Why Achebe Considers English a “Gift” to be Used to Tell African Stories|African Lit in English

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Thank you and welcome. Good luck with your exams. I also have a Udemy course on Achebe: www.udemy.com/course/english-literature-things-fall-apart-by-chinua-achebe/?referralCode=5D4287CC6CACDF0D3A34

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[@Maximus-g1c]

Ngugi wa thionga, the kenyan writer wrote many works in English including his gem " weep not child" then he turned against the use of English as a medium of transfering his art and advocated the use the use local lanuages as they are rich, not poor as assumed But I believe his persuit was neglicted by successor writer in kenya. We studied a lot of African literatures beside European and American in Sudan.

[@masoodraja]

Thank you. Actually, his works have been transformative within the context of Gikyu culture.

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[@suezcontours6653]

@@masoodraja Wow, my Aunt is a Zulu teacher in South Africa and I expressed to her my disappointment in how our nation is failing at developing a reading culture. But I think the implementation of Greek Alphabetic letters are problematic in African literacy. It takes twice as long to finish an African word as oppose to expressing it in English

[@masoodraja]

@@suezcontours6653 Thank you for sharing your thoughts. This topic has been heavily debated in African literature studies but I find some true value in Achebe’s stance.