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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
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Ngugi describes this book as "a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in the teaching of literature.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Europe stole art treasures from Africa to decorate their houses and museums; in the twentieth century Europe is stealing the treasures of the mind to enrich their languages and cultures...."

Contents

Acknowledgements Preface A Statement Introduction : Towards the Universal Language of Struggle

  1. The Language of African Literature
  2. The Language of African Theatre
  3. The Language of African Fiction
  4. The Quest for Relevance Index
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Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature
Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature

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Published year: 1981
Pages: 128

Ngugi describes this book as "a summary of some of the issues in which I have been passionately involved for the last twenty years of my practice in fiction, theatre, criticism and in the teaching of literature.

In the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries Europe stole art treasures from Africa to decorate their houses and museums; in the twentieth century Europe is stealing the treasures of the mind to enrich their languages and cultures...."

Contents

Acknowledgements Preface A Statement Introduction : Towards the Universal Language of Struggle

  1. The Language of African Literature
  2. The Language of African Theatre
  3. The Language of African Fiction
  4. The Quest for Relevance Index
NonfictionAfricaHistoryRace

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