The 'Redykyulass generation's' intellectual interventions in Kenyan public life

Young

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 279-299

  Musila, Grace A ^a  

^a STELLENBOSCH UNIVERSITY   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Binyavanga Wainaina; Gerontocracy; Intellectual interventions; Kenyan public life; Parselelo Kantai; Redykyulass; Redykyulass Generation; Satire

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954732843     PISSN: 11033088     EISSN: 17413222     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/110330881001800303     Document Type: Article

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