THE LOCAL ELITES IN MATIGARI BY NGUGI WA THIONG’O

Volume: 4 Number: 7 January 1, 2015
  • Cengiz Karagöz
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THE LOCAL ELITES IN MATIGARI BY NGUGI WA THIONG’O

Abstract

Thiong’o is a postcolonial writer dealing with the themes and characters on colonialism, anti-colonialism and neocolonialism and criticizing the destructive legacy of colonialism in his literary works. He claims that decolonization is not completed really simply as colonialism is conveyed to the hands of the local elites who dash their native people’s hopes by functioning as slaves of the former white colonizers. In Matigary (1987), the author uses several characters such as the minister and Boy Junior in order to expose the real roles of the local elites in the ex-colonized lands. Embracing the Western values and thoughts which bring up the superiority and civilization of a Eurocentric world, these characters display scornful acts and speeches toward their citizens while launching a authoritative political system in which even the innocent people are imprisoned or attempted to be killed. These elites intend to exploit their native people with their discourse based on democracy, freedom and development whose validity has already been lost

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Primary Language

Turkish

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Authors

Cengiz Karagöz This is me

Publication Date

January 1, 2015

Submission Date

January 1, 2015

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Published in Issue

Year 2015 Volume: 4 Number: 7

APA
Karagöz, C. (2015). NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER. Balkan Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, 4(7). https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ
AMA
1.Karagöz C. NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER. BJSS. 2015;4(7). https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ
Chicago
Karagöz, Cengiz. 2015. “NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER”. Balkan Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 4 (7). https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ.
EndNote
Karagöz C (January 1, 2015) NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER. Balkan Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 4 7
IEEE
[1]C. Karagöz, “NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER”, BJSS, vol. 4, no. 7, Jan. 2015, [Online]. Available: https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ
ISNAD
Karagöz, Cengiz. “NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER”. Balkan Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi 4/7 (January 1, 2015). https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ.
JAMA
1.Karagöz C. NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER. BJSS. 2015;4. Available at https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ.
MLA
Karagöz, Cengiz. “NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER”. Balkan Sosyal Bilimler Dergisi, vol. 4, no. 7, Jan. 2015, https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ.
Vancouver
1.Cengiz Karagöz. NGUGI WA THIONG’O TARAFINDAN YAZILAN MATİGARİ ‘DEKİ YERLİ SEÇKİNLER. BJSS [Internet]. 2015 Jan. 1;4(7). Available from: https://izlik.org/JA22ZH76NJ