In the Castle of My Skin (Revised) Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature Devil on the Cross Black Skin, White Masks The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright Things Fall Apart
Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing In the Castle of My Skin (Revised) The Wretched of the Earth Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe In the Castle of My Skin (Revised) Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe
Things Fall Apart The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright The Language of Languages Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing The Language of Languages Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature The Wretched of the Earth
Devil on the Cross The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright The Wretched of the Earth Black Skin, White Masks The Language of Languages Black Skin, White Masks Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing

Books from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Conversation

Books from Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o Conversation

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The Language of Languages

The Language of Languages

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$19.00 $17.67

the main book discussed today

Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe

Secure the Base: Making Africa Visible in the Globe

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$28.75

another significant text I used to prepare for the conversation today

Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing

Globalectics: Theory and the Politics of Knowing

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$27.60

we discuss Ngugi's "poor theory" and the notion of globalectics which both come from this book

The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright

The Upright Revolution: Or Why Humans Walk Upright

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$21.50 $20.00

His illustrated fable that has been translated into sixty-three languages--forty-seven of them African

The Wretched of the Earth

The Wretched of the Earth

Frantz Fanon

$17.00 $15.81

Fanon is foundational for Ngugi

Black Skin, White Masks

Black Skin, White Masks

Frantz Fanon

$16.00 $14.88

Another Fanon

In the Castle of My Skin (Revised)

In the Castle of My Skin (Revised)

George Lamming

$23.94

Lamming was also an early formative influence on his novels

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$29.95

Perhaps Ngugi's most famous nonfiction book

Devil on the Cross

Devil on the Cross

Ngugi Wa Thiong'o

$17.00 $15.81

Namwali Serpell, the Zambian writer who interviewed him for the Paris Review, wrote the introduction to this Ngugi novel

Things Fall Apart

Things Fall Apart

Chinua Achebe

$15.00 $13.95

Achebe's great novel