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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o draws on Gĩkũyũ storytelling traditions to fashion a narrative that moves through family, imagination and the structures of oral epic. Repetition, rhythm and collective memory are central to its literary experience.
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o draws on Gĩkũyũ storytelling traditions to fashion a narrative that moves through family, imagination and the structures of oral epic. Repetition, rhythm and collective memory are central to its literary experience.
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