Decolonising the mind: the politics of language in African literature |
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User Review - Widsith - LibraryThingNgũgĩ wa Thiong'o had already published four acclaimed novels in English when, in 1977, he gave up the language as a vehicle for fiction. A few years later he published this polemic, which he said ... Read full review
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User Review - AndrewBlackman - LibraryThingThis is Ngugi's farewell to the English language, and he lays out his reasons for returning to his mother tongue of Gikuyu in a series of lectures converted into essays. His discussion of audience is ... Read full review
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