Decolonizing the mind with Ngugi wa Thiong'o

Title: “Decolonizing the mind”, 13 min
Starring: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Maëline Le Lay
Date: 2019
Languages: English with French subtitles
Production: Masegor in association with SCAC
Directors: Gilbert Nyangor and Maëline Le Lay
Support: French Embassy in Kenya and IFRA - Nairobi
This interview is part of a larger project of seminars to be held between Goma and Nairobi in 2019. It focuses on intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora who criticise the ways of thinking and studying Africa. After a first session bringing together scholars in Goma in June, Ngugi wa Thiong'o explains his thoughts on the decolonization of knowledge and the promotion of an "African thinking" on Africa.

[@sujataorang9090]

A wise man said, "If you know all the languages of the world and you don't know your mother tongue or the language of your culture, that is enslavement". That wise man is Ngugi wa Thiong'o 😇🙏🏻

[@chandramallikasarma7605]

It's not only a message to African countries but also to all the formerly colonized countries how it has become so important for us to learn and revive our own culture by practicing our mother tongues otherwise our rich cultures will cease to exist and we'll have nothing to call our own.

[@anastacianganga9659]

Its so beautiful to see Ngugi wa Thiong'o smiling and in indeed he should because his work has beared fruits!

[@decoloniz_afro]

Kenya got ngugi Wa thiongo....yet many are still in beast system....

[@somyathareja2347]

There is so much peace on his face .

[@Lisa-jr5xh]

I'm truly grateful for the information that this beautiful person spoke to and I was sitting in my car talking to the ancestors about soooo many things and happen to have in my lap a book I recently purchased as I came across this video titled Decolonizing the African Mind by Chinweizu that's NOT a coincidence. Thank you MOST HIGH AND ANCESTORS . This is a confirmation.

[@magicmery]

Blessings to you!

[@austineochieng8117]

Proffesor is more enthusiastic to his work. This man is most artistic. His struggle for Africa languages from 1975 is still at heart!

[@decoloniz_afro]

Ngugi Wa thiongo....that wh!!!!te woman she is just a spie to know those who are awakening africa

[@arsenemisikorashid3547]

Ngugi that's great, I hate those people who don't know their mother tongue, l often ask myself where do they belong?.

[@cytkl]

Selfhatred =:selfdestruction.

[@makoriasati4980]

Africa we are wealth in the many languages, which are ours. Each language carries a unique set of information, knowledges and culture. It's wise for Africa to protect and develop our languages. In East African Community I propose that in the first six years of primary schooling the language of instructions should be Mother tongue, Kiswahili to be taught as a subject. In the next four years the language of instructions should be Mother tongue or Kiswahili, teach two or three more languages languages like Lingala, Ibo, Yoruba, Kiganda, Hausa, Somali, Ahemeric, Arabic, Mandarin, Gujarat, Portuguese, English, French and many others. That's the only way we shall honour our Ancestors. Names also have a strong meaning in a language Africans should be called only in their names. For our relatives in diaspora DNA will tell them their proper names. That's my prayer for all Africans.

[@engliterarians]

I liked Ngugi very much his "Secret lives and Other Stories" and "Weep not child" are wonderful works.

[@everythingispolitics6526]

That was a beautiful interview.

[@decoloniz_afro]

Mind is the powerful weapon colonial used todate

[@victoriashiko7172]

Wake up all Africa’s peoples 🌏

[@MissRenee_X]

Powerful and truthful

[@keziahndondela1764]

Powerful interview

[@Shifu993]

I have an exam of him

[@xallizuniga3021]

who sings at the beginning? if someone knows, please do tell to support!!