Devil On The Cross
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Devil On The Cross
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: Heinemann
Release Date : 1987
Devil On The Cross written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by Heinemann this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1987 with African fiction (English) categories.
Devil on the Cross tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who emigrated from her small rural town to the city of Nairobi only to be exploited by her boss and later a corrupt businessman.
Devil On The Cross
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: Penguin
Release Date : 2017-04-11
Devil On The Cross written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by Penguin this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-04-11 with Fiction categories.
The great Kenyan writer and Nobel Prize nominee’s novel that he wrote in secret, on toilet paper, while in prison—featuring an introduction by Namwali Serpell, the author of the novel The Old Drift One of the cornerstones of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s fame, Devil on the Cross is a powerful fictional critique of capitalism. It tells the tragic story of Wariinga, a young woman who moves from a rural Kenyan town to the capital, Nairobi, only to be exploited by her boss and later by a corrupt businessman. As she struggles to survive, Wariinga begins to realize that her problems are only symptoms of a larger societal malaise and that much of the misfortune stems from the Western, capitalist influences on her country. An impassioned cry for a Kenya free of dictatorship and for African writers to work in their own local dialects, Devil on the Cross has had a profound influence on Africa and on post-colonial African literature. For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
Wrestling With The Devil
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: The New Press
Release Date : 2018-03-06
Wrestling With The Devil written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by The New Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-03-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
A New York Times Editors’ Choice "A welcome addition to the vast literature produced by jailed writers across the centuries . . . [a] thrilling testament to the human spirit." —Ariel Dorfman, The New York Times Book Review "Wrestling with the Devil is a powerful testament to the courage of Ngũgĩ and his fellow prisoners and validation of the hope that an independent Kenya would eventually emerge." —Minneapolis Star Tribune "The Ngũgĩ of Wrestling with the Devil called not just for adding a bit of color to the canon’s sagging shelf, but for abolition and upheaval." —Bookforum An unforgettable chronicle of the year the brilliant novelist and memoirist, long favored for the Nobel Prize, was thrown in a Kenyan jail without charge Wrestling with the Devil, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's powerful prison memoir, begins literally half an hour before his release on December 12, 1978. In one extended flashback he recalls the night, a year earlier, when armed police pulled him from his home and jailed him in Kenya's Kamĩtĩ Maximum Security Prison, one of the largest in Africa. There, he lives in a prison block with eighteen other political prisoners, quarantined from the general prison population. In a conscious effort to fight back the humiliation and the intended degradation of the spirit, Ngũgĩ—the world-renowned author of Weep Not, Child; Petals of Blood; and Wizard of the Crow—decides to write a novel on toilet paper, the only paper to which he has access, a book that will become his classic, Devil on the Cross. Written in the early 1980s and never before published in America, Wrestling with the Devil is Ngũgĩ's account of the drama and the challenges of writing the novel under twenty-four-hour surveillance. He captures not only the excruciating pain that comes from being cut off from his wife and children, but also the spirit of defiance that defines hope. Ultimately, Wrestling with the Devil is a testimony to the power of imagination to help humans break free of confinement, which is truly the story of all art.
Devil On The Cross Engl
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1982
Devil On The Cross Engl written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1982 with categories.
In The House Of The Interpreter
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2012-11-06
In The House Of The Interpreter written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-11-06 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
With black-and-white illustrations throughout World-renowned Kenyan novelist, poet, playwright, and literary critic Ng˜ug˜ý wa Thiong’o gives us the second volume of his memoirs in the wake of his critically acclaimed Dreams in a Time of War. In the House of the Interpreter richly and poignantly evokes the author’s life and times at boarding school—the first secondary educational institution in British-ruled Kenya—in the 1950s, against the backdrop of the tumultuous Mau Mau Uprising for independence and Kenyan sovereignty. While Ng˜ug˜ý has been enjoying scouting trips, chess tournaments, and reading about the fictional RAF pilot adventurer Biggles at the prestigious Alliance High School near Nairobi, things have been changing rapidly at home. Poised as he is between two worlds, Ng˜ug˜ý returns home for his first visit since starting school to find his house razed and the entire village moved up the road, closer to a guard checkpoint. Later, his brother Good Wallace, a member of the insurgency, is captured by the British and taken to a concentration camp. As for Ng˜ug˜ý himself, he falls victim to the forces of colonialism in the person of a police officer encountered on a bus journey, and he is thrown into jail for six days. In his second year at Alliance High School, the boarding school that was his haven in a heartless world is shattered by investigations, charges of disloyalty, and the politics of civil unrest. In the House of the Interpreter hauntingly describes the formative experiences of a young man who would become a world-class writer and, as a political dissident, a moral compass to us all. It is a winning celebration of the implacable determination of youth and the power of hope.
Devil On The Cross Ngugi S Marxist Invitation
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Author : Bonaventure Muzigirwa
language : en
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
Release Date : 2012-10-02
Devil On The Cross Ngugi S Marxist Invitation written by Bonaventure Muzigirwa and has been published by GRIN Verlag this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Literary Collections categories.
Scientific Study from the year 2010 in the subject Literature - Africa, , course: African Literature, language: English, abstract: This paper is a Marxist approach to Ngugi-Wa-Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross It seeks to show how Ngugi is committed to the struggle against Neo-colonialism and imperialism. It presents Ngugi’s Devil on the Cross as an invitation for the prole tariat and the oppressed people to act Key words: Commitment, Marxism, Socialist realism
Patchwork
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Author : Ellen Banda-Aaku
language : en
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
Release Date : 2024-02-01
Patchwork written by Ellen Banda-Aaku and has been published by Bloomsbury Publishing this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-02-01 with Fiction categories.
Winner of the 2010 Penguin Prize for African Writing. In this coming-of-age novel, acclaimed author Ellen Banda-Aaku offers a profound exploration into the effects of stigma, class, and family dynamics in 1970s Zambia. Pumpkin is a nine-year-old girl pulled between two vastly different worlds – that of her father, the wealthy and power-hungry Joseph Sakavungo, and her mother, his unstable mistress. As Pumpkin attempts to come to terms with her own identity, she struggles to fashion a future for herself out of the torn patchwork of her parents' lives. Beautifully constructed, Banda-Aaku has crafted a story that is in equal parts uplifting and bittersweet.
The Devil Is In The Details
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Author : Michael Fullan
language : en
Publisher: Corwin Press
Release Date : 2020-02-19
The Devil Is In The Details written by Michael Fullan and has been published by Corwin Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-02-19 with Education categories.
Develop equity, excellence, and well-being across the whole system! The world is troubled! We need to combine a moral imperative and a system transformation to survive for the better. Education is crucial to our future but needs to play a more direct role in shaping our future. The Devil is in the Details shows how we can re-think the education system and its three levels of leadership—local, middle, and top—so that each level can contribute to dramatic turnaround for education and society. The focus is on examining details to ensure effective actions are taken, rather than assuming large pronouncements and policies will drive change. Readers will find: • Details and analysis about successful systems in California, Ontario, and Australia • Ideas for how leaders at all levels can take steps to begin • Vignettes, actions and strategies that illustrate how to address equity, excellence and well-being With the goal of transforming the culture of learning to develop greater equity, excellence, and student wellbeing, this book will help you liberate the system and maintain focus.
Devil On The Run
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Author : Nicky Cruz
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1990
Devil On The Run written by Nicky Cruz and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1990 with Evangelistic work categories.
Nicky's parents were both occultists, and he was expected to follow in their footsteps. But Nicky ran away, to New York City, where he became a tough, violent gang leader. Yet he was the first of his family to turn to Christ ...
The Perfect Nine
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Author : Ngugi wa Thiong'o
language : en
Publisher: Random House
Release Date : 2020-10-08
The Perfect Nine written by Ngugi wa Thiong'o and has been published by Random House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-10-08 with Poetry categories.
*LONGLISTED FOR THE 2021 INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE.* 'One of the greatest writers of our time' Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie The Perfect Nine is a glorious epic about the founding of Kenya's Gikuyu people and the ideals of beauty, courage and unity. Gikuyu and Mumbi settled on the peaceful and bounteous foot of Mount Kenya after fleeing war and hunger. When ninety-nine suitors arrive on their land, seeking to marry their famously beautiful daughters, called The Perfect Nine, the parents ask their daughters to choose for themselves, but to choose wisely. First the young women must embark on a treacherous quest with the suitors, to find a magical cure for their youngest sister, Warigia, who cannot walk. As they journey up the mountain, the number of suitors diminishes and the sisters put their sharp minds and bold hearts to the test, conquering fear, doubt, hunger and many menacing ogres, as they attempt to return home. But it is perhaps Warigia's unexpected adventure that will be most challenging of all. Blending folklore, mythology and allegory, Ngugi wa Thiong'o chronicles the adventures of Gikuyu and Mumbi, and how their brave daughters became the matriarchs of the Gikuyu clans, in stunning verse, with all the epic elements of danger, humour and suspense. 'A tremendous writer... it's hard to doubt the power of the written word when you hear the story of Ngugi wa Thiong'o' Guardian