Decolonizing the mind with Ngugi wa Thiong'o

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  • เผยแพร่เมื่อ 6 ต.ค. 2019
  • Title: “Decolonizing the mind”, 13 min
    Starring: Ngugi wa Thiong'o and Maëline Le Lay
    Date: 2019
    Languages: English with French subtitles
    Production: Masegor in association with SCAC
    Directors: Gilbert Nyangor and Maëline Le Lay
    Support: French Embassy in Kenya and IFRA - Nairobi
    This interview is part of a larger project of seminars to be held between Goma and Nairobi in 2019. It focuses on intellectuals from Africa and the diaspora who criticise the ways of thinking and studying Africa. After a first session bringing together scholars in Goma in June, Ngugi wa Thiong'o explains his thoughts on the decolonization of knowledge and the promotion of an "African thinking" on Africa.

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  • @sujataorang9090
    @sujataorang9090 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    A wise man said, "If you know all the languages of the world and you don't know your mother tongue or the language of your culture, that is enslavement".
    That wise man is Ngugi wa Thiong'o 😇🙏🏻

  • @chandramallikasarma7605
    @chandramallikasarma7605 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It's not only a message to African countries but also to all the formerly colonized countries how it has become so important for us to learn and revive our own culture by practicing our mother tongues otherwise our rich cultures will cease to exist and we'll have nothing to call our own.

  • @anastacianganga9659
    @anastacianganga9659 3 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Its so beautiful to see Ngugi wa Thiong'o smiling and in indeed he should because his work has beared fruits!

  • @somyathareja2347
    @somyathareja2347 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    There is so much peace on his face .

  • @decoloniz_afro
    @decoloniz_afro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Kenya got ngugi Wa thiongo....yet many are still in beast system....

  • @Lisa-jr5xh
    @Lisa-jr5xh 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    I'm truly grateful for the information that this beautiful person spoke to and I was sitting in my car talking to the ancestors about soooo many things and happen to have in my lap a book I recently purchased as I came across this video titled Decolonizing the African Mind by Chinweizu that's NOT a coincidence. Thank you MOST HIGH AND ANCESTORS . This is a confirmation.

    • @magicmery
      @magicmery 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Blessings to you!

  • @decoloniz_afro
    @decoloniz_afro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Ngugi Wa thiongo....that wh!!!!te woman she is just a spie to know those who are awakening africa

  • @austineochieng8117
    @austineochieng8117 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Proffesor is more enthusiastic to his work. This man is most artistic. His struggle for Africa languages from 1975 is still at heart!

  • @arsenemisikorashid3547
    @arsenemisikorashid3547 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Ngugi that's great, I hate those people who don't know their mother tongue, l often ask myself where do they belong?.

    • @cytkl
      @cytkl 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Selfhatred =:selfdestruction.

  • @engliterarians
    @engliterarians ปีที่แล้ว

    I liked Ngugi very much his "Secret lives and Other Stories" and "Weep not child" are wonderful works.

  • @everythingispolitics6526
    @everythingispolitics6526 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That was a beautiful interview.

  • @MissRenee_X
    @MissRenee_X 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Powerful and truthful

  • @makoriasati4980
    @makoriasati4980 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Africa we are wealth in the many languages, which are ours. Each language carries a unique set of information, knowledges and culture. It's wise for Africa to protect and develop our languages. In East African Community I propose that in the first six years of primary schooling the language of instructions should be Mother tongue, Kiswahili to be taught as a subject. In the next four years the language of instructions should be Mother tongue or Kiswahili, teach two or three more languages languages like Lingala, Ibo, Yoruba, Kiganda, Hausa, Somali, Ahemeric, Arabic, Mandarin, Gujarat, Portuguese, English, French and many others. That's the only way we shall honour our Ancestors. Names also have a strong meaning in a language Africans should be called only in their names. For our relatives in diaspora DNA will tell them their proper names. That's my prayer for all Africans.

  • @decoloniz_afro
    @decoloniz_afro 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Mind is the powerful weapon colonial used todate

  • @keziahndondela1764
    @keziahndondela1764 ปีที่แล้ว

    Powerful interview

  • @victoriashiko7172
    @victoriashiko7172 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wake up all Africa’s peoples 🌏

  • @xallizuniga3021
    @xallizuniga3021 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    who sings at the beginning? if someone knows, please do tell to support!!

  • @Shifu993
    @Shifu993 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I have an exam of him