Del cristianismo colonial a la cristianización política: Misioneros imperiales y sacerdotes kĩkũyũs en A grain of wheat (1967) de Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong'o

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10/2023
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Universidad Complutense de Madrid
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Africanías
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A grain of wheat (1967), tercera novela de Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o, comporta una serie de procedimientos anclados en el cristianismo que conforman no solo su carácter alegórico sino también gran parte de su ambigüedad. Sin embargo, además de las relaciones intertextuales con La Biblia y las alegorías correspondidas en el Antiguo y Nuevo Testamento, la narración sitúa una serie de figuras menores: misioneros y sacerdotes que establecen dos polos de sentido en relación a la cultura kikuyu: la evangelización como pedagogía violenta en el contexto de la colonización británica como la articulación política en la Kenia independiente. Intentaremos demostrar que la novela no trata de exponer solamente el carácter negativo del cristianismo en su vertiente colonial en el personaje del Reverendo Jackson sino dejar en evidencia la dimensión socialista del mundo cristiano en el país por venir en la figura de Kingori. Variantes, en efecto, que desplazan el conflicto habitual entre tradición kikuyu y cristianismo para volver sobre su complejidad y contingencia.
A grain of wheat (1967), Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o’s third novel, involves a series of procedures anchored in Christianity that make up not only its allegorical character but also much of its ambiguity. However, in addition to the intertextual relationships with The Bible and the corresponding allegories in the Old and New Testament, the narrative places a series of minor figures: missionaries and priests who establish two poles of meaning in relation to kĩkũyũ culture: evangelization as violent pedagogy in the context of British colonization as political articulation in independent Kenya. We will demonstrate that the novel does not only try to expose the negative character of Christianity in its colonial aspect in the character of Reverend Jackson but also to reveal the socialist dimension of the Christian world in the country of the future in the figure of Kingori. Variants, in effect, that displace the usual conflict between kĩkũyũ tradition and Christianity to return to its complexity and contingency
A grain of wheat (1967), Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o’s third novel, involves a series of procedures anchored in Christianity that make up not only its allegorical character but also much of its ambiguity. However, in addition to the intertextual relationships with The Bible and the corresponding allegories in the Old and New Testament, the narrative places a series of minor figures: missionaries and priests who establish two poles of meaning in relation to kĩkũyũ culture: evangelization as violent pedagogy in the context of British colonization as political articulation in independent Kenya. We will demonstrate that the novel does not only try to expose the negative character of Christianity in its colonial aspect in the character of Reverend Jackson but also to reveal the socialist dimension of the Christian world in the country of the future in the figure of Kingori. Variants, in effect, that displace the usual conflict between kĩkũyũ tradition and Christianity to return to its complexity and contingency
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