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‘The Language of African Literature’ Spiritual Subjugation and Language

Posted on By Dr Aswathy Aravindakshan 7 Comments on ‘The Language of African Literature’ Spiritual Subjugation and Language

Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Language of African Literature is an excerpt from Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature (1986) by Ngugi, which urges African writers to write in their native languages rather than in English.The above expression is the crux of the essay. The essay begins by describing a conference of African writers who used English as a…

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Urging African Writers to Write in their Native Language – NGUGI WA THIONGO

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Reading Time: 2 minutes              WORKS CITED Gikandi, Simon. Ngugi wa Thiong’o. Cambridge University Press, 2000. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o. Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. Heinemann, 1986. Williams, Patrick. Ngugi wa Thiong’o: Contemporary World Writers. Manchester University Press, 1999.   Dr Aswathy AravindakshanDr Aswathy Aravindakshan is a teacher, bilingual…

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