Take away our language and we will forget who we are: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o and the language of conquest
Mihaela Chircă
The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisation The late Kenyan novelist and activist believed erasing language was the most lasting weapon of oppression. Here, Aminatta Forna recalls the man and introduces his essay on decolonisation In the 1930s, it was common for British missionaries to change the names of African school pupils to biblical names. The
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