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Decolonising the Mind by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o (1986, Trade Paperback)

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A summary of some of the issues in which Ngugi has been passionately involved.

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Product Identifiers

PublisherHeinemann

ISBN-100435080164

ISBN-139780435080167

eBay Product ID (ePID)876580

Product Key Features

Number of Pages114 Pages

Publication NameDecolonising the Mind

LanguageEnglish

Publication Year1986

SubjectGeneral, African

TypeTextbook

AuthorNgugi Wa Thiong'o

Subject AreaLiterary Criticism, Education

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.4 in

Item Weight7.7 Oz

Item Length8.7 in

Item Width5.5 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

LCCN86-004683

Reviews..."the single most coherent and forceful intervention to date in a debate which has been going on for a quarter of a century."-The International Journal of African Historical Studies, "...the single most coherent and forceful intervention to date in a debate which has been going on for a quarter of a century." The International Journal of African Historical Studies, "...the single most coherent and forceful intervention to date in a debate which has been going on for a quarter of a century."-The International Journal of African Historical Studies

Dewey Edition22

Dewey Decimal809.896

SynopsisNgugi describes this book as "a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in the teaching of literature. In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Europe stole art treasures from Africa to decorate their houses and museums; in the twentieth century Europe is stealing the treasures of the mind to enrich their languages and cultures...."

LC Classification NumberPL8010.N48 1986