We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.
NGUGI WA THIONG'O
NGUGI WA THIONG'O
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Ngugi wa Thiong'o41 quotes“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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Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o 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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Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o We can appreciate each other’s languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.
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Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o 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.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o 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.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o What is translated from English and into English – and in what quantities – is a question of power.
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o How could Europe lord it over a continent ten times its size? Why does needy Africa continue to let its wealth meet the needs of those outside its borders and then follow behind with hands outstretched for a loan of the very wealth it let go?
Ngugi wa Thiong'oNgugi wa Thiong'o The Bible affects everybody’s life who is a Christian, from the middle class in Europe to the peasant in Africa and Asia.
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