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South Africa: Acclaimed Writer Ngugi Wa Thiong'o Interrupted During UCT Lecture
News24Wire, 3 March 2017
A lecture by Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o was briefly interrupted by students on Friday, with one telling him to ask the "oppressors to leave" the venue before his address. Read more »
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Talks on Decolonising the Mind in South Africa
The literature scholar discussed the importance of knowing one's mother tongue, saying knowing the languages of the world but not your own is enslavement. The Kenyan writer was in the country at universities in Cape Town and Johannesburg to contribute to debates around the challenges at institutions of higher learning, following protests by students demanding free, decolonised education.
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2 March 2017
'Write Books in African Languages', Says Author Ngugi wa Thiongo at Wits
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- SABC Digital News
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- SABC Digital News
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Write books in African languages, it is a critical part of decolonising the mind. That's according to renowned author and theorist Ngugi wa Thiongo. ... see more »
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4 March 2017
Ngugi wa Thiong'o Talks Decolonising Our Universities
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- Daily Dispatch
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- Daily Dispatch
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Acclaimed author Ngugi wa Thiong'o talks decolonising universities at the Dispatch Dialogues. see more »
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8 March 2017
Black UCT student asks Black Professor to Tell White People to Leave Baxter Hall Theatre
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- Umhlaba Please
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- Umhlaba Please
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UCT student, Kolosa Ntombini, problematizing the presence of white people in a packed Baxter Theatre Hall just as Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o was ... see more »
