· A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria. Ngũgĩ dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician. Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. From the exiled Kenyan novelist, playwright, poet, and literary critic–a magisterial comic novel that is certain to take its place as a landmark of postcolonial African literature. In exile now for more than twenty years, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o has become one of the most widely read African writers of our time, the power and scope of his work garnering him . Wizard of the Crow is not Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s first political satire. In , he wrote a play lampooning Kenya’s dictator Daniel arap Moi, for which Ngugi was jailed and exiled. That personal history encourages reading Wizard as a parody of Moi’s despotic regime, but Ngugi’s satire is more universal in its sweep. It skewers the greed of those in power, from self-serving postcolonial dictators to .
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o though in exile for more than 2 decades has garnered praise and attention worldwide with the scope and power of his work. Wizard of the Crow set in the 'Free Republic of Aburĩria commences in 'the present times' dramatizes with keenness of observation and caustic humor a war for controlling the souls of the people of. Happy Black History Month! One of the best books I've ever read. One of the most important books I've ever read. Wizard of the Crow by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o taug. A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria. Ngũgĩ dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician.
A landmark of postcolonial African literature, Wizard of the Crow is an ambitious, magisterial, comic novel set in the fictional Free Republic of Aburiria. Ngũgĩ dramatizes with corrosive humor and keenness of observation a battle for the souls of the Aburirian people, between a megalomaniac dictator and an unemployed young man who embraces the mantle of a magician. So begins Wizard of the Crow, Ngugi wa Thiong'o's epic African political satire, his first novel in 20 years. Daunting in its ambition and scale, spanning more than pages, it is, in the author's own words, the story of "Africa of the twentieth century in the context of two thousand years of world history.". Wizard of the Crow (Gikuyu: Mũrogi wa Kagogo) is a novel written by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o and translated from the original Kikuyu into English by the author, his first novel in more than 20 years. The story is set in the imaginary Free Republic of Aburĩria, autocratically governed by one man, known only as the Ruler.
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