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Decolonising the Mind Wa Thiong'o Ngugi
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As Kikuyu writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o argues in his landmark 1986 treatise Decolonising the Mind, "in the twentieth century Europe is stealing the treasures of the mind to enrich their languages and cultures. And his years of 'narratives' from our minds. Over the last five years the Equity Studies Student Union's annual Decolonizing Our Minds conferences have attempted to address the different ways groups practice resistance. I remember on the slave ships how they brutalized our very souls. To control a people's culture is to control their tools of self-definition in relationship to others” – Ngugi, Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature. What is then needed is a decolonisation of the mind; something that cannot happen without a return to ones own true self, values, heritage, and, importantly, categories of thought. Influenced by Professor Ngugi wa Thiongo's Decolonising the Mind, Musodza has been an advocate for the sustained use of African languages. 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'. €�Every time I hear the crack of a whip, my blood runs cold. Three works by Ngugi Wa Thiong'o. I wish you Egypt so you can decolonise your minds” says the Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner Omar Barghouti, to a packed plenary in Shoreditch Town Hall. Cross-posted on 3 Quarks Daily, where it has received many comments.) The modern era of European colonialism began in the Americas with bands of adventurers seeking El Dorado. Karmabinah · April 28, 2013 @ 10:15 am.