“A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.” Quote by Ngugi 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. 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.” KnowsPersonsDoeLawLanguageTermJusticeCodeTranslationsExcludedLegal System Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.” Quantity Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“To get rich, you have to be making money while you're asleep.” MoneyRichMaking MoneyGet RichBeing RichRich MoneyWise MoneyInspirational MoneyMakin Money Author:David Bailey
“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
“There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.” WorldWayNationsFindingsUnity 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
“We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.” LanguageAppreciateUncomfortableGoing Away Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.” AreasLikesLocation Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o
“Of course it's very, very important for me to feel Kenya, to feel, every day, this is where images come from. So to be taken away from that by political pressure or other means - one is taken away from the area, which is the basis of inspiration - is difficult.” FeelsMeanImportantInspirationPoliticalCoursesDifficultTakenAreasBasesPressureKenya Author:Ngugi wa Thiong'o