عنوان

Something torn and new :

(Number (ISBN

0786744197

(Number (ISBN

9780786744190

Erroneous ISBN

0465009468

Erroneous ISBN

9780465009466

Number

b726830

Title Proper

Something torn and new :

General Material Designation

[Book]

Other Title Information

an African renaissance /

First Statement of Responsibility

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

New York :

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

BasicCivitas Books,

Date of Publication, Distribution, etc.

©2009.

Specific Material Designation and Extent of Item

1 online resource (xi, 162 pages)

Text of Note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 135-148) and index.

Text of Note

Dismembering practices : planting European memory in America -- Re-membering visions -- Memory, restoration, and African renaissance -- From color to social consciousness : South Africa in the black imagination.

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Text of Note

Novelist Ngũgĩ 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. Here, 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, this book is a cri de coeur to save Africa's cultural future.--From publisher description.

Source for Acquisition/Subscription Address

OverDrive, Inc.

Stock Number

54C053DA-EC38-4245-8B55-0EC47C3377B3

Title

Something torn and new.

International Standard Book Number

0465009468

Decolonization-- Africa.

Civilization.

Decolonization.

SOCIAL SCIENCE-- Emigration & Immigration.

Africa, Civilization.

Africa.

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7

SOC-- 007000

Number

Edition

Class number

Book number

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo,1938-

Date of Transaction

20201213222249.0

Cataloguing Rules (Descriptive Conventions))

pn

Electronic name

[Book]

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