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Decolonising the Mind by Wa Thiong'o Ngugi

Decolonising the Mind Wa Thiong'o Ngugi ebook
Page: 114
ISBN: 0435080164, 9780435080167
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Format: pdf

Abubakar said that as part of decolonising the minds of East Africans, Lake Victoria should be renamed Lake Jumuiya and the new name would symbolise the new spirit of unity in the region. Influenced by Professor Ngugi wa Thiongo's Decolonising the Mind, Musodza has been an advocate for the sustained use of African languages. Tradition is how we interpret the past; Modernity is how we understand the present and future. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o famously rejected English, the colonial language of Kenya, as a medium for his creative writing, and later committed himself to writing solely in his native Gikuyu after writing Decolonizing the Mind. Ngugi wa Thiong'o successfully wrote in English but eventually turned to writing in Gikuyu, his mother tongue. In his book Decolonising the Mind is both an explanation of how he came to write in Gikuyu, as well as an exhortation for African writers to embrace their native tongues in their art. Tradition, Modernity and Decolonizing the mind. Language is a social discourse. Question: issues of concern in decolonising the mind - Question #371972. He wants other writers to follow his exa.