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DISCUSSION ON COLONIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE OF KENYA IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT

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"Colonialism is not a thing of the past, it is the current economic reality" said Celine Semaan. Colonialism is ultimately an immoral and oppressive practice. British Colonialism affected Kenya politically, socially and economically. Kenya experienced changes after being colonized by Europeans. The British colonists and the Kenyan freedom fighters opposing futures for Kenya. The Mau Mau fighters from Thabai seek to push "the whiteman '' completely out of Kenya. Both the colonizer and colonized worked for their own country. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o, himself a native Kenyan talks about his own country's struggle for freedom and Independence from Britain in his novel 'A Grain of Wheat'. The whole novel takes place before and on the days of Uhuru. Kenyans against colonial rule in Kenya. On December 12, 1963, Kenya declared its independence from Britain. After their Independence all the kenyans get their land back and can express their voice freely. Here I have discussed Colonialism and independence of Kenya in Ngugi wa Thiong'o's A Grain of Wheat.

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colonialism, Mau Mau, independence, slavery, poverty

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"DISCUSSION ON COLONIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE OF KENYA IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no.35-39, September-2021, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFC06009.pdf

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"DISCUSSION ON COLONIALISM AND INDEPENDENCE OF KENYA IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.8, Issue 9, page no. pp35-39, September-2021, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRFC06009.pdf

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Published Paper ID: JETIRFC06009
Registration ID: 315299
Published In: Volume 8 | Issue 9 | Year September-2021
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Page No: 35-39
Country: -, -, India .
Area: Engineering
ISSN Number: 2349-5162
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