PAN-AFRICANISM IS GOING STRONG
Ngugi wa Thiong’o focuses on decolonising language
Author and African intellectual Ngugi wa Thiong’o says decolonising the language of education is the contemporary form of pan-Africanism and the future relies on Africans empowering themselves with African culture, language and knowledge. Decolonisation of knowledge was a central demand during the #RhodesMustFall and #FeesMustFall student protests that began in 2015. The students shifted the public discourse and put the spotlight on redefining African knowledge, literature and academia. Hosted by the National Institute of the Humanities and Social Sciences, Wa Thiong’o’s seminar titled Secure the Base, Decolonise the Mind, focused on the continued inequalities between Africa and the West. The message of the renowned thinker, that Africans need to resist western imperial notions for the mineral-rich continent to thrive and compete on its own terms, echoed pan-Africanist principles and was jubilantly applauded by the audience of students, academics and political figures including Juli...
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