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Article: Reinhard Sander and Bernth Lindfors (eds), Ngugi wa Thiong'o Speaks: interviews with the Kenyan writer.(Book review)
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REINHARD SANDER AND BERNTH LINDFORS (eds), Ngugi wa Thiong'o Speaks: interviews with the Kenyan writer. Oxford: James Currey; Nairobi: EAEP (pb, 19.95 [pounds sterling] - 0 85255 580 6). 2006, 445 pp.
A substantial collection of interviews spanning the famous Kenyan author/activist's career, Ngugi wa Thiong'o Speaks is, without a doubt, one of the most important resources to emerge for Ngugi scholarship. The cover, modelled after Ngugi's previous James Currey publications--Writers in Politics, Decolonising the Mind and Moving the Centre serves as a familiar marker, signalling an addition to Ngugi's work. In fact, at a glance, one might mistake the book for one ...