The River Between

The River Between Sources and ClassicNote Author

  • Thiong'o, Ngugi wa. The River Between. Oxford: Heineman, 1965.
  • Loudon, Michael. 1987. "The River Between." Masterplots II: British & Commonwealth Fiction Series 1-5. Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost (login required; accessed August 14, 2018).

  • Tucker, Linda Jordan, and Beauty Bragg. 2009. "The River Between." Magill’S Survey Of World Literature, Revised Edition 1. Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost (login required; accessed August 14, 2018).

  • Povey, John F. 1998. "The River Between." Cyclopedia Of Literary Characters, Revised Third Edition 1. Literary Reference Center, EBSCOhost (login required; accessed August 14, 2018).

  • Nnolim, Charles E. "BACKGROUND SETTING: KEY TO THE STRUCTURE OF NGUGI'S "THE RIVER BETWEEN"." Obsidian (1975-1982) 2, no. 2 (1976): 20-29.

  • Crowley, Dustin. "“A Universal Garden of Many-Coloured Flowers”: Place and Scale in the Works of Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o." Research in African Literatures 44, no. 3 (2013): 13-29.

  • Sekyi-Otu, Ato. "The Refusal of Agency: The Founding Narrative and Waiyaki's Tragedy in "The River Between"." Research in African Literatures 16, no. 2 (1985): 157-78.

  • Amoko, Apollo O. "The Resemblance of Colonial Mimicry: A Revisionary Reading of Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's "The River Between"." Research in African Literatures 36, no. 1 (2005): 34-50.

  • Ogude, James A. "Ngugi's Concept of History and the Post-Colonial Discourses in Kenya." Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue Canadienne Des Études Africaines 31, no. 1 (1997): 86-112.

  • Bongmba, Elias. "ON LOVE: LITERARY IMAGES OF A PHENOMENOLOGY OF LOVE IN NGUGI WA THIONG'O'S "THE RIVER BETWEEN"." Literature and Theology 15, no. 4 (2001): 373-95.

  • Macharia, Keguro. "“How Does a Girl Grow into a Woman?” Girlhood in Ngugi Wa Thiong'o's The River Between." Research in African Literatures 43, no. 2 (2012): 1-17.

  • "Kenya: Religion." University of Pennsylvania. 8/15/18. <https://www.africa.upenn.edu/NEH/kreligion.htm>.
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