Penpoints, gunpoints, and dreams : towards a critical theory of the arts and the state in Africa / Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʾo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, 1938-2025.

Series:

Clarendon lectures in English literature ; 1996.

Clarendon lectures in English literature ; 1996

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

African literature--20th century--History and criticism.

African literature.

African literature--Political aspects.

Africa--Politics and government--1960-.

Africa.

Politics and government.

Literature--Philosophy.

Literature.

Physical Description:

xi, 139 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Clarendon Press ; New York : Oxford University Press, 1998.

Summary:

The author, one of Africa's leading writers, explores the relationship between art and political power in society, taking as its starting point the experience of writers in contemporary Africa, where writers are often seen as enemies of the post-colonial state. This study raises the wider issues of the relationship between the state of art and the art of the state, within territorial, temporal, social, and even psychic contexts.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0198183909

OCLC:

37341309