Decolonial Politics and Philosophy of Ngugi wa Thiong'o - by Brian Sibanda (Hardcover)

About the Book

This book explores Ngugi wa Thiong'o's epistemic journey from a communalist, communist, nationalist, post-colonial theorist, and ultimately an established decolonial spokesperson of the Global South. This book offers a fresh perspective for scholars and readers interested in decolonial theory and African philosophy.

Book Synopsis

This book explores Ngugi wa Thiong'o's epistemic journey from a communalist, communist, nationalist, post-colonial theorist, and ultimately an established decolonial spokesperson of the Global South. This book offers a fresh perspective for scholars and readers interested in decolonial theory and African philosophy.

Review Quotes

A trail-blazing treatise of Ngugi wa Thiongrsquo;orsquo;s decolonial politics and philosophy of liberation. This book is a brilliant analysis of the work of a leading African intellectual.

Brian Sibanda has done justice to wa Thiongrsquo;o, one of the most important thinkers and writers of our time, whose immense intellectual richness often escapes those who write about him. Sibanda has confronted this predicament and has brilliantly succeeded in bringing out the complex texture of wa Thiongrsquo;o as a liberation philosopher. Sibandarsquo;s book is, in its own right, a path-breaking contribution to decolonial studies.

This is a fresh reading of Ngugi wa Thiongrsquo;o complete oelig;uvre, a reading that takes him seriously not only as a storyteller, but also as a philosopher and thinker. The most enduring contribution of the Kenyan writer is his conceptual fertilization of African literature, particularly his ongoing theorizing of decoloniality. This proposition is worth telling again, and this book does just that. wa Thiongrsquo;o novels become an engagement with critical theories, and his theories a framing of the world in which we live today, providing an understanding of the African contemporary predicament, from the vantage point of our necessary liberation. The Decolonial Politics and Philosophy of Ngugi wa Thiongrsquo;o is an essential re-introduction of classic African thought and imagination to a new generation of students, scholars and interested readers. A must on any bookshelf.

About the Author

Brian Sibanda is senior lecturer of humanities in the Department of English at the University of Johannesburg.