Is Matigari a novel?
Matigari: A Novel (African Writers Library) Hardcover – April 1, 1993. Find all the books, read about the author, and more.
Who wrote Matigari?
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Matigari/Authors
How many pages is Matigari?
175 pages
Bibliographic information
| Title | Matigari Volume 823 of African writers series, ISSN 0065-4108 Heinemann African writers series Heinemann educational books |
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| Edition | reprint |
| Publisher | Heinemann, 1989 |
| ISBN | 0435905465, 9780435905460 |
| Length | 175 pages |
What is Ngugi wa thiong famous for?
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, original name James Thiong’o Ngugi, (born January 5, 1938, Limuru, Kenya), Kenyan writer who was considered East Africa’s leading novelist. His popular Weep Not, Child (1964) was the first major novel in English by an East African.
When was Matigari written?
The novel “Matigari” was first written and published in Kikuyu in 1986, which was later translated and published in English in the year 1987. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, wrote “Matigari” in Kikuyu so that the messages within the novel can reach the masses of Africa (the poor).
Is Ngugi wa thiong o a professor?
Ngugi wa Thiong’o, currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, was born in Kenya, in 1938 into a large peasant family. The Kenya of his birth and youth was a British settler colony (1895-1963).
Which is true about Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matigari?
“Ngugi wa Thiong’o has succeeded in creating a fascinating and revolutionary concept of genre… Matigari is both a novel at the same time as it is an oral narrative performance. [Matigari] is likewise equally a hagiography as it is a myth.”
Why did Matigari wa Thiong’o get arrested?
“Soon after Matigari’s publication, its hero was mistaken by the paranoid, dictatorial government of Kenya as a revolutionary agitator plotting to overthrow the government, which promptly issued a warrant for his arrest!
How is Matigari a satire on African society?
Matigari is a satire on the betrayal of human ideals and on the bitter experience of post-independence African society. “Ngugi wa Thiong’o has succeeded in creating a fascinating and revolutionary concept of genre… Matigari is both a novel at the same time as it is an oral narrative performance.
Who is Matigari ma Njiruungi in the book?
Lots of major themes in this! ‘Matigari’ is the ultimate African post-colonial, social justice novel. And of course, Ngugi executes the storyline brilliantly with the courage and strength of Matigari ma Njiruungi – a patriot who goes to great lengths to ensure there is justice for the oppressed in a nation (this is a fictitious/imaginary nation).