Name: Jadeja Kashmiraba GRoll No.: 10Paper No.:Sub.: The African LiteratureTopic: English Nationalism and Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s Language In “ A Grain of

Wheat”Std.: M.A.-2 Sem-4Submitted To.: Dept of

English MK

Bhavnagar UniversityYear: 2013-2014

Introduction

Language as a carrier of culture

Betrayal against nation Mugo

Karanja

Structure

Style

From

Language

“Many time Karanja walked towards Thompson determined to ask him a direct question. Cold water lumped in his belly, his heart would thunder violently

when he came near the white man. His determination always ended in the same way; he would salute John Thompson and then walk past as if his business lay

further ahead.”

Mother Figure

Revolution song in English

We shall never rest

Without landWithout Freedom true

Ancestral learning and Knowledge

“Replace the European Christian story, which they associate with they associate with the religious

and cultural subjugation.”

Promotion of Culture through language: