Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's rewriting of stories in Secret Lives informs plotlines in A Grain of Wheat. I argue that while A Grain of Wheat attempts to model decolonial narrative sovereignty following Kenyan Independence, it unconsciously enters into identificatory dependency. I conclude that Ngũgĩ's literary career follows a trajectory to that tries to undo this creative bind.
Source: African Studies Review
Author: Brendon Nicholls
Institution: University of Leeds
Language: English
Subfield: Literature and Literary Theory
Field: Arts and Humanities
Domain: Social Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,550
OpenAlex ID: W7122968119