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Decolonizing the Mind
The Politics of Language in African Literature
Book • 2025
In this influential work, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o argues for the decolonization of African literature by rejecting the dominance of European languages.
He critiques the psychological and cultural impacts of colonialism, emphasizing the necessity of writing in native languages like Gikuyu to reclaim cultural identity and autonomy.
The book blends personal narrative, literary theory, and political analysis to challenge postcolonial power structures.
He critiques the psychological and cultural impacts of colonialism, emphasizing the necessity of writing in native languages like Gikuyu to reclaim cultural identity and autonomy.
The book blends personal narrative, literary theory, and political analysis to challenge postcolonial power structures.
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as a book in which Gugi talks about the Mau Mau in Kenya.

David Guignion

Cedric Robinson's "Black Marxism" (Part 2 of 3)
Wspomniana jako dzieło publicystyczne Ngugi Wa Thiong'o na temat roli języka w procesie dekolonizacyjnym.

Raport o książkach - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o
Mentioned by Kiri Baraka as a 1986 collection of essays by Ngugi wa Thiong'o that has become a set text for university students around the world.

From the archive: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o: three days with a giant of African literature
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as a variant of cognitive deoccupation.

Greta Uehling

Greta Lynn Uehling, "Decolonizing Ukraine: The Indigenous People of Crimea and Pathways to Freedom" (Rowman & Littlefield, 2025)
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in the context of decolonization.

Tahrir Hamdi

Tahrir Hamdi, "Imagining Palestine: Cultures of Exile and National Identity" (Bloomsbury, 2022)
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as one of Ngugi's books that has become a seminal text in his everyday thinking.

Troy Onyango

Joshlin Smith: South Africa's human trafficking problem