Postcolonialism in the wake of the Nairobi revolution: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the idea of African literature

Introduction: pitfalls of postcolonial intellectual consciousness: African literature in the wake of the Nairobi revolution

Early fictions of school culture: The river between and Weep not, child

Later fictions of school culture: Petals of blood and Devil on the cross

The theaters of school culture: imaging the nation in Ngugi's plays

Conclusion: between irony and tragedy: Cheikh Hamidou Kane's ambiguous adventure in Ambiguous adventure.