Nagugi wa Thiong'o and the politics of language. (Kenyan author's controversial use of his regional language Gikuyu as part of his rejection of colonialism) (Cover Story)

The Humanist | March 1, 1993| | Copyright

Ngugi wa Thiong'o and the Politics of Language

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location in the West to a multi-plicity

of spheres in an the cultures

of the world. {This} will

contribute to the freeing of world cultures from the

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