Wanjiru’s Search for self in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s “Minutes of Glory”

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" Wanjiru’s Search for self in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s “Minutes of Glory” "
Owen G. Mordaunt

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1064317
Doc. No	:	LA107946
Call No	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-00802002‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Owen G. Mordaunt
Title & Author	:	Wanjiru’s Search for self in Ngugi Wa Thiong’o’s “Minutes of Glory” [Article]\ Owen G. Mordaunt
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Afrika Focus
Date	:	1992
Volume/ Issue Number	:	8/2
Page No	:	93–103
Abstract	:	This paper deals with Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s portrayal of the protagonist in his short story “Minutes of Glory”. Wanjiru finds herself trapped in an urban setting and is a victim of her situation and low self-esteem. The story is a poignant and touching study of this young woman who is battling with an identity problem and is seeking acceptance in a post-independence setting where women are exploited by men of the New Africa elite. She is regarded as “a wounded bird in flight: a forced landing now and then but nevertheless wobbling from place to place …” The story affirms female self-realization rather than perpetual self-alienation, and that validates the persistence in attaining her desired goal. This paper deals with Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s portrayal of the protagonist in his short story “Minutes of Glory”. Wanjiru finds herself trapped in an urban setting and is a victim of her situation and low self-esteem. The story is a poignant and touching study of this young woman who is battling with an identity problem and is seeking acceptance in a post-independence setting where women are exploited by men of the New Africa elite. She is regarded as “a wounded bird in flight: a forced landing now and then but nevertheless wobbling from place to place …” The story affirms female self-realization rather than perpetual self-alienation, and that validates the persistence in attaining her desired goal.
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	Kenya
Descriptor	:	literature
Descriptor	:	psychology
Descriptor	:	short story
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/2031356X-00802002‬