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BL
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699502
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b521691
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| Main Entry
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo,1938-
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| Title & Author
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Moving the centre : : the struggle for cultural freedoms /\ Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo
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| Publication Statement
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London :: J. Currey ;Portsmouth, N.H. :: Heinemann,, 1993
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| Series Statement
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Studies in African literature
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xviii, 184 pages ;; 22 cm
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| ISBN
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0435080792
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: 085255530X
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: 9780435080792
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: 9780852555309
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| Notes
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A collection of talks and essays, created between 1980 and 1992, and translated from Kikuyu by the author
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Includes index
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| Contents
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Moving the centre: towards a pluralism of cultures -- Creating space for a hundred flowers to bloom: the wealth of a common global culture -- The universality of local knowledge -- Imperialism of language: English, a language for the world? -- Cultural dialogue for a new world -- The cultural factor in the neo-colonial era -- The writer in a neo-colonial state -- Resistance to damnation: the role of intellectual workers -- The role of the scholar in the development of African liteatures -- Post-colonial politics and culture -- In Moi's Kenya, history is subversive -- From the corridors of silence: the exile writes back -- Imperialism and revolution: movements for social change -- The ideology of racism: war on peace within and among nations -- Racism in literature -- Her cook, her dog: Karen Blixen's Africa -- Biggles, Mau Mau and I -- Black power in Britain -- Many years walk to freedom: welcome home Mandela! -- Life, literature and a longing for home -- Matigari, and the dreams of one East Africa
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African literature-- European influences
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African literature-- 20th century-- History and criticism
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Literatura africana-- Infuencia europea
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Literatura africana-- Siglo XX-- Historia y crítica
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| Dewey Classification
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809/.8896
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| LC Classification
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PL8010.N485 1993
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