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Decolonising the Mind - The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
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Decolonising the Mind - The Politics of Language in African Literature (Paperback)
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A collection of essays about language and its constructive role in
national culture, history, and identity, that advocates for
linguistic decolonization. 'The language of literature', Ngugi
writes, 'cannot be discussed meaningfully outside the context of
those social forces which have made it both an issue demanding our
attention, and a problem calling for a resolution.' First published
in 1986, Decolonising the Mind is one of Ngugi's best-known and
most-cited non-fiction publications, helping to cement him as a
pre-eminent voice theorizing the 'language debate' in postcolonial
studies. Ngugi wrote his first novels and plays in English but was
determined, even before his detention without trial in 1978, to
move to writing in Gikuyu. He describes the book as 'a summary of
some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for
the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre,
criticism, and in teaching of literature...'. Split into four
essays - 'The Language of African Literature', 'The Language of
African Theatre', 'The Language of African Fiction', and 'The Quest
for Relevance' - the book offers an anti-imperialist perspective on
the destiny of Africa and the role of languages in combatting and
perpetrating imperialism and neo-colonialism in African nations.
East Africa [Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Rwanda]: EAEP
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