Decolonising the Mind Wa Thiong'o Ngugi
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€�We have unfinished business of decolonising the minds of our people by changing the name of Lake Victoria, which was given by the colonialists,” Abubakar explained. Things Fall Apart Chinua Achebe. I wish you Egypt so you can decolonise your minds” says the Palestinian Human Rights Campaigner Omar Barghouti, to a packed plenary in Shoreditch Town Hall. And his years of 'narratives' from our minds. A good one could tell the same story over and over again, and it would always be fresh to us, the listeners. As cliché as it might sound, Things Fall Apart was the book that did 'it' for me. What is then needed is a decolonisation of the mind; something that cannot happen without a return to ones own true self, values, heritage, and, importantly, categories of thought. The famous Kenyan writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o in his book “Decolonizing the mind” (1986) states that the European colonization of Africa “was effected through the sword and the bullet. Posted on April 25, 2013 by sebweinmann — Leave a comment ↓. €�There were good and bad story-tellers.