Aspects of African Revolution as a Political Elitismin Ngugi Wa Thiong’o Novel Devil On The Cross

Abstract

This paper aims to focuses on how Ngugi’s Wa Thiong’o‘s The Devil on the cross represents the African Revolution as a political elite. It examines the revolutionary mood that has persisted over time, particularly in modern African novels and how the study of the political elite has typically focused only on their external concerns about social, political and economic developments ignoring the unconscious desires that drive their decisions and interests. The political and social climate of their countries has fascinated many African writers as well as some thinkers. This author, who represents generation of African history have faithfully captured the reality of the continent circumstances. The elite wants to plot “power and personal Enrichment’’ as the benefits of holding. It illustrates how Ngugi’s art has evolved from depicting colonial past to highlighting corruption and exploitation in Kenya. Therefore it is necessary to investigate the political elite from a different perspective, taking into account of their own interval impulses that drive their interests. In Ngugi WA Thiong’o’s Devil on the Cross the text examines the African revolution as well as the political elites.