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Dare to “Decolonising the mind”:Meeting around the Thought of Ngugi wa Thiong'o
[Osez « décoloniser l’esprit » : Rencontre autour de l’œuvre de Ngugi wa Thiong’o]

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  • Olivier Dehoorne

    (LISA - Lieux, Identités, eSpaces, Activités - UPP - Université Pascal Paoli - CNRS - Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, CEREGMIA - Centre de Recherche en Economie, Gestion, Modélisation et Informatique Appliquée - UAG - Université des Antilles et de la Guyane)

  • Sopheap Theng

    (BIORECA - UMR ESPECE DEV - Biodiversité, Risques Écologiques dans les Territoires Caraïbes Insulaires - Université des Antilles (Pôle Martinique) - UA - Université des Antilles)

Abstract

The aim of this article is to propose the basis for an open reflection on the sources of colonization through the literary approach proposed by Ngugi. In this context, it has been repetitively noted that the relations between Colonized and Colonizer (Memmi) are tenacious in our nature and everyday ways of thinking. And, contradictorily, the term "colonization" seems to evoke the days of yore, already accomplished, in our minds - one of the closed chapters in history - while the colonial-type armed conflicts and the process of recolonization have burst out again by the beginning of XXI century. Conquering the African resources, then to chase with all haste - using many stratagems - the least conciliatory leaders! The colonization is a process of the politico-economic exploitation that requires a mind control, of both the colonized and the colonizers.

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  • Olivier Dehoorne & Sopheap Theng, 2011. "Dare to “Decolonising the mind”:Meeting around the Thought of Ngugi wa Thiong'o [Osez « décoloniser l’esprit » : Rencontre autour de l’œuvre de Ngugi wa Thiong’o]," Post-Print hal-01368530, HAL.
    • Handle: RePEc:hal:journl:hal-01368530
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