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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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Then they begin to see through their language that the problems described there are the same as the problems they are having. They can identify with characters from another language group.
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Began Character Describe Group Language Problem
Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
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Amidst Beautiful Blood Life Pain Poverty Struggle
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 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
Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!
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Christianity Civilisation Committed Country Crime Name Western
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
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
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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Country Dominant English Gradually Language Term
A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
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Access Acquire English Language Make Person Possible Thing
Another phenomenon developing in Kenya is ethnic cleansing – and that’s the thing that has made me very sad. Because some people will use the cover of the problems of rigged elections to do things that are unacceptable like ethnic cleansing and displacement of people. It’s completely unacceptable.
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Another Phenomena Cleansing Country Cover People Sad Some Use Very
I’m writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.
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Country Irvine People People Person Write
People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday.
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Ever People War Result Sunday Today
I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened – particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over the world feel uncomfortable about that; they want to be in control.
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Always Awake Control Ordinary Particularly People Repressive Think Uncomfortable
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
The same questions are there in Native American languages, they’re there in native Canadian languages, they’re there is some marginalized European languages, like say, Irish.
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Country Culture Language Phenomenon Power Problem Relationship
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

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