Wednesday, November 4, 2020

Something very important from an African writer

"If you know all the languages of the world, and you don't know your mother tongue or your first language or the language of your culture, than that is actually self-enslavement. This is very important. But if you know your mother tongue or your first language, then add all the languages of the world to it, that is empowerment." ---Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o, renowned African writer

(These words of Ngũgĩ are quoted from a YouTube video)

Picture of Ngũgĩ: https://news.uci.edu

No comments:

Post a Comment