| Something Torn and New: An African Renaissance Contributor(s): Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi (Author) |
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ISBN: 0465009468 ISBN-13: 9780465009466 Publisher: Civitas Book Publisher OUR PRICE: $24.75 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2009 Annotation: One of Africa's greatest writers ("San Francisco Chronicle") makes an impassioned plea for the resurrection of African language--and African culture itself. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | African - Social Science | Ethnic Studies - African American Studies - Social Science | Black Studies (global) |
| Dewey: 325.6 |
| LCCN: 2008044278 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.4" (0.50 lbs) 176 pages |
| Themes: - Ethnic Orientation - African American - Cultural Region - African |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been a force in African literature for decades: Since the 1970s, when he gave up the English language to commit himself to writing in African languages, his foremost concern has been the critical importance of language to culture. In Something Torn and New, Ngugi explores Africa's historical, economic, and cultural fragmentation by slavery, colonialism, and globalization. Throughout this tragic history, a constant and irrepressible force was Europhonism: the replacement of native names, languages, and identities with European ones. The result was the dismemberment of African memory. Seeking to remember language in order to revitalize it, Ngugi's quest is for wholeness. Wide-ranging, erudite, and hopeful, Something Torn and New is a cri de coeur to save Africa's cultural future. |