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Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa’s souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind?

Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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What is translated from English and into English – and in what quantities – is a question of power.
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You get another person who operates only in an African language and there are many persons who operate only in African languages; he or she is excluded from all the goodies that come with English.
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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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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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The Bible in translation is being read to thousands and thousands in Africa. It is an integral part of their functioning and the way they look at the world.
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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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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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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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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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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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Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.
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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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Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!
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Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.
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I’m writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.
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