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Writers in search of a nation
By PARSELELO KANTAI
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Posted Friday, February 27 2009 at 18:34
Posted Friday, February 27 2009 at 18:34
They are a radical departure from earlier issues of the journal that relied heavily on the literature of the Kenyan middle-class — comfortable, personal and more than a little self-involved.
Written in the grip of the post-Moi era, the sense of individual self-discovery (the celebration of the “I”) loomed large on the agenda.
With the PEV, Kenyan literature has been forced to return to the concerns of an earlier generation of writers. Except that this return journey now involves writers in search of a nation.
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