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With a focus on the urban setting of key Kenyan novels.A study of the key Kenyan novels since Ngugi published Weep Not, Child in 1962. North America: Africa World Press; Kenya: EAEP

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... a clearly written, accessible overview of an area of post-colonial writing which continues to suffer from extremely unbalanced critical attention -- Patrick Williams * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *

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Part 1 A brief history of the Kenyan novel: literary barrenness? the historical context; the 1960's - the first generation of novels; the 1970's - literary boom; the 1980's and 1990's - the post Kenyatta era. Part 2 Urban obsessions, urban fears: postcolonial urban geography - the evolution of Nairobi; heartbeats and afromances - popular novels and the city; following the "tramp of the damned" - the novels of Meja Mwangi; Nyapol's daughters - women and the city.

Urban Obsessions Urban Fears

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      Publisher: James Currey
      Publication Date: 01/01/1999
      ISBN13: 9780852555507, 978-0852555507
      ISBN10: 0852555504
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      Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      With a focus on the urban setting of key Kenyan novels.A study of the key Kenyan novels since Ngugi published Weep Not, Child in 1962. North America: Africa World Press; Kenya: EAEP

      Trade Review
      ... a clearly written, accessible overview of an area of post-colonial writing which continues to suffer from extremely unbalanced critical attention -- Patrick Williams * JOURNAL OF MODERN AFRICAN STUDIES *

      Table of Contents
      Part 1 A brief history of the Kenyan novel: literary barrenness? the historical context; the 1960's - the first generation of novels; the 1970's - literary boom; the 1980's and 1990's - the post Kenyatta era. Part 2 Urban obsessions, urban fears: postcolonial urban geography - the evolution of Nairobi; heartbeats and afromances - popular novels and the city; following the "tramp of the damned" - the novels of Meja Mwangi; Nyapol's daughters - women and the city.

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