#matigari

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kent dscvr jigl by @homoriot &c.

[tobebrightandbonvivant]

Being basic while making my last presentation for African Literature, hopefully the last of my master's.

[raydaysayshey]

Books are the modern stars.

from Matigari by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

[pensivefrangipani]

Go then and plead with those who study books. Books are the modern stars. Those who study them are the wise men of today. Why do you think they are being harassed so much? Why do you think they are being asked to sing only to the tune of the one person?

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Matigari

[pensivefrangipani]

And now he was saddened because he bore a burden alone in his heart. It was a heavy burden of many unanswered questions, which he turned in his mind alone. What frightened him was the feeling that he was perhaps the only one preoccupied with what was happening in the country.

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Matigari

[pensivefrangipani]

So a handful of people still profited from the suffering of the majority, the sorrow of the many being the joy of the few?

Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Matigari

[pensivefrangipani]

Well, there was no night so long that it did not end with dawn...

Ngugi wa Thiong'o, Matigari

[allshesaid-blog-blog]

My dear wanderer, you cannot find answers to your questions here where nobody lives. Truth and justice are to be found in people's actions. Right and wrong are embedded in what people do. But even among the people, you still have a problem in finding the answers to your questions. And do you know why? Let me whisper this in your ear. Come closer. It is fear. There is too much fear in this country. How does the saying go? Too much fear breeds misery in the land.

Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (Matigari)