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In which of his following novels Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o attacked the new leaders of independent Kenya,…

In 'Petals of Blood' (1977), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o delivered a fierce Marxist critique of neocolonialism and the new post-independence Kenyan ruling elite for betraying the Mau…

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In which of his following novels Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o attacked the new leaders of independent Kenya, portraying them as an elite class who had betrayed ordinary Kenyans ?

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In 'Petals of Blood' (1977), Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o delivered a fierce Marxist critique of neocolonialism and the new post-independence Kenyan ruling elite for betraying the Mau Mau freedom struggle and exploiting ordinary workers and peasants.

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