The book examines popular fiction columns, a dominant feature in Kenyan newspapers, published in the twentieth century and examines their historical and cultural impact on Kenyan politics.
George Ogola is Senior Lecturer at the University of Central Lancashire, UK.
Innehållsförteckning
1. Popular Anxieties, Popular Expressions: An Introduction.- 2. Re-reading the ‘Popular’ in African Popular Culture.- 3. Recuperating the ‘Popular’ in Kenyan Literature.- 4. Popular Fiction and the Popular Press in Kenya.- 5. Whispers and the Politics of the Everyday.- 6. Whispers as a Political Text.- 7. Christianity and the Construction of Popular Agency in Whispers.- 8. The Text and its Publics: ‘Making’ the Audience in Whispers.- 9. Conclusion: Popular ‘Futures’