Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: The Making of a Rebel. A Source Book in Kenyan Literature and Resistance PDF
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wa Ngugi Thiong'o: The Making of a Rebel A Source Book Kenyan in and Literature Resistance Carol Sicherman Documentary Research in African Literatures 1 , Documentary Research African in Literatures General Editor: Bernth Lindfors Professor of English, University of Texas at Austin No.1 Ngugi wa Thiong'o: The Making of a Rebel: : A Source Book in Kenyan Literature and Resistance Carol Sicherman Digitized by the Internet Archive 2017 with funding from in Kahle/Austin Foundation https://archive.org/details/ngugiwathiongomaOOsich wa Ngugi Thiong'o: The Making of a Rebel A Source Book in Kenyan Literature and Resistance Carol Sicherman HANS ZELL PUBLISHERS London • Munich • New York • 1990 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or trans- mitted in any form or by any means (including photocopying and record- ing) without the written permission of the copyright holder except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright Act 956 (as amended) or 1 under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency, 7 WC1E Ridgmount Street, London, England 7AE. The written permission of the copyright holder must also be obtained before any part of this publica- tion is stored in a retrieval system of any nature. Applications for the copy- right holder's written permission to reproduce, transmit or store in a retrieval sytstem any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of any unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecu- tion. © 1990 Carol Sicherman Hans Zell Publishers Is an imprint of Bowker-Saur Ltd, a Reed International Books Company. Borough Green, Sevenoaks, Kent, England TNI 5 8PH British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data Sicherman, Carol Ngugi wa Thiong'o: the making of a rebel. A source book in Kenyan literature and resistance 1 . Fiction in English, Kenyan writers, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 1 938 - Title I. 823 ISBN 0-90545-066-3 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Sicherman, Carol. Ngugi wa Thiong'o, the making of a rebel. (Documentary research in African literatures 1) ; Includes bibliographical references and index. (p. ) 1 . Ngugi wa Thiong'o, 1 938- . 2. Authors, Kenyan—20th century—Biography. 3. Revolutionists-Kenya—Biography. 4. Kenya in literature. 5. Kenya-History. I. Title. II. Series. PR9381 .9.N45Z87 1990 823 [B] 90 -12531 ISBN 0-90545-066-3 Cover design by Robin Caira Printed on acid-free paper. Printed in Great Britain by Bookcraft Ltd., Midsomer Norton, nr Bath Contents Foreword by Bemth Lindfors, Series Editor vii Preface by Ngugi wa Thiong’o viii Acknowledgments x Abbreviations xiv Introduction xvi Maps Kenya i. Gikuyuland: Kiambu, Murang’a, and Nyeri ii. Nairobi, Limuru, and Environs. iii. Part Ngugi: Biography and Documents I. 1. Chronology of Ngugi’s Life and Career 3 2. Ngugi on Ngugi 18 3. The Language Question 27 — 4. Detention Reports and Reviews 33 1. Ali A. Mazrui: “The Detention of Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Report on a Private Visit”; “Ali Mazrui on Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Detention: An Unpublished Press Report” 33 2. Detained: Two Kenyan Reviews 37 Part n. Historical Backgrounds 5. Annotated Chronology of Kenyan History and Politics, 1870-1988 43 6. Biographical Glossary 104 7. Linguistic Glossary 195 Geographical Glossary 242 8. CONTENTS vi Part III. Documents of Kenyan History 9. Colonial Kenya, 1888-1945 Documents 271 1. 2. Five Cases A. Francis George Hall, Pioneer Administrator 309 B. E. S. Grogan, Settler and Flogger 324 C. Galbraith Cole, Murderer 333 D. T. G. Askwith, “Trustee for the Native People” 341 E. Waiyaki, Martyr 349 10. Resistance 1. The Fight for Independence: Mau Mau 358 2. E. Carey Francis, “Kenya’s Problems as Seen by a Schoolmaster in Kikuyu Country” 389 — Repression Three Cases 1 1 . 1. The Hola Massacre (1959) 398 2. The Manyani Detention Camp Inquiry (1959) 411 , 3. Torture Diary (1986) 424 Part IV. Bibliography 1. Primary Sources 431 2. Secondary Sources 433 Index 468
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