“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. 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. So what I thought was just an African problem or issue is actually a global phenomenon about relationships of power between languages and cultures.” WritingProblemSchoolCultureLiteratureLanguageIssuesRaisedDiscussionNativePhenomenonClassroomNative AmericanClosetsTopicsConferencesMarginalizedAmerican Language Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“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.” PeopleMadeUseProblemElectionDevelopingPhenomenonKenyaCleansingVery SadEthnic CleansingRiggedDisplacement Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“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.” PeopleWritingProblemFictionNovelRegions Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good or illuminating, then that work is translated into the language of another community - 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.” IfsCharacterStoriesProblemCertainLanguageCommunityNovelWrittenGroupsParticularVery GoodIlluminating Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o