IN-BETWEEN CULTURE IN NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S A GRAIN OF WHEAT

Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o is one of the leading names among East Africa’s first generation writers, that is, those Africans who began to write and publish in English at end colonial era. His historical novel A Grain Wheat, which concerned with achievement independence, explores several issues such as national consciousness symbols, decolonisation, neocolonialism. In novel, portrays lots realistic themes (violence, betrayal, etc.) describes people’s deep feelings about world. this context, study attempts read light postcolonialism, through a close analysis text terms its different representations activities, characters, Mau revolt. The shows how culture develops ideology presented, reveals hybrid relationship between colonizer colonized Homi K. Bhabha’s concept “in-between”. his discussion mentioned term, Bhabha uses concepts hybridity, mimicry, negotiation, interstice, liminality show cultural production always most productive where it ambivalent. This contact zone, context postcolonial culture, then, becomes place invasion resistance; also cooperation reception, communication mimicry used explain people choose create from culture. Relying on theoretical support “in-between”, analyses possibility development in-between demonstrates mixture cultures an effective way for newly independent countries get rid shadow colonialism.