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Kenyan literature

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Kenya has a strong tradition of oral literature, which continues today in several languages. As a result of Kenya's history, including a period where it was a
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Caminero-Santangelo, Byron (1998). "Neocolonialism and the Betrayal Plot in "A Grain of Wheat": Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's Re-Vision of "Under Western Eyes"".
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Numerous authors of European background also wrote or based their books in Kenya. The best-known of these include Isak Dinesen (the pen name of
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Postcolonialism in the Wake of the Nairobi Revolution: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the Idea of African Literature
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Kiiru, Muchugu (March 2004). "Kenyan Literature: A Call for Discourse By Muchugu Kiiru".
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is one of the earliest known documents in Swahili, being written in the year 1141 of the
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was said to "... the coming of age of Anglophone literature in East Africa".
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is currently on Kenya's national secondary school syllabus. His novel
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was the basis for the popular film starring Meryl Streep;
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One of the best known pieces of Kenyan literature is
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Index

Literature of Kenya
a series
Culture of Kenya

History
Pleistocene
Neolithic
African iron age
Swahili city states
Portuguese and Omani period
British Colonial Period
Early post Independence
Moi Era
Recent history
People
Koobi Fora Hominins
Olorgesailie Aechulean hand axe culture
Savanna Pastoral Neolithic Culture
Eburran industry
Elmenteitan culture
Sirikwa culture
Urewe culture
Shungwaya
Kikuyu
Luhya
Banyala
Bukusu
Gisu
Idakho
Isukha

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