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Ngugi wa Thiong'o Quotes:

Ocupation: Writer

Life: b. January 5, 1938

Birthday: January 5

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.

- Ngugi wa Thiong'o

topic: Writing, Native American, School, American Language

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