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> [Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/christianity-and-western-civilization-what-countless-crimes-have-been/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

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## More by Ngugi wa Thiong'o

> [What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/what-is-translated-from-english-and-into-english-and-in-what/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/i-think-a-repressive-regime-always-fears-people-who-are-awakened/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/words-are-the-food-body-mirror-and-sound-of-thought-do-you-now-see/)

[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Why did Africa let Europe cart away millions of Africa's souls from the continent to the four corners of the wind? How could Europe…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/why-did-africa-let-europe-cart-away-millions-of-africa-s-souls-from/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: "Even if you put me in prison, I will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/for-me-being-in-prison-writing-in-an-african-language-was-a-way-of/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/our-lives-are-a-battlefield-on-which-is-fought-a-continuous-war/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/christianity-and-western-civilization-what-countless-crimes-have-been/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/we-think-of-politics-in-terms-of-power-and-who-has-the-power-politics/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [“There was a time when slavery was good. It did its work, and when it finished creating capital it withered and died a natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/there-was-a-time-when-slavery-was-good-it-did-its-work-and-when-it/)

[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/many-people-do-not-know-that-jesus-did-not-speak-latin-or-english-or/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/i-m-writing-for-those-people-in-kenya-but-in-irvine-and-in-new-york/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [“As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/as-she-stared-at-them-waringa-noted-that-their-skins-were-indeed-red/)

[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [“They argue that the modern world was created by private capital. The subcontinent of India, for instance, was owned by the British East India…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/they-argue-that-the-modern-world-was-created-by-private-capital-the/)

[Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/life-struggle-even-amidst-pain-and-blood-and-poverty-seemed-beautiful/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

> [Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/through-the-act-of-translation-we-break-out-of-linguistic-confinement/)

[Ngugi wa Thiong'o](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ngugi-wa-thiong-o/)

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