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Decolonising the Mind Wa Thiong'o Ngugi
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In his book Decolonising the Mind is both an explanation of how he came to write in Gikuyu, as well as an exhortation for African writers to embrace their native tongues in their art. Enole Ditsheko steps into the ongoing, and sometimes treacherous, conversation about the choice of African authors to write in English or in indigenous languages, such as Setswana or Gujarati. He felt angry at the imperial or colonial languages being used in the discourse of African languages and chided Gabriel Okara for writing in English (in 'The Language of African Literature' and Decolonising the Mind). €�The Language of African Literature.” from Decolonising the Mind. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o: A Profile of a Literary and Social Activist. The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. The title is a take-off on a book by Ngugi wa Thiong'o, “Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature” (1986). This struggle has been well documented in Ngugi's Decolonising the Mind, Writers in Politics and other writings. Language is a social discourse. Panned at home by the middle-class elite – the products of the West's economic engineering project – Decolonising the Mind nevertheless gained cult-like status abroad. Download 'Decolonising the Mind' from here. Ngũgĩ gave up writing in English. About the Author: Ngugi, black and white. Tradition, Modernity and Decolonizing the mind. As Ngugi wa Thiong'o—acclaimed Kenyan novelist, professor, and author of Decolonizing the Mind—has pointed out, 'Economic and political control can never be complete or effective without mental control. This helped to lessen the appeal of imperialist ideologies; as John McLeod wrote, 'postcolonial literatures were actively engaged in the act of decolonising the mind'. €�We have unfinished business of decolonising the minds of our people by changing the name of Lake Victoria, which was given by the colonialists,” Abubakar explained. Decolonising the Mind is about influencing people's race and culture by taking authoritative control. Tradition is how we interpret the past; Modernity is how we understand the present and future.