beelo's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
4.5
For my lit class. Very powerful. Language is political!!!
saintsaens's review against another edition
informative
inspiring
reflective
tense
fast-paced
5.0
Superbe essai. Rarement la forme et le fonds ont été autant maîtrisé pour faire connaître et partager des moments et des évènements symboliquement et intellectuellement / politiquement important avec autant de fluidité et de simplicité. L'histoire et la culture kenyanne apparaît dans toute sa complexité et l'auteur entremêle avec virtuosité sa vie, ces moments marquants, et des réflexions globales qui peuvent toucher et parler à toute personne questionnant sa propre langue et sa pratique. Une nécessité à lire.
as_a_tre3's review against another edition
5.0
Written more than three decades ago, this book is still relevant within our current neoliberal globalized world. The power inequality between the Global North and the Global South has exacerbated inequities among the countries in the latter. Neocolonialism, well colonialism, never ends. This book’s author argues for the need of postcolonial nations to centralize their own needs, to be critical of the injustices the neocolonialism, that has changed name into neoliberalism, the Global North continues to impose on the Global South.
michelle_locdout's review against another edition
challenging
informative
reflective
medium-paced
4.0
Loved it. Makes you question the use of particular languages when communicating radical ideas that are apparently aimed to help the masses, especially when its not done in the language most common to the natives.
sar_p's review
5.0
I was planning on arguing against Ngugi about the need for African writers to write ::solely:: in an African language, but his argument (with a mix of Marxist criticism and history of colonialism) was too compelling. A really great read.
itschlve's review against another edition
informative
reflective
medium-paced
5.0
If I could give more than 5 stars I would
Brilliant work
Brilliant work
ginger_curmudgeon's review
4.0
Wa Thiong'o explores the issues of speaking your native tongue versus the language brought by the colonizers and gives life to an aspect of living colonial - and post-colonial - life that most people wouldn't even think twice about.