The document is a paper submitted for an M.A. program discussing Ngugi Wa Thiongo's novel "A Grain of Wheat". It examines the topic of English nationalism and language in the novel. Specifically, it looks at how the main character Mugo represents the desire to replace European cultural influences with ancestral African traditions and knowledge after independence.

1.  Name: Jadeja Kashmiraba G
 Roll No.: 10
 Paper No.:
 Sub.: The African Literature
 Topic: English Nationalism
and Ngugi Wa
Thiongo’s Language
In “ A Grain of Wheat”
 Std.: M.A.-2 Sem-4
 Submitted To.: Dept of English
MK Bhavnagar
University
 Year: 2013-2014

2. Introduction

3. Language as a carrier of culture

4. Mugo

7. Mother Figure

9. Ancestral learning and Knowledge
“Replace the European Christian story,
which they associate with they associate
with the religious and cultural
subjugation.”