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6 months ago

Decolonizing Language by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o review – final words of literary giant ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

An exhilarating collection distills the late writer’s thinking on power, exile and the importance of the mother tongue

On 17 July 1979, the great Kenyan novelist Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o gave a speech in Nai…

Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest ○

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a story from The Guardian ⚠️ › International

The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisation

In the 1930s,…

8 months ago

Along with other icons of African writing, Ngũgĩ taught generations how to decolonise literature, language and the mind

• Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, giant of African literature, dies aged 87

Growing up in post…

Throughout his long writing career, Ngugi was far ahead of the intellectual curve.

A giant of African literature whose best works existed between the political and the personal, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was warm, funny and friendly – and liked to bet on my pool games

Among the African writ…

Ngugi's work critiqued both British colonialism in Kenya and postcolonial Kenyan society.

9 months ago

Kenyan writer’s death announced by his daughter, who wrote: ‘He lived a full life, fought a good fight’

The Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o, who was censored, imprisoned and forced into exile by the …

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