Petals of Blood
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Petals of Blood is a politically charged novel by Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o that critiques postcolonial corruption and neocolonial exploitation in Kenya.
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| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Petals of Blood canonical | 1 |
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | novel ⓘ |
| adaptationStatus | no widely known major film adaptation ⓘ |
| addresses |
corruption in government
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foreign economic domination ⓘ peasant struggles ⓘ role of education in liberation ⓘ state violence ⓘ workers’ struggles ⓘ |
| author | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| critiques |
Kenyan political elite
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neocolonial exploitation ⓘ postcolonial corruption ⓘ |
| followedBy | Devil on the Cross NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre |
political novel
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postcolonial literature ⓘ social realist novel ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Abdulla
NERFINISHED
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Karega NERFINISHED ⓘ Munira NERFINISHED ⓘ Wanja NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Marxist thought
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Mau Mau uprising legacy ⓘ |
| languageStyle | blend of English with Gikuyu and Swahili expressions ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | African literature ⓘ |
| mainSetting |
Ilmorog
NERFINISHED
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Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| narrativeForm |
multi-perspective narrative
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third-person narration ⓘ |
| notableFor |
depiction of transformation of Ilmorog from village to town
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radical political critique of Kenyan postcolonial state ⓘ |
| originalLanguage | English ⓘ |
| partOf | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s politically radical phase ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1977 ⓘ |
| publisher | Heinemann NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| series | African Writers Series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| settingPeriod | post-independence Kenya ⓘ |
| structure | framed by a murder investigation ⓘ |
| theme |
betrayal of independence ideals
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capitalist exploitation ⓘ class struggle ⓘ education and consciousness ⓘ gender and patriarchy ⓘ land dispossession ⓘ resistance and rebellion ⓘ rural underdevelopment ⓘ urbanization ⓘ |
| timeSpan | from early independence to post-independence crisis ⓘ |
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