Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o: “Europe and the West must also be decolonised”

[@t_albino]

This man is a legend. Hope he gets the Nobel one day.

[@040_faraz9]

The day is today.

[@t_albino]

@@040_faraz9 sadly not! But one day ... haha

[@simaasvadi6853]

@@040_faraz9 when he was on the list for nomination the prize went to Bob Dylan !!!!

[@gwav1a]

He remains a legend even if he doesn't get it.

[@Arjun-yl9cv]

@@simaasvadi6853 wow a plagiarist rock n roller won it over a real writer.

[@dasbarasat2637]

He is one of two literary greats still alive. Wole Soyinka and Thiong'o I love listening to both of them

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@ikgodwin7492]

A good reader can hardly make a choices.

[@kiranp2325]

I met him at a book shop, lucky enough to have photo of both of together. Ngugi has such a gentle voice, he is so harmless and such a peaceful nature. it was amazing to be in his presence and something I treasure. I started to learn to draw after I retired and, be was amongst he first person I wanted to draw. I am not good by a long way, but, during the time of trying draw Ngugi, was one of the most wonderful times I have had. ...and just to say, even if is only five people who speak your language.... such an amazing person.... oh gosh, I so love this man.

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@sanfordmichelojr7350]

When I was in Grade 11, in 2013, my friends and I met this man at Lusaka Play House... He's such a legend

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@blairbrujita]

So heart warming to hear him speak on Caribbean literature 🖤

[@juancarlosvasquezgarcia6134]

This man is my idol. I love him SO much.

[@tiemahajimuindi8017]

He is a living granary of knowledge and wisdom...

[@linogomic4981]

In his statement, “Europe and the West must also be decolonized,” Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o extends the concept of decolonization beyond the formerly colonized regions to the heart of the colonial powers themselves. He suggests that the West, having perpetuated colonial exploitation and cultural domination, needs to confront its own history of violence, inequality, and the legacy of colonialism embedded in its structures. Decolonizing the West involves unearthing and critically examining its colonial past, understanding how its development was fueled by the oppression of other peoples, and rethinking its global power dynamics. Ngũgĩ argues that decolonization is a two-way process, where both the colonized and the colonizers must engage in introspection and transformation. By challenging Western hegemony, he advocates for a more just, equitable world where knowledge, culture, and power are shared, not imposed, and where the West is no longer the center of global narratives...

[@millicentcusack8293]

An amazing man and an incredible writer. He deserves far more recognition.

[@Grimlaughter321]

Man thank you for your contribution

[@aluamorim]

"Authoritarian regimes want to limit the capacity of people to imagine different futures", great!

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@Royalty-l4u]

This man has written for me. For those who have been forced to loose our culture and and language and feel so lost. I am eternally grateful.

[@estherquarcoe1578]

Glad to see your face as well as your voice, although my University Thesis was based on the trials of Dedan Kehmathi, i was dying to see you. Thank God your books are interesting to read, you get pulled into it.

[@Worldmemes4]

Today..06/06/2022 ngugi wa thiongo has won PEN award💪⚽⚽

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@Jake24378]

One of the world’s most important public intellectuals right there.

[@njokimary300]

Yes we must embrace our African languages 👏🏿👏🏿

[@madmouse4400]

I wanted to learn the language of my father for to watch a KZbinr who only speak in tge language of our culture and my mother refused like uf it'd be a bad thing to speak it. But later , I'll learn it and be proud about it because it's what make us special

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@waligoronnie9106]

I have practically read and taught most of his literally works.

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@carolynscott9007]

"Authoritarian governments suppress writers because they want to suppress the capacity of people to imagine different futures." "To picture a different world, different possibilities, is very important for the human. Literature, all art, imagination..." " Read African, South American, Asian Lit to understand present world, it captures the reality of the world." Now I'm wondering who to read about what's going on in Hong Kong. Thousands are leaving H.K. for the U.K.

[@b.sweeney4102]

considering the uk is a reactionary toilet it says a lot about what the HK protestors actually wanted. they look at the economic & financial policy in NYC and London and want that for themselves, thats their idea of "freedom". the way the news media works is to posit everything as "both sides" when you can freely choose not to support PRC or the investment bankers and tech elitists of "Free Hong Kong"

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@brentloydlicayan891]

Thank God, for a man like Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o who's fighting for the right of native languages in colonized societies to assert themselves.

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@TomHuckACAB]

“As longterm participants in the national liberation struggle of American Indians,” I said, “we have been forced into knowing the nature of colonialism very well. Along with you, we understand that the colonization we experience finds its origin in the matrix of European culture. But, apparently unlike you, we also understand that in order for Europe to do what it has done to us-in fact, for Europe to become ‘Europe’ at all-it first had to do the same thing to all of you. In other words, to become a colonizing culture, Europe had first to colonize itself. To the extent that this is true, I find it fair to say that if our struggle must be explicitly anticolonial in its form, content and aspirations, yours must be even more so. You have, after all, been colonized far longer than we, and therefore much more completely. In fact, your colonization has by now been consolidated to such an extent that-with certain notable exceptions, like the Irish and Euskadi (Basque) nationalists-you no longer even see yourselves as having been colonized. The result is that you’ve become self-colonizing, conditioned to be so self-identified with your own oppression that you’ve lost your ability to see it for what it is, much less to resist it in any coherent way." - Ward Churchill, Acts of Rebellion

[@MONIENGLISHBD]

He deserve a Nobel.🥰🥰🥰

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@jsphatkonnie4402]

I like the way you wrote your novels Ngugi

[@fizazahoor6696]

Ngugi wa thiongo is great n even chinua achebe also

[@atchayaa8761]

Splendid!!

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@madmouse4400]

I understand now ; cuz language , literature and culture are indissociable , Europhone african literature is just european literature producted by africans , european culture producted by africans , european glory producted by africans ; the same way africans works and commodities products european wealth . And it's will continue as long as we will write in European languages . It's the same case for europhone african education and school.

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@Lylalily2345]

We share the same name.am going to change mine soon to ngugi wa githunguri

[@SonnyWalebowa]

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[@marymuthoni1551]

Good seed will never get lost

[@EricGnahore-b1n]

good afternoon everybody. I am Gnahore Eric, a student in english department. I am writing from Ivory Coast ( Africa). Please Can someone give me Ngugi wa Thong'O address? I am writing my thesis on this Book entitled "Matigary" .

[@DaudHassan-t9p]

Wonderful writers including me from somalia literature

[@zelesisakala4643]

Oh love these writers

[@susanaaragorn8606]

Very wise words for a decolonial future

[@idaraokon7387]

Few African who live by their beliefs.

[@emranhossain9871]

Take love from Bangladesh ❤

[@patguzman-eltspecialist2819]

What about Latinamerican literature written in Spanish, Portuguese or French??? guess it's the same he's talking about. Language of the colonisers but at the same time the only languages that can be used to make the African literature well known. Another option would be to have good translators from African languages to other languages

[@madmouse4400]

In Latin America , after they conquested native Americans Spanish and Portuguese mixed with them so the language is enter in the minds . In africa , french, Portuguese, and English only exploited the habitants and ressources . And there are more diversity in africa than in Latin America we can't consider them like same .

[@madmouse4400]

And when you say "well known" to who? The Colonist ? Because it the only one who can read these languages , a few africans know these languages . Coreans write in corean and Japaneses write in Japanese , but these languages are spoken only in their countries but these countries are not poor . So if a language in africa is spoken by 1 million people , if writers write in their language about their problems they Will be developed and the colonist would not like to see that .

[@BroSimon4]

@@madmouse4400 True. But some of us who are not fluent in African languages would like to read those books, too. For example, books by Julius Nyere are very expensive in the western world and in Tanzania they have them in Swahili. When you are still learning the very basics of the Swahili language, it is impossible to read a full book, especially the ones that are very profound.

[@andeyo1]

@@BroSimon4 how do you read a book written in Chinese, translations

[@umaid5111]

@@madmouse4400 And isn't that great? The colonists taught them a new language, showed them a better way of living so that they won't have to live in dirt huts divided by barbaric tribalism. Look how much they have improved their quality of life. But of course, you'll never see it that way.

[@shagunmaheshwari]

why was this so interesting

[@alannamorris977]

This whole thread is in English. The entire comments section.

[@karlmakhwa4182]

Uko sahihi! Natumaini kuona video zaidi ambapo mtu huyu anazungumza, kwa mfano, kiswahili. Je, wewe pia unatumaini hilo?

[@thankyoumrsg6590]

I respect this man but it looks like hes repeating himslef

[@gathonijames7705]

Realy? How?

[@andeyo1]

Classic western hit job, you had to work hard to find something negative to chip away a bit of his credibility

[@BJackson.]

Listen to wisdom, stop playing around with the knowledge being poured out by the renown writer.

[@umaid5111]

@@andeyo1 What credibility?

[@Nelly1013]

You should be ashamed for saying that!!