Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary
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Detained: A Writer’s Prison Diary is Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s autobiographical account of his imprisonment in Kenya, reflecting on political repression, resistance, and the role of the writer in society.
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| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
book
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prison memoir ⓘ |
| about |
Kenyan one-party rule
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Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s political activism ⓘ suppression of dissent in Kenya ⓘ |
| author | Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| describes |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s detention without trial
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conditions in Kenyan prisons ⓘ state surveillance and censorship ⓘ struggles of political prisoners in Kenya ⓘ |
| documents |
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s experiences in Kamiti Prison
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interactions with fellow prisoners ⓘ strategies of psychological survival in prison ⓘ the process of writing under imprisonment ⓘ |
| exploresTheme |
colonial legacy in postcolonial states
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freedom of expression ⓘ intellectual responsibility ⓘ resistance through writing ⓘ state violence ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
the power of language and literature
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the relationship between art and politics ⓘ the role of the writer in society ⓘ |
| genre |
autobiography
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political memoir ⓘ |
| hasIdeologicalOrientation |
anti-authoritarian
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anti-imperialist ⓘ |
| hasLiterarySignificance |
important text in African prison literature
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key work in postcolonial African literature ⓘ |
| hasPerspective | first-person narrative ⓘ |
| hasPoliticalContext |
Cold War era African politics
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post-independence Kenyan state ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryForm |
diary
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non-fiction prose ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
Kenyan politics
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imprisonment ⓘ political repression ⓘ postcolonial Kenya ⓘ resistance ⓘ role of the writer in society ⓘ |
| relatedWork |
Decolonising the Mind
NERFINISHED
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Petals of Blood NERFINISHED ⓘ Writers in Politics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| setting |
Kamiti Maximum Security Prison
NERFINISHED
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Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
1970s
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Daniel arap Moi era in Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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