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Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe
Contributor(s): Wa Thiong'o, Ngugi (Author)
ISBN: 0857423134     ISBN-13: 9780857423139
Publisher: Seagull Books
OUR PRICE:   $23.75  
Product Type: Hardcover
Published: February 2016
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BISAC Categories:
- Political Science | World - African
LCCN: 2016330354
Series: Africa List
Physical Information: 0.8" H x 5.1" W x 8.6" (0.65 lbs) 152 pages
Themes:
- Cultural Region - African
 
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Publisher Description:
For more than sixty years, Ngugi wa Thiong'o has been writing fearlessly the questions, challenges, histories, and futures of Africans, particularly those of his homeland, Kenya. In his work, which has included plays, novels, and essays, Ngugi narrates the injustice of colonial violence and the dictatorial betrayal of decolonization, the fight for freedom and subsequent incarceration, and the aspiration toward economic equality in the face of gross inequality. With both hope and disappointment, he questions the role of language in both the organization of power structures and the pursuit of autonomy and self-expression.

Ngugi's fiction has reached wide acclaim, but his nonfictional work, while equally brilliant, is difficult to find. Secure the Base changes this by bringing together for the first time essays spanning nearly three decades. Originating as disparate lectures and texts, this complete volume will remind readers anew of Ngugi's power and importance. Written in a personal and accessible style, the book covers a range of issues, including the role of the intellectual, the place of Asia in Africa, labor and political struggles in an era of rampant capitalism, and the legacies of slavery and prospects for peace. At a time when Africa looms large in our discussions of globalization, Secure the Base is mandatory reading.

Contributor Bio(s): Thiong'o, Ngugi Wa: - Ngugi wa Thiong'o is distinguished professor of English and comparative literature at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of many books, including The River Between, Petals of Blood, Wizard of the Crow, and Decolonizing the Mind.