“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: "Even if you put me in prison,… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Through the act of translation we break out of linguistic confinement and reach many other communities. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Writing in African languages became a topic of discussion in conferences, in schools, in classrooms; the issue is always being raised -… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
If a novel is written in a certain language with certain characters from a particular community and the story is very good… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
You get another person who operates only in an African language and there are many persons who operate only in African languages;… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
I was wondering why I was put in prison for working in an African language when I had not been put in… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
What is translated from English and into English - and in what quantities - is a question of power. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
I think a repressive regime always fears people who are awakened - particularly ordinary people. If they are awakened, I think governments all over… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“Words are the food, body, mirror, and sound of thought. Do you now see the danger of words that want to come out but… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
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… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
For me, being in prison writing in an African language was a way of saying: "Even if you put me in prison, I will… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Our lives are a battlefield on which is fought a continuous war between the forces that are pledged to confirm our humanity and those… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Christianity and Western civilization-what countless crimes have been committed in thy name! — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“There was a time when slavery was good. It did its work, and when it finished creating capital it withered and died a natural… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
Many people do not know that Jesus did not speak Latin or English or Hebrew; he spoke Aramaic. But nobody knows that language. So… — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York. — Ngugi wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
“As she stared at them, Waringa noted that their skins were indeed red, like that of pigs or like the skin of a black… — Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o Copy Share Image
