A translation of Ngugi wa Thiong’o, Décoloniser l’esprit
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https://doi.org/10.34019/2318-3446.2018.v6.23244Keywords:
Ngugi wa Thiong'o, autotranslation, African languages, decolonizationAbstract
This article aims, beyond translating into Brazilian Portuguese, to presenting
an extent contextualization of Décoloniser l’esprit, an interview by Kenyan professor and
literary critic Ngugi wa Thiong’o to Le Monde Diplomatique wherein he harshly criticized the
African political class emphasizing the need to rethinking new policies, new attitudes towards
African languages so as to think a real development of the continent. We could perceive based
on Antunes (2018) and Omari’s (1985) works how political interferences represent a real
hindrance to Ngugi’s ideal legitimizing somewhat the criticism encountered in the interview.
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