Postcolonial Intellectual

Oliver Lovesey examines the conundrum of the postcolonial intellectual a central yet critically overlooked figure in the postcolonial project. He focuses on Nga]ga]wa Thiong'o within his cultural historical and intellectual contexts primarily with respect to his non-fictional prose writings including his neglected early journalism and his most recent autobiographical and theoretical work. Lovesey argues for Nga]ga]wa Thiong'o position as a major postcolonial theorist who helped establish postcolonial studies.