I wonder what content we Africans are interested in, if for three years now, this video just has 25k views only. We still have a long way to DECOLONIZING THE MIND.
@MadarakaFestival2 жыл бұрын
exactly, it will change. Thank your for doing your part. Please share it widely
@rtmanyemba27 күн бұрын
I hear your point.... But the other way to take it is this.... Wat does this measage help in the bread an butter an survival efforts of the average African.... This is more of self actualisation conversation.... For the person trying to put food on the table, or leaving their land of birth for a foreign land to earn a living, this is a discussion they wont find interest in ...
@DonaldG-qq4ol4 жыл бұрын
I always appreciate Africans speaking their native language on KZfaq videos even though I can't interpret. Thank you for the question and thank you for the answer.
@MadarakaFestival4 жыл бұрын
Donald Blackmon thank you for your feedback!
@madmouse44004 жыл бұрын
Yes our languages are our souls and histories , it's with our souls that we'll find the development and independence
@smurph69533 жыл бұрын
People here in Ireland can look down on me for speaking Irish it's sad the minds are still colonised very much here.
@MizVia5 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing! “Self alienation (enslavement) vs self empowerment”
@leofarmqueen79513 жыл бұрын
Greetings from Jamaica. I am interested to learn African language
@liliannjau55853 жыл бұрын
I always love watching Ngugi wa Thiong'o interviews. He is very smart
@wambuimacharia53213 жыл бұрын
We should embrace our culture
@AfricanQuizClub3 жыл бұрын
I listened to this and it almost made me cry. I feel trapped for not knowing my mother tongue and how to share the same with my kids. I know I come from royalty and a wealth of culture but am scared its slowly dying away and I cant help but feel helpless.
@MadarakaFestival3 жыл бұрын
NEVER GIVE UP, keep fighting
@yldabale3 жыл бұрын
You can go back and learn, family.
@Tefera-hf8fw5 ай бұрын
Royalty? so where in Africa?
@apachemimi97623 жыл бұрын
Muudu witu !!
@dasbarasat26373 жыл бұрын
This is so true...but not said before
@dandamuxima3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately, here in Brasil more than 160 indigenous languages that still remain are being forgotten and part of our identity goes with them. All these facts makes things a little bit more complicated coz we are synonymous of miscigenation, a fact that brings confusion and insecurity between us. The settlers destroyed our self pride and our souls.
@MadarakaFestival3 жыл бұрын
We should try and document and pass it on to the next generation. How do you think we can preserve those languages?
@dandamuxima3 жыл бұрын
@@MadarakaFestival Yes, indeed, we should try. In my view, we brazilian should be proud of our land firstly., Then, I think that developing mother tongue courses at universities could help to preserve that knowledge but mainly preserving and respecting the rainforest and its people, as the fire are devastating their home each new year and consequently pushing them to the slums at the cities, turning them into marginals.
@vanessabarcelos57747 ай бұрын
I'm thinking about Brazil, where most of us have no other mother tongue than that of the colonizer. I feel sorry for the indigenous languages that we have lost.
@MadarakaFestival6 ай бұрын
I think there is still a chance to learn the indigenous languages, do you agree?
@uamunongoshakeskaotororasu47722 жыл бұрын
I learn a lot from this video please continue to impower us we were lost people who are mentally damaged Eurocentric false lecturing. Thanks a lot father Prof Thiong'o
@timothymaina44113 жыл бұрын
Exactly! That's why retain my traditional name
@OkeloJavan3 жыл бұрын
It's so important, do you know what your name means?
@purple44633 жыл бұрын
THANK YOU PROFESSOR THIONG'O FOR YOUR BRILLIANTLY WRITTEN BOOKS, YOUR INSPIRATION, AND LOVE FOR AFRIKA. 💕💕
@zakiaemanuel66182 жыл бұрын
Nice interview 😊
@austineochieng81173 жыл бұрын
Perfect interview
@harrypeters30994 жыл бұрын
Thank you for this great interview, I just used it for one of my English literature assignments at university!
@MadarakaFestival4 жыл бұрын
Harry Peters that’s wonderful! Please share with others too!!
@malaikatellingthestoryofgo65352 жыл бұрын
@@MadarakaFestival Me too!!! some great quotes to be had there !!! lol He is amazing!!
@dakingsr4 жыл бұрын
The brother speaks the truth. Then in order for us to unite, we must forge a unified language.
@MadarakaFestival4 жыл бұрын
It's exactly correct. Language is currency. If we don't have a unified language we will continue to be oppressed. All oppressors have a unified language and national or continental currencies...
@madmouse44003 жыл бұрын
Not really , that suppose if a country has many languages in education and administration , people would be divided . That suppose that if in Nigeria , if we teach Yoruba kids that the earth is a sphere , that 3+5=8 , their oral literature , how to calculate the surface of the cercle ,... in their language (yoruba) , they would suddenly transform into bloody murderer who would kill , discriminate or segregate those who don't speak their language and create division . And that's ridiculous , use your mother tongue (or language of your culture) never transform anyone into murderer or divided anyone , or that means that french kids who speak French , English kids who speak English , German kids who speak German will become killers for to speak their mother tongue .
@hellenmuroka9413 жыл бұрын
king
@akanyijukavanansio26012 жыл бұрын
Thank you professor
@cavecrusherisdead5 жыл бұрын
Facts
@MadarakaFestival5 жыл бұрын
Indeed!
@madewithrealdiamonds Жыл бұрын
African and the Americas defined, make you a proud spanish, english, french, dutch or portuguese speaker and you entirely forget your identity and heritage
@MansaKimani Жыл бұрын
Good Stuff
@WilsonNzuki4 жыл бұрын
Awesome! Love this!
@MadarakaFestival4 жыл бұрын
Wilson Nzuki thank you! Share with your network please! Blessings
@ngomusacherncy8432 Жыл бұрын
I havent listened but I cant relate to the topic. In South Africa especially KZN we LOVE our language ZULU. AMANDLA💪🏾
@Tefera-hf8fw5 ай бұрын
exactly most Africans are multilingual
@petermwangi7083 жыл бұрын
this man though i think all youths should now have his steps we are still colonized..... ni thayu...🙄
@MadarakaFestival3 жыл бұрын
True!
@m.b.nagaraj76669 ай бұрын
All Colonialism experienced Countries hate their own language. Not only in Africa Indians too
@Tefera-hf8fw5 ай бұрын
If they did all their languages would have been dead yet we are still using them daily. most of India's population are multilingual and Africans too.
@m.b.nagaraj76665 ай бұрын
But INDIAN LANGUAGE NOT DOMINATED IN.EDUCATION
@msambweni123 Жыл бұрын
Teach me to be me
@ningthouningthoujam33732 жыл бұрын
Is he still gonna be denied the Nobel this year as well
@Kevlexicon2 жыл бұрын
in the hardtalk interview on youtube ngugi talked about how international (colonizer) institutions set aside prize money for african writing-on the condition it's written in english which probs explains the institutional (bankkker class) hostility towards his african self respect
@m.b.nagaraj76669 ай бұрын
People hate their own language in the Colonial Countries. English French Spanish and Portuguese killed Countless languages. This is common in Indian sub continent and Africa
@Tefera-hf8fw5 ай бұрын
wrong
@juancarlosvasquezgarcia61343 жыл бұрын
Does anyone have a link to the book of the Irish author Ngugi mentions in the interview?
@mueni333_ Жыл бұрын
You can find it in PDF format on libgen
@Tefera-hf8fw5 ай бұрын
While writing and teaching in the 'coloniser's language' plus living in his country. this guy is confused.