EDUCATING CHILDREN ON ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION: A CASE OF NGUGI WA THIONG’O’S NJAMBA NENE SERIES

Abstract

One of the major challenges of the twenty-first century is environmental crisis. A child lives and grows in an

environment, which not only influences its development but also provides a child’s needs such as air, water,

food, shelter, landscape and natural recreational facilities. It is, therefore, important for a child to learn to re

spect the environment. This paper uses ecocriticism as a framework to examine Ngugi wa Thiong’o’s children’s

books, viz. Njamba Nene and the Flying Bus and Njamba Nene’s Pistol and analyzes how they can educate

children and inculcate in them the right attitude towards the environment. In Njamba Nene’s Pistol Ngugi uses

fantasy to promote environmental consciousness.