Decolonizing the Imagination of a Nation offers a rigorous and timely engagement with the thought of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, one of the most influential voices in postcolonial literary and cultural studies. Situating Ngugi’s work within the broader intellectual traditions of Frantz Fanon, Amilcar Cabral, and Edward Said, Mehmet Galip Kaya examines decolonization not merely as a political event, but as a sustained struggle over culture, language, memory, and consciousness.