Portrayal of Corruption in the Novel Devil on the Cross by Ngugi wa Thiong’o. by Natumanya, Blessed

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Portrayal of Corruption in the Novel Devil on the Cross by Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. by Natumanya, Blessed

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The critique of Gikuyu religion and culture in S.N. Ngubiah's A Curse from God by F. Hale

“…In contrast to the nostalgic defensiveness of many Kenyan and other post-colonial African writers, perhaps most notably Ngugi wa Thiong’o, the Gikuyu novelist S.N. Ngubiah found not salvation but a burden in certain aspects of his precolonialist indigenous culture. …”
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Language and the African Philosophical Traditions by Kọ́lá Abímbọ́lá

“…Numerous scholars have explored this very question from Africana perspectives: Kwasi Wiredu (1996) explored the philosophical issue of whether there are culturally defined values and concepts; Hallen and Sodipo (1986) examined the question of whether there are unique African indigenous systems of knowledge; Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o (1994) evaluated the role of colonialism in the language of African literature; Oyerò nkẹ ́ ́ Oyěwumi (1997) argued that “gender” is a Western cultural invention that is foreign to Yorùbá systems of sociation; and Helen Veran (2001) argued that even though science, mathematics, and logic are not culturally relative, “certainty” is nonetheless derived from cultural practices and associations. …”
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Corporeality as Ideological Trope in African Drama by George D. Nyamndi

“…En nous appuyant sur des productions théâtrales appropriées à cette étude, notamment celles du Kenyan Ngugi wa Thiong’o et du Camerounais Bole Butake, nous montrons que le dramaturge se sert du langage du corps comme outil de l’articulation idéologique. …”
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