What, me, accept being ruled by the party of workers and peasants? Me, accept being ruled by a party dedicated to eradicating the system of theft and robbery on Earth? Me, go back to working with my hands? Eat only what has been produced by my sweat alone, without having access to the products ofContinue reading “RKS African Literature: Ratchet Down Your Greed and Brutality or Face the Threat of Chinese Communism! (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o)”
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RKS African Literature: Mistaking Foreign S*** for a Delicious National Dish (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o)
Where are our national languages now? Where are the books written in the alphabets of our national languages? Where is our own literature now? Where is the wisdom and knowledge of our fathers now? Where is the philosophy of our fathers now? The centres of wisdom that used to guard the entrance to our nationalContinue reading “RKS African Literature: Mistaking Foreign S*** for a Delicious National Dish (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o)”
RKS African Literature: English Cultural Imperialism (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o)
“You talk as if you knew I came from the university, and it is true. I am from there. I’m a kind of research student in culture. I’m a junior research fellow in African culture. Our culture…sorry I mean our culture. That is what I call English cultural imperialism. Cultural imperialism is mother to theContinue reading “RKS African Literature: English Cultural Imperialism (Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o)”
