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Sommario
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 of
Weep Not, Child - Susan Nalugwa Kiguli
Encountering Ngugi at Leeds: An interview with Peter Nazareth - Roland Nasasira
The book that made me: On
Weep 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 of
Mutiiri: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 of
Wizard 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
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