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Decolonising the Mind Wa Thiong'o Ngugi
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Armed with just one copy of his book, I told him about how “Decolonising The Mind” launched my interest in African literature and how I thought “Petals of Blood” was still relevant today. He wants other writers to follow his exa. Karmabinah · April 28, 2013 @ 10:15 am. Decolonise Your Minds: marginalised gendered People of Colour DECOLONISATION hui. 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. Question: issues of concern in decolonising the mind - Question #371972. 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. Ngugi wa Thiong'o successfully wrote in English but eventually turned to writing in Gikuyu, his mother tongue. €�There were good and bad story-tellers. A good one could tell the same story over and over again, and it would always be fresh to us, the listeners. Posted on April 25, 2013 by sebweinmann — Leave a comment ↓.