article est une analyse critique des deux derniers romans de Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Matigari et Wizard of the Crow. Il vise à interroger la manière dont l’auteur dissèque les problèmes auxquels sont confrontées les nations africaines après les indépendances et comment les États peuvent être réinventés. Cette analyse s’effectue dans le contexte des défis croissants du néolibéralisme et de l’occidentalisation, autrement dit la mondialisation.

Demystifying the Future in Africa’s (Un)vanishing Past: A Study of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Novels

This article attempts a critical analysis of Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s last two novels: Matigari and Wizard of the Crow. This is with a view to interrogating the novelist’s dissection of problems confronting post-independence African nations and how these nations can be re-invented. The analysis is done against the backdrop of growing challenges of neo-liberalism and Westernisation, otherwise known as globalisation.

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Ngugi wa Thiong’o Matigari and Wizard of the Crow post-indépendance nations africaines néo-colonialisme

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Biographie de l'auteur/ice

  • Gbemisola Adeoti

    Department of English, Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile Ife, Nigeria. E-mail: remiade@oauife.edu.ng; ayinla80@yahoo.com

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