East Africa
Kenya
Contemporary
English
Essay
Ngũgĩ's argument that the dismemberment of Africa — cultural, linguistic, psychological — requires a counter-practice of 're-membering' through African languages and pan-Africanism.
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Ngũgĩ's most accessible theoretical work; a synthesis of his decades of writing on African language and decolonization
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editorial-summarynot primary textNgũgĩ's argument that the dismemberment of Africa — cultural, linguistic, psychological — requires a counter-practice of 're-membering' through African languages and pan-Africanism. Ngũgĩ's most accessible theoretical work; a synthesis of his decades of writing on African language and decolonization
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