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And even in terms of justice, law codes, the legal system. A person who does not know English in Africa is excluded from that system because he can only operate through acts of translation.

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It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond that language through the art of translation.
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If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can’t buy it.
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So what I thought was just an African problem or issue is actually a global phenomenon about relationships of power between languages and cultures.
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There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.
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Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
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The Bible has affected their lives, but in translation, since they do not read the Bible in the original Greek or Hebrew.
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They want to be the ones telling people: “This is what we have done in history” but when people begin to say, “No this is what we have done in history” it’s a different thing.
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People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday.
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So we’re talking about the Bible itself being a translation of a translation of a translation. And, in reality, it has affected people’s lives in history.
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Those who strive to build a protective wall around it, and those who wish to pull it down; those who seek to mould it and those committed to breaking it up; those who aim to open our eyes, to make us see the light and look to tomorrow […] and those who wish to lull us into closing our eyes
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Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!
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In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship – between languages and communities – because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.
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And even in terms of justice, law codes, the legal system. A person who does not know English in Africa is excluded from that system because he can only operate through acts of translation.
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A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
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