Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: Towards a Critical Theory of the Arts and the State in Africa by Ng Ug I. Wa Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams: Towards a Critical Theory of the Arts and the State in Africa

Ng Ug I. Wa Thiong'o, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

160 pages • first pub 1998 (view editions) user-added

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Penpoints, Gunpoints, and Dreams explores the relationship between art and political power in society, taking as its starting point the experience of writers in contemporary Africa, where they are often seen as the enemy of the postcolonial state....

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