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Ngugi Wa Thiong O Inspirational Quotes (14)

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Life, struggle, even amidst pain and blood and poverty, seemed beautiful.
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People went to war as a result of it and even today, every Sunday, the Bible in translation is being read to thousands and thousands in Africa. It is an integral part of their functioning and the way they look at the world.
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I'm writing for those people in Kenya, but in Irvine and in New York.
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There is no way we can survive as a nation in the world without finding unity.
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A person who acquires English has access to all the things that that language makes possible.
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In terms of language, English is very dominant vis-Ã-vis African language. That in itself is a power relationship - between languages and communities - because the English language is a determinant of the ladder to achievement.
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Another phenomenon developing in Kenya is ethnic cleansing - and that's the thing that has made me very sad. Because some people will use the cover of the problems of rigged elections to do things that are unacceptable like ethnic cleansing and displacement of people. It's completely unacceptable.
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What's good about writing is that when you write novels or fiction, people can see that the problems in one region are similar to problems in another region.
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We think of politics in terms of power and who has the power. Politics is the end to which that power is put.
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Any writer likes to be near the area which is the location of his work.
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We can appreciate each other's languages. And the question of being uncomfortable about our languages would go away.
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I'm more trying to connect I'm more listening to people. Whatever I get is very meaningful to me.
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If poverty was to be sold three cents today, i can't buy it.
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It was a revelation for me, in a practical sense, that you could write in an African language and still reach an audience beyond that language through the art of translation.
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