Blind Men and the Elephant and Other Essays

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Biographical criticism, by studying the human face behind the text, may thus assist us in the larger task of reading our fellow man. Included among those individuals whose lives and works are examined here are Chinua Achebe, Dennis Brutus, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, Janheinz Jahn and Sartjee Baartman.
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Overview

Biographical criticism, by studying the human face behind the text, may thus assist us in the larger task of reading our fellow man. Included among those individuals whose lives and works are examined here are Chinua Achebe, Dennis Brutus, Cyprian Ekwensi, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Wole Soyinka, Amos Tutuola, Janheinz Jahn and Sartjee Baartman.

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  • ISBN-13: 9780641747786
  • Publisher: Africa World Press
  • Publication date: 1/1/1999
  • Edition number: 2
  • Pages: 210

Table of Contents

Preface
Introduction
The Blind Men and the Elephant 1
Dennis Brutus and His Critics 17
Dialectical Development in the Poetry of Dennis Brutus 35
Wole Soyinka, When are You Coming Home? 51
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Early Journalism 67
Bibliography of Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Early Journalism 87
Ngugi wa Thiong'o's Detention 93
Amos Tutuola's Search for a Publisher 109
A "Proper Farewell" to Amos Tutuola 135
The Works of Janheinz Jahn 147
Courting the Hottentot Venus 169
Index 191
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