J. Wakarindi

The poetics of repair: Cultural practice, ritual and language in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matigari and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust

This article examines the similarities in the deployment of cultural practice, ritual and language to foster the restoration of community in Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s Matigari (1987) and Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor’s Dust (2014). It argues that both novels, despite belonging to different literary generations and adopting different...