Aug 1, 2017
#decolonizingthemind
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#decolonizingthemind
"Write in African languages. Translate Shakespeare and Molière to African languages. Let African languages too be a part of the conversation. Free your mind from colonization. You control the story now."
Ngugi wa Thiongo
"Let the ICC open whole folders about presidents in the West who caused mass killings of people through pointless wars all in the name of finding weapons of mass destruction, and then they will be justified to open the books about African leaders. I am not covering up for the shame and woes of African politicians, I am only saying that he ICC should not be selective. The same measure must be applied to all."
~ Ngugi wa Thiongo
"Must we validate our African names with European ones? We are no longer slaves forced to carry the names of plantation owners! Use your African names!"
~Ngugi wa Thiongo, on Decolonizing the Mind
China in Africa? Why all the fuss when it comes to Africa's relations with China? Hasn't China bought all the US's debt? Why don't we complain that China has taken over America? Why is Africa's relations with the Chinese quickly likened to a "neocolonial" interaction. The only problem with China-Africa isn't the relationship itself,but how we think about it in colonial framework"
~ Ngugi wa Thiongo, on China-Africa relations
11th November, 2013