FYI, another item from Ngugi wa Thiong'o's visit to Kenya. (Seen at http://allafrica.com/stories/200408200836.html ). DZO
Kenya: Africans Asked to Promote Local Languages Catholic Information Service for Africa (Nairobi) August 20, 2004 Posted to the web August 20, 2004 Nairobi African languages should be used to promote unity and development and not the vice versa, a renowned Kenyan scholar has said. "There is no language that is superior to another one but the systems of subjugations and domination attached to them are the ones which send wrong signals," said renowned author Professor Ngugi wa Thiong'o. Professor Ngugi also called on Africans to be proud of their languages and use them in institutions. The writer, who recently suffered a one-hour robbery and grossly humiliating experience after his return to Kenya from a 22-year self- exile to the United States, said that those who attacked him were sending a false message about the security situation in Kenya. He has since been accorded state security. "The Kenya represented by the incident is not the real Kenya. Those doubting it can come and see the beauty for themselves," Professor Ngugi told a packed hall at The Kenyatta International Conference Center Plenary Hall in Nairobi on Thursday, August 19, 2004. The Professor was addressing more than 2000 scholars who had gathered to listen to a lecture on language, knowledge and empowerment. --- ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/TpIolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/AfricanLanguages/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
