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For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: “Even if you put me in prison, I will keep on writing in the language which made you put me in prison.”

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There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.
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Find Nation Nom Way Survive Unity World
Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa’s souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind?
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Away Continent Corner Country Million Soul Wind
Of course it’s very, very important for me to feel Kenya, to feel, every day, this is where images come from. So to be taken away from that by political pressure or other means – one is taken away from the area, which is the basis of inspiration – is difficult.
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Come Country Course Feel From Image Important
Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language.
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Jesus Know Language Many People Speak
I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in prison for working in English. So really, in prison I started thinking more seriously about the relation between language and power.
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Country English Language Periostin Power Serious Wonder Work
What is translated from English and into English – and in what quantities – is a question of power.
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English Into Power Quantity Question Translate
Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those determined to dismantle it.
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Butterfield Confirm Continuous Determine Force Fought Live Pledge
What’s good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.
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Another Fiction Good Novel People Problem Problem Region Similar Writing
Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
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Amidst Beautiful Blood Life Pain Poverty Struggle
People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday.
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Ever People War Result Sunday Today
For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: “Even if you put me in prison, I will keep on writing in the language which made you put me in prison.”
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Being Country Even Keep Language Prison Put Say Write
Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.
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Area Like Location Work Writer
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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Bible Country Effect Original Raed Translation
Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised – so it’s no longer “in the closet,” as it were. It’s part of the discussion going on about the future of African literature.
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Become Classroom Conference Country Discussion Issue Language Longer No School Topic Write
Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.
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Act Break Community Confinement Linguistic Many Other Out Raech Translate
We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.
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End Politic Power Put Term Think

For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: “Even if you put me in prison, I will keep on writing in the language which made you put me in prison.”

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For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: “Even if you put me in prison, I will keep on writing in the language which made you put me in prison.”

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