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Kenyan dramatist and novelist Ngugi wa Thiong'o is a hugely influential African writer respected not only for his creative work but also for his criticism of wider cultural issues - issues such as nation and narration, power and performance, language and identity, empire and postcoloniality. Simon Gikandi's study, first published in 2000, offers a comprehensive analysis of all Ngugi's published work and explores the development of the major novels and plays against a background of colonialism and decolonisation in Kenya. Gikandi places the works in a context that examines the way they engage with the changing history of Africa. Tracing Ngugi's career from the 1960s through to his role in shaping a radical culture in East Africa in the 1970s and his imprisonment and exile in the 1980s, this book provides fresh insight into the author's life and the historic events that produced his work.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o --- Arts and Humanities --- Literature --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Kenya --- In literature. --- Ngugi, James --- Cenia --- Chenia --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- GOK --- Government of Kenya --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Kenniya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Ḳenyah --- Kīniyā --- Kīnyā --- Quênia --- Republic of Kenya --- Кения --- קניה --- كينيا --- ケニア --- 肯尼亚 --- East Africa Protectorate

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African literature --- Ngugi wa Thiong'o --- Ngugi wa Thiong<->o, --- Criticism and interpretation --- Kenya in literature --- -Criticism and interpretation --- -Ngugi, James --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Kenya --- Kīnyā --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Chenia --- Cenia --- Government of Kenya --- Republic of Kenya --- GOK --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- ケニア --- קניה --- Ḳenyah --- Quênia --- كينيا --- Kīniyā --- 肯尼亚 --- Kenniya --- Кения --- East Africa Protectorate --- In literature. --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo --- Ngugi, James

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Kenya in literature --- Ngugi wa Thiong'o --- -Criticism and interpretation --- -Ngugi, James --- Criticism and interpretation --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, --- Criticism and interpretation. --- Kenya --- Kīnyā --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Chenia --- Cenia --- Government of Kenya --- Republic of Kenya --- GOK --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- ケニア --- קניה --- Ḳenyah --- Quênia --- كينيا --- Kīniyā --- 肯尼亚 --- Kenniya --- Кения --- East Africa Protectorate --- In literature. --- Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo --- Ngugi, James

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This book is open access under a CC BY 4.0 license. Presenting rigorous and original research, this volume offers key insights into the historical, cultural, social, economic and political forces at play in the creation of world-class ICT innovations in Kenya. Following the arrival of fiber-optic cables in 2009, Digital Kenya examines why the initial entrepreneurial spirit and digital revolution has begun to falter despite support from motivated entrepreneurs, international investors, policy experts and others. Written by engaged scholars and professionals in the field, the book offers 15 eye-opening chapters and 14 one-on-one conversations with entrepreneurs and investors to ask why establishing ICT start-ups on a continental and global scale remains a challenge on the “Silicon Savannah”. The authors present evidence-based recommendations to help Kenya to continue producing globally impactful  ICT innovations that improve the lives of those still waiting on the side-lines, and to inspire other nations to do the same. .

Economic history. --- Economic policy. --- Development economics. --- Economy-wide Country Studies. --- R & D/Technology Policy. --- Development Economics. --- Economics --- Economic development --- Economic nationalism --- Economic planning --- National planning --- State planning --- Planning --- National security --- Social policy --- Economic conditions --- History, Economic --- Since 1963 --- Kenya --- Kenya. --- Cenia --- Chenia --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- East Africa Protectorate --- GOK --- Government of Kenya --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenia --- Kenii͡ --- Kenniya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Ḳenyah --- Kīniy --- Kīny --- Quênia --- Republic of Kenya --- Research & Development --- Technology Policy --- Development Economics

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Part I. Obama and Kenya -- Discovering Obama in Kenya -- Representations of Kenya: myth and reality -- The Obama family: ethnicity and the politics of belonging in Kenya -- Part II. Contested histories and the politics of belonging -- The politics of condemnation: the American right's reactions to Obama's roots in Kenya -- The politics of celebration: ethnic grandeur and Obama's heroic embrace -- Political violence and history at the ballot box -- Obama for Africa or Africans for Obama? -- Epilogue: Tuko Pamoja: we are together.

Group identity --- Collective identity --- Community identity --- Cultural identity --- Social identity --- Identity (Psychology) --- Social psychology --- Collective memory --- Obama, Barack --- Obama, Barack Hussein --- Family. --- United States --- Kenya --- Cenia --- Chenia --- Colony and Protectorate of Kenya --- GOK --- Government of Kenya --- Jamhuri ya Kenya --- Kenia --- Kenii︠a︡ --- Kenniya --- Kenya Colony and Protectorate --- Ḳenyah --- Kīniyā --- Kīnyā --- Quênia --- Republic of Kenya --- Кения --- קניה --- كينيا --- ケニア --- 肯尼亚 --- East Africa Protectorate --- Relations --- Politics and government