Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature is a powerful book on the relationship between language, culture, and identity in postcolonial Africa. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o posits a core argument that African literature must be written by Africans in the indigenous African languages. This is an important book that cannot be read and… Continue reading Review of Decolonising the Mind by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o
Tag: Culture
Random Thoughts on Capitalism
We will keep on praising capitalism as the “best” economic model until one day we completely and irreparably destroy our planet. We are already seeing what capitalism is doing to our planet. But because the powers that be have so much vested interest, they have thrown a deaf ear to alternatives to capitalism. It has… Continue reading Random Thoughts on Capitalism
You Sound Smart in Text, But Who Am I Chatting With?
There is an absurd new trend in town that annoys me a lot. Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom instilled fear in me about the implications of artificial general intelligence (AGI). And while I’m still concerned about the dangers of AI to humanity, I’m increasingly annoyed by how generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) is already being misused by… Continue reading You Sound Smart in Text, But Who Am I Chatting With?
Grandma’s Radio and Beyond
I love listening to music. From the olden days when I used to bump my head to Zilizopendwa playing on my grandma’s radio during the lunch hour on BBC Radio Taifa. In fact, it was my grandma who introduced me to music. At times braggadocious, my grandma, who spent a considerable amount of time as… Continue reading Grandma’s Radio and Beyond
Asembo Piny Maber
You’re missing a lot if you’ve never been to Asembo. In the incredible homeland of Ramogi where the great warrior and magician Luanda Magere and Gor Mahia, respectively, were born and raised, exists a village called Asembo, Nilotic-speaking group based on Lake Victoria basin with a population of about a hundred thousand people. Known for… Continue reading Asembo Piny Maber