Ngugi (EPUB) von Simon Gikandi

First-hand accounts of how Ngugi wa Thiong'o's life and work have intersected, and the multiple forces that have converged to make him one of the greatest writers to come out of Africa in the twentieth century.

Preface
Chronology
Introduction: Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Reflecting on a Life in Writing - Simon Gikandi
Ngugi at work - Ndirangu Wachanga
PART I SERENADES & BEGINNINGS
Hyperbolic praise poetry for Ngugi @ 80: In imitation of African orature - Micere Githae Mugo
A Song at Dawn [for Ngugi wa Thiong'o] - Tsitsi Jaji
Ngugi in Eritrea - Charles Cantalupo
Up from Makerere: On the publication ofWeep Not, Child - Susan Nalugwa Kiguli
Encountering Ngugi at Leeds: An interview with Peter Nazareth - Roland Nasasira
The book that made me: OnWeep Not, Child - Simon Gikandi
Note from a literary son - Peter Kimani
What is in a name? - Ime Ikkideh
In exile: Between Britain & Kenya - Odhiambo Levin Opiyo
PART II MEMORIES, RECOLLECTIONS & TRIBUTES
Remembering early conversations with Ngugi - Bernth Lindfors
Ngugi wa Thiong'o at 80:Pongezi - Congratulations! - Eddah Gachukia
Ngugi at 80: Inspiring encounters - Willy Mutunga
Ngugi in the '70s at the University of Nairobi - Margaretta wa Gacheru
Professor, you are in Ngugi's book - Rhonda Cobham-Sander and Reinhard W. Sander
Muraata, Murutani, na Muthikiriria - Friend, teacher & listener - Ann Biersteker
Fear & trepidation in Asmara: Meeting Ngugi - Jane Plastow
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: A true story - Grant Farred
Ngugi wa Thiong'o: Tribute on his 80th birthday - Chege Githiora
PART III WORKING WITH NGUGI
Ngugi & the decolonization of publishing - James Currey
The turning point: Ngugi wa Thiong'o & his publisher - Henry Chakava
Working with Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Sultan Somjee
Recollections ofMutiiri:The beginnings - Kimani Njogu
PART IV THE WRITER, THE CRITIC & THE WORLD
Bricklayer & architect of a world to come - Emilia Ilevia
Revisioning Goethe's idea of "World Literature": Commendation address on the awarding of Dr. Phil. h.c. to Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o - Anne Adams
Globalectics: Beyond postcoloniality & engaging the Caribbean - Carole Boyce Davies
Ngugi & the quest for a linguistic paradigm shift: Some reflections - Alamin Mazrui
Autobiographical prototypes in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's early fiction & drama - Gichingiri Ndigirigi
Homecoming: The idea of return in the works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o - James Ogude
Gucookia Ruui Mukaro - Redirecting the river back to its rightful course - Kiarii Kamau
Muthoni's afterlives - Grace A. Musila
PART V THE OTHER NGUGI
Kwa Grant Kamenju: Hotuba ya kuipokea digrii ya heshima ya uzamifu kutoka chuo kikuu cha Dar es Salaam - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Wasomi, lugha za Ulaya na za Kiafrika: Kati ya kuweza na kuwezwa - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Asia in My Life - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Ndai ya Wendo [A Riddle of Love] - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
APPENDIXES
A. Review ofWizard of the Crow: Ngugi's homecoming gift to Kenyans [Cabral Pinto /Willy Mutunga] - Willy Mutunga
B. Directing the river back to its course - Kiarii Kamau
C. For Grant Kamenju - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
D. Intellectuals, European & African Languages: Between enslavement & empowerment - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
E. A Riddle of Love - Ngugi wa Thiong'o
Bibliography of Ngugi's Primary Works