Podcasts about thiong'o

He is Kenya’s foremost literary voice, applauded for his commitment to telling Kenyan stories in a language accessible to his fellow Kenyans. Ngugi wa Thiong'o is regularly tipped for the Nobel Prize and in 2021, he became the first author and translator to be nominated for the International Booker Prize for "The Perfect Nine".

The puzzling murder of three African directors of a foreign-owned brewery sets the scene for this fervent, hard-hitting novel about disillusionment in independent Kenya. A deceptively simple tale, Petals of Blood is on the surface a suspenseful investigation of a spectacular triple murder in upcountry Kenya. Yet as the intertwined stories of the four suspects unfold, a devastating picture emerges of a modern third-world nation whose frustrated people feel their leaders have failed them time after time. First published in 1977, this novel was so explosive that its author was imprisoned without charges by the Kenyan government. His incarceration was so shocking that newspapers around the world called attention to the case, and protests were raised by human-rights groups, scholars, and writers, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Donald Barthelme, Harold Pinter, and Margaret Drabble.First time in Penguin Classics --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya's independence from Britain, A Grain of Wheat follows a group of villagers whose lives have been transformed by the 1952–1960 Emergency. At the center of it all is the reticent Mugo, the village's chosen hero and a man haunted by a terrible secret. As we learn of the villagers' tangled histories in a narrative interwoven with myth and peppered with allusions to real-life leaders, including Jomo Kenyatta, a masterly story unfolds in which compromises are forced, friendships are betrayed, and loves are tested. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

Livet til Ngugi wa Thiong'o er som en roman. Og romanene hans er blant de viktigste i moderne afrikansk litteratur. Marta Norheim og Tonje Vold løfter frem dette enestående forfatterskapet som beskriver kolonitid, frigjøringskrig og årene etter det britiske herredømmet.

A young man called Waiyaki is a focal point in Ngugi's story. At an early age, he was already considered to have special gifts. Waiyaki once encountered two boys fighting and attempted to break up the squabble. Although he was the youngest of the three, he was able to put a stop to the violence. Ngugi reveals the three boys, Waiyaki, Kamua and Kinuthia are all destined to study at a local mission school nearby and from there, to become teachers. Waiyaki is eventually enrolled at the school at the behest of his father, Chege. He explains to young Waiyaki the legend of a savior who would be born into their village and accomplish great things for his people. Waiyaki's father believes that he is that savior. Although Waiyaki is skeptical of such a fantastical prophesy, he excels in the school and is well on his way to playing a vital role in the development of his people. The significance of Chege's eagerness to send Waiyaki to the mission school rests on the fact that the boy would be in a position to learn the wisdom of the colonists. This knowledge would Waiyaki equip him for the struggle against the colonial government. Despite the liberating potential of this knowledge, Waiyaki must ensure he does not embrace the colonial system, as doing so would defeat the purpose of his training. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/pbliving/support

WhatWentWrong.Za presents: Thoughts on Decolonising the mind by Ngugi wa Thiong'o. A Kenyan writer, academic and social activist. This particular episode is based on the chapter: The language on African Literature. Feel free to leave a voice note! Let us engage and start conversations! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/whatwentwrong/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/whatwentwrong/support

Mugo, para os outros, é um herói. Porém, Mugo se ressente da posição central e simbólica que ocupa. À sua volta giram nomes como Karanja, Gikonyo, Mumbi, General R. e Kihika. Às vésperas da Uhuru do Quênia, Mugo terá de decidir se tomará para si o papel de herói ou deixará como legado aquilo que o aflige. Numa narrativa poética e horizontal, Ngugi wa Thiong'o traduz o Quênia efervescente pela recém-conquistada independência. Em meio a comemorações e resoluções para o novo futuro, wa Thiong'o nos mostra que pensar e agir no presente é uma obrigação permanente para alcançar a verdadeira independência. Publicado no Brasil em 2015 pela editora Alfaguara, com tradução de Roberto Grey Um Grão de Trigo (publicado originalmente em 1967) é um dos grandes romances sobre os processos de independência das nações africanas e seu caráter humano e revolucionário. Importante: Arte feita por: Nátali Nuss (Instagram: @nuss.art). Para mais informações e outros episódios, acesse o nosso site www.centralredepoderosa.com.br. O podcast Rede Poderosa de Intrigas também está no Instagram e no Twitter como @poderosarede. Para sugestões de pauta, críticas, parcerias, anúncios e mais, nosso e-mail é redepoderosa@gmail.com. Esse episódio é uma produção da Central Rede Poderosa. Até a próxima!

Ngugi wa Thiong’os 1977 anti-imperialist masterpiece “Petals of Blood” uses sexual metaphor to critique the influence of British religion and economics in post-colonial Kenya. The result is nothing less than a polemic worthy of the Old Testament prophetic tradition. Interested in why Ngugi wa Thiong'o chooses sexual metaphor? Check out my article "Feeble to Effeminacy" in which I argue that understanding the British Empire in a sexual context may be more literally appropriate than you might suspect: https://scholarworks.gvsu.edu/gvjh/vo... www.burtreadsbooks.com www.facebook.com/burtreadsbooks  

Un testo di incredibile profondità e sagacia, fondamentale per comprendere il ruolo giocato dalla lingua all'interno del mondo colonizzato. Seguici anche su fb, ig e sul nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ , ogni giorno, il meglio della cultura di Medio Oriente e Mondo islamico

4 anni fa portavo la mia tesina "La decolonizzazione delle menti", a tanti anni di distanza, penso sia interessante riproporvene i contenuti, con allegati anche dei consigli per poter trasformare la vostra in un capolavoro. Seguici anche su fb, ig e sul nostro sito https://mediorientedintorni.com/ , ogni giorno, il meglio della cultura di Medio Oriente e Mondo islamico

The ghosts of Hegel, Hume, Locke, and other so-called enlightenment thinkers, are not ghosts at all. The limiting racialized reasoning; the logics of racial capitalism they espoused are in fact material and nonmaterial at the same time. We are living in the 21st century, with 14th century logics and reasoning. The complexities of the language formulated during this period have ensured that this will forever be the case. That is until projects (mass in character) that intentionally and comprehensively disrupt the very power relations that are attendant to the languages that are a product of the racial capitalist logistics that guide everyday racialized reasoning are met with in full force by an African Future. At the heart of Africana world liberation, is a desire to practice humanity. A desire that is rooted in collective sensibilities that are guided by a constant search for an understanding of the relationship between nature and the universe. Paul Zeleza has argued that “African identities, like African languages, are inventions, mutually constitutive existential and epistemic constructions.” This postulation was rooted in questions around the “challenges of defining “Africa.” Arguing along with other scholars that whoever defines and constructs “Africa,” in considerable measure, guides how we identify and analyze African identities and languages. In The Invention of Africa : Gnosis, Philosophy and the Order of Knowledge, V. Y. Mudimbe interrogates the construction of Africa through Eurocentric categories and conceptual systems, which produced enduring dichotomies between Europe and Africa, investing the latter's societies, cultures, and bodies with the representational marginalities or even pathologies of alterity (Mudimbe, 1988; Zeleza, 2006). Elsewhere, Mudimbe, argued that one of the most important aspects of Africa's representation lies not in its invention per se, a phenomenon that is by no means confined to the continent (think of “Asia” and the “Americas” and “Europe” itself and indeed the origins of the names of numerous nations and ethnic groups), but in the fact that Africa is always imagined, represented and performed as a reality or a fiction in relation to master references—Europe, Whiteness, Christianity, Literacy, Development, Technology, even Islam, as codified through Arabic invasions—mirrors that reflect, indeed refract Africa in peculiar ways, reducing the continent to particular images, to a state of lack until their arrival (Mudimbe, 1988; Zeleza, 2006). Without. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o must not be understood as a singular path on a multipath map. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o work must be situated in what Dr. Greg Carr argues that all Africana phenomenon/a must be situated, in a long-view process of memory, translation and recovery. To do so, we can then begin to see how Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o's work begins to intersect, inform and be informed by those other Africana thinkers that are committed to identifying, mapping and conceptualizing frame works for understanding human experience, as we move across time/space. Ayi Kwei Armah, Soyinka, Ama Ata Aidoo, Achebe, Tess Onwueme, Ifeoma Okoye, Aminata Sow Fall, Mariama Bâ, Alice Walker, May Ayim, Audre Lorde, to name a few. As listed, the principle of gender is not categorized, as this very abbreviated list does not distinguish Africana female writers from male projecting counterparts…these writers are writers organizing their rhythms of knowledge production through a lens…either way they lead to a common point, as they are writing for freedom. Our show was produced today in solidarity with the Native/Indigenous, African, and Afro Descendant communities at Standing Rock; Venezuela; Cooperation Jackson in Jackson, Mississippi; Brazil; the Avalon Village in Detroit; Colombia; Kenya; Palestine; South Africa; and Ghana and other places who are fighting for the protection of our land for the benefit of all peoples! Image: Nairobi, March 2019

This month a special edition of BBC World Book Club coming from Nairobi in Kenya. Lawrence Pollard talks to celebrated Kenyan writer Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o in the company of an enthusiastic audience of readers and students who have gathered in the bustling bookshop of Nairobi University where Ngugi was once a director. We’re discussing Ngũgĩ's landmark novel A Grain of Wheat, set in the wake of the Mau Mau rebellion and on the cusp of Kenya’s independence from Britain. In it the tangled narratives of a group of Kenyan villagers interweave to tell an epic story of love tested, friendships betrayed and myths forged, confirming Ngũgĩ's status as a giant of African writing.

Weekly JourneywithJesus.net postings, read by Debie Thomas. Essay by Debie Thomas: *When You See These Things* for Sunday, 2 December 2018; book review by Dan Clendenin: *Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir* by Ngugi wa Thiong'o (2018); film review by Dan Clendenin: *Earthrise* (2018); poem selected by Dan Clendenin: *Advent Credo* by Allan Boesak.

Valeria Luiselli är född 1983 i Mexico City och sedan flera år bosatt i New York. Hon är översatt till över 20 språk och har medverkat i tidskrifter som The New Yorker, The New York Times, Granta, McSweeny’s och i podden This American Life. Debutromanen "De tyngdlösa" har legat i topp på DN:s kritikerlista. "Historien om mina tänder" prisades som Årets bästa bok av New York Times, Buzzfeed och Flavorwire. Judith Kiros är litteraturvetare, antirasistisk debattör, skribent i allt från DN till Nöjesguiden, och en av grundarna av sajten Rummet. Hon har tidigare samtalat med Ngugi wa Thiong'O och Dorit Rabinyan. I samarbete med Rámus förlag och Mexikos ambassad. Från 3 september 2018 Jingel: Lucas Brar

Written in the early 1980s and never before published in America, this compelling prison memoir gives readers a rare glimpse into the hidden story behind one of Ngũgĩ’ wa Thiong'o's most famous novels. Beginning literally half an hour before Ngũgĩ’s release on December 12, 1978, Wrestling with the Devil: A Prison Memoir recounts both the intense drama and painful challenges of writing fiction under twenty-four-hour surveillance.

Today…we will explore the work of Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o with Dr. Josh Myers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Afro-American Studies at Howard University. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938) is one of the African world's most prolific writers, thinkers, cultural workers, play-write, activist. Growing up in colonial Kenya, his dream of a free Africa has shaped his works. In 1977 he began a new form of theatre ‘Nihega Ndeenda'(Ngaahika Ndeenda), which sought to liberate the theatrical process from what he considered “the general bourgeois education system.” Despite its success, the authoritarian Kenyan regime shut it down and he was subsequently imprisoned for more than a year. He was eventually released and left for the U.S., where he still resides... Early on Ngũgĩ understood the interdependent relationship between the politics of memory, language, and resistance…a process that prompted him to write in his language—Kikuyu. Among his extensive works, are novels, plays, short stories and essays, such as, but not limited to, Writers in Politics (1981 and 1997); Decolonising the Mind (1986); Moving the Center (1994); and Penpoints Gunpoints and Dreams (1998);‘Weep Not, Child' (1964), ‘Petals of Blood' (1977), ‘Wizard of the Crow' (2006), ‘Dreams in a Time of War' (2010) and ‘In the House of the Interpreter: A Memoir' (2015). Currently Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Irvine, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o has also taught at Yale University, and New York University. He is recipient of 10 honorary doctoral degrees and is the founder and editor of the Kikuyu-language journal. Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o is a frequent Nobel nominee... Before we delve into a deep exploration of Ngũgĩ work with Dr. Josh Myers, Assistant Professor in the Department of Afro American Studies at Howard University, we will first listen to Ngũgĩ himself…in a talk titled: Re-Membering Africa: Retrieval and Exchange of African Memory Enjoy!!!......

Riviera Firefly is your online guide to living on and visiting the French Riviera and the Côte d'Azur. We cover topics such as Education for children and adults, Places to visit, Health and lifestyle, hobbies and leisure and have lots of fun here in the Alpes Maritimes. We also talk to inspiring local entrepreneurs and small businesses about how they started their careers in France, dealing with administration and what brought them here in the first place. Topical issues such as Brexit and what this means to expats will also be covered in 2017. Our online directory and magazine can be found on www.rivierafirefly.com THIS EPISODE In this Riviera Firefly Episode 15 Antonia chats with her guest Julie Hellon about why she set up a charity saving children in Kenya. The challenges , the ups the downs the impact on family life. Why we need to keep helping supporting, volunteering and how even 1 euros can make a massive difference in the life of a child.    KEY POINTS [0:01] What to expect from the programme. We’re going to get right into this episode.. Julie Hellon Kenyan Kids ..I am hugely inspired by her heart, her tenacity and her compassion. Life is so busy we forget sometimes about the world around us where we aren’t living in such cosy conditions.. She is going to tell us about the charity she set up Kenyan Kids why she did it, the impact on her home life, the new Familia project .. it’s really touching and moving please take some time out of your busy day .. You know every decision Julie makes for the KenyanKids organisation has to take into account that it has to make a commitment to any child entering their doors. So a 7 year old has 12 years ahead before they will be self sufficient and they need to ensure that they have the funds to complete on that promise. As you listen keep in mond there are many ways to take action, make a difference .. I have started by spending time interviewing Julie and editing this podcast..I’m passing the baton to you now Firefly .. I think we all need to hear this one.   [13:00] The lightbulb moment - on the rubbish dump. [14:30] The biggest challenge when launching the charity. [16:00] Applying business skills from IBM to help charity work : marketing ,selling [17:00] Asking people for money, what does the money go on?  [18:00] Deciding where to focus the efforts street boys  . The nursery school idea began..Julie opened the school as a white foreign woman.. [20:00] Requirements for going to school and fees for sending a child. [23:20] Familia The Rescue centre background  .. Julie got sick with Malaria .. she brought Zablon “Small” back from Kenya  [26:00] The River Between by prolific Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential African Writers Series and Small read this  to Julia when she was sick and opened her eyes to FGM. [28:30] The lack of social services for girls on the streets and orphans. [29:00] Familia was opened and was able to take care of 10 girls and give them a future  [30:30] Challenges bringing “Small” back to live in France. His role as an ambassador.  [35:00]  life in Kenya is in complete contrast to living here…. ·      I meet some very interesting people! Ex murderers, criminals … fortunately now reformed ·      I get to ride on the back of a piki piki (motorbike) without a helmet (stupid or what?) ·      It’s the only place I know where I’m woken in the middle of the night by someone on the phone saying our kid goat has just been eaten by an alligator (further investigations prove the culprit was a neighbour’s dog) ·      I get to sample/eat freshly caught and then fried, flying white ants ·      I still find it hard to believe I actually lied to the Kenyan Police once … I was hiding (protecting) a young girl so they wouldn’t imprison her ·      I get the protection and respect of street boys     Julie couldn’t tell me enough about the amazing fund raising effort Paddy Warwick’s runners  did in last years  marathon in November 2016 . They raised and incredible amount of money and allowed the charity to secure a premises for a decent future.  Maybe you were a runner, or you are a sponsor ..or like Keren Sharp you are continually baking fabulous cakes to sell – each penny goes to those Kenyan Kids.   I said earlier on that Julie is constantly looking to fulfil her commitment and promise to the kenyankids .. The bottom line is they need money to keep that commitment. Now we don’t actually here in France get asked to sponsor or volunteer that much so I’m hoping that some of these ideas coming up will grab your attention   I’m going to throw in the jewel in the crown right now - someone who has experience in applying for grants and subventions maybe a French neighbour you know retired did this before get in touch.. kenyankids.org   Could you commit to 50 the price of a dinner or if you dine in better places than me then a nice round 100… with interesting tax breaks ..or have you got some fund raising ideas that could make even more – get onto her website and set up a standing order.   Awareness for our own teenagers..Get Julie to come in and talk to your school there must be international schools you have contacts with .. kids, teenagers could and should be interested in the world around A talk by Julie and a project getting them to raise a tenner to send a child to school..what a great learning opportunity that would be for the class. For little kids they can do their bit too … Remember a 1 euro a month keeps a young girl in security .. she can buy feminine products and doesn’t need to sell her body to a teacher (yes that happens Something that your daughter, sister, niece takes for granted. I’m going to ask my daughter to earn some pocket money and do this regularly. Donate through their website use paypal it’s easy.   They need to keep the profile up, communicate to donors , encourage people to get involved..perhaps you could keep their facebook page updated say 1 hour a week – you’re probably on FB anyway so what would an extra 15 minutes here and there make? Or Admin the killer of any business can you help there – a self starter who can work their way around a form whould be a life saver..   OK so lots of ideas … and I know what it’s like we have the best intentions and life whizzes by .. so make you make me a mental commitment right now .. something you will do lets make a time frame ok within 30 days. A contact / a donation do something. Have you thought of your idea. Say it outloud – then we have an agreement. Thanks!   I’m going to hold you to that . Here’s a final freebie .. I know I’m being a bit cunning as you’ve already committed and I’m adding this in after but this is one you can do right now.. take your phone or computer and share this podcast with your friends send it to many people .. lets say at least 10 people .. if every listener does that .. the chances of Julie getting in contact with the person who can fill in that form , the person who will get a corporate donation, the team that will be the next Paddy Warwick fundraiser is much more possible – those possibilities are out there . Please share , like, review and subscribe to the podcast and this will help the episode get more visibility. Thanks so much for listening. Now go and ake some action !   IMPORTANT LINKS www.kenyankids.org The River Between by prolific Kenyan author Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o that was published as part of the influential African Writers Series www.paddywarwick.com Marathon runners raised enough money to save kids in kenya. #kenyankids #rednoseday #cotedazurnow #france #podcast #trypod #IBM #kerensharp  #rivierafirefly #africa #paddywarwick #bootcamp  This episode was sponsored by www.kidooland.com The little English School in Sophia Antipolis on the French Riviera

In January we had the rare opportunity to bring one of the giants of world literature to speak at Goldsmiths in London as part of our Translation In The Margins event. Ngugi Wa Thiong'o is a novelist, essayist, playwright, journalist, editor, academic and social activist who has consistently championed the development of African literature. Ngugi delivers an exclusive commissioned lecture, ‘My Life in Translation', followed by a Q&A on his new memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver​, with Jon Morley, Programme Director at WCN. This event was organised by Writers' Centre Norwich in association with The Department of Theatre and Performance at Goldsmiths University of London and Dr Deirdre Osborne.

Birth of a Dream Weaver (New Press) Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s powerful new memoir, Birth of a Dream Weaver, chronicles the period in early 1960s East Africa when he found his voice as a writer and an activist.  Against the vivid backdrop of late-colonial Africa, Ngũgĩ details—with an immediacy both shocking and beautiful—the experience of coming of age in a homeland wounded by white settlerdom.  A herdsboy and a child laborer, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s spent his childhood in Kenya until the end of high school. Then, encouraged by his mother, he traveled to Uganda for university. Crossing into Uganda by train, Ngũgĩ is struck by the difference between British-dominated Kenya and the relative independence of Uganda, brought home with him the “incredible sight of black people who did not walk as if they were strangers in their city.” At the Universtiy of Makerere, Ngũgĩ comes to political consciousness as colonial Kenya crumbles and the aftermath of the Mau Mau rebellion, one of the most violent episodes in global history, is felt.  The perfect entry-point for anyone new to Ngũgĩ’s work, Birth of a Dream Weaver is a rare glimpse into the seminal years of one of the world’s great writers. Praise for Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o’s work: "In his crowded career and his eventful life, Ngũgĩ has enacted, for all to see, the paradigmatic trials and quandaries of a contemporary African writer, caught in sometimes implacable political, social, racial, and linguistic currents."--John Updike, "The New Yorker"  "Ngũgĩ has dedicated his life to describing, satirising and destabilising the corridors of power. Still living in exile and writing primarily in Gikuyu, Ngũgĩ continues to spin captivating tales."--The Guardian  "Ngũgĩ has flown over the entire African continent and sniffed out all of the foul stenches rising high into the air: complacency toward despotism, repression of women and ethnic minorities, widespread corruption andundergirding all of thesea neocolonial system in which today's lending banks and multinationals have supplanted yesterday's European overlords."--The New York Times Book Review One of the leading African writers and scholars at work today, Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o was born in Limuru, Kenya, in 1938. He is the author of A Grain of Wheat; Weep Not, Child; Petals of Blood; and Birth of a Dream Weaver (The New Press). He is currently distinguished professor in the School of Humanities and the director of the International Center for Writing and Translation at the University of California, Irvine. He has been nominated for the Man Booker International Prize.

On this episode, the Ladies of NYAC chat with Ntokozo (@Ntokozo_Moloi), an activist involved in the #FeesMustFall movement in South Africa, and Zoé (@ztsamudzi), a first-generation Zimbabwean-American PhD candidate and activist from Oakland, CA, about activism and building movements. We recount when activism was first awakened within us and discuss our early encounters with activist movements. Using current movements across the African continent such as the #OromoProtests in Ethiopia, the #ThisFlag movement in Zimbabwe and #FeesMustFall movement in South Africa as examples, we answer the following: How does one mobilize people and build a sustainable movement? How can divisions within a movement be overcome? What activism strategies can be deployed when there aren’t enough bodies? How can Pan-African activist alliances be formed and nurtured? Resources: Oromo Protests in Ethiopia - https://www.buzzfeed.com/aliciamelvillesmith/scores-of-protestors-killed-in-ethiopia?utm_term=.sbYm9Nok#.sbYm9Nok - https://www.buzzfeed.com/hannahgiorgis/menem-desta-altesemaynem?utm_term=.ryXPmQM8#.qe39wqoY This Flag Movement in Zimbabwe - http://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/15/why-a-hashtag-isnt-enough-for-a-revolution-in-zimbabwe/ FeesMustFall Protests in South Africa - http://www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2016/10/feesmustfall-decolonising-education-161031093938509.html - http://feesmustfall.joburg/2016/10/09/pan-africanism-and-education-free-access-to-all-or-a-case-for-black-power/ Social Pan-Africanism http://www.ted.com/talks/siyanda_mohutsiwa_how_young_africans_found_a_voice_on_twitter ----------------------------------------------------------- Reading/Watching/Listening to - Steve Biko’s I Write What I Like (Book) - Alexander G. Weheliye’s Habeas Viscus (Book) - Solange’s A Seat at the Table (Music) - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Decolonizing the Mind (Book) - Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o’s Petals of Blood (Book) - South African Jazz e.g. Simphiwe Dana (Music) - A Tribe Called Quest’s We Got It from Here... Thank You 4 Your Service (Music) - Jesmyn Ward edited The Fire This Time (Book) - Emeli Sandé’s Long Live the Angels (Music) - TVLand’s Younger (TV Show) - Amandla!: A Revolution in Four-Part Harmony (Documentary) - James Baldwin’s Go Tell it on the Mountain (Book) - Season 2 of CW’s Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV Show) Show was mixed by Ifeoluwa Olokode, and theme music is "Ayo" by the über talented Femi Leye.

Direkt från Nobelmuseet i Stockholm, med gäster från bokbranschen och möten med afrikanska författare som Ngg wa Thiong'o, Siyanda Mohutsiwa och Chigozie Obioma. Missa inte vår podd Nobelkoden om litteraturprisets mysterierVarför har så få författare från den stora kontintenten Afrika tilldelats Nobelpriset i litteratur? Är Nobelkommittén rasistisk? Är litteratur från Afrika inte tillräckligt bra? Eller handlar det om något annat: till exempel kolonialism och plundring ekonomiskt och kulturellt som gjort något med förutsättningarna för att skapa stor litteratur?Eller kan man ens tala om AFRIKANSK litteratur, med nästan en miljard människor i 55 länder, som talar 1800 språk?Våra tre gäster är redo för att samtala kring detta: förläggaren Svante Weyler, skribenten och chefredaktören Valerie Kyeyune Backström, samt översättaren Jan Ristarp.Dessutom får vi träffa ett av de senaste årens stjärnskott från Nigeria: Chigozie Obioma, som nominerades till Man Booker-priset för sin debut "Fiskarmännen". Vi pratar även med Siyanda Mohutsiwa från Botswana och den litterära storstjärnan Ngg wa Thiong'o från Kenya.Programledare: Mona Masri Producent: Lisa Bergström Här är boktipsen som diskuterades i programmet:Valerie Kyeyune Backström rekommenderar Ayi Kwei Armah " De vackra är ännu inte födda"Svante Weyler rekommenderar Chinua Achebe: "Allt går sönder"Jan Ristarp rekommenderat Ngugi Wa Thiongo " Drömmar i krigets skugga, En blomma av blod"

Kulturredaktør Ane Farsethås har møtt Kenyas store forfatter, Ngugi wa Thiong'o, i Danmark. Der slaktet han like godt danskenes eget litterære nasjonalikon. Selv har Ngugi opplevd at hans egen romanfigurer har blitt mytiske skikkelser i Kenya. Men selv er han kastet ut av hjemlandet. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Kosmo tittar närmare på några av språkets olika dimensioner. Den japanska författaren Yoko Tawada kom till Tyskland i början av 80-talet och sedan dess har hon levt i rummet mellan två språk - tyskan och japanskan. Hon har i sitt författarskap haft ett närmast besatt förhållande till språkets olika dimensioner. Hon filosoferar till exempel kring vad som händer i kroppen när ett nytt språk tar plats. Hur en medvetenhet föds om hur mun, tunga, läppar arbetar och hur erövrandet av nya språk även förändrar utseendet hos människor eftersom nya ansiktsmuskler används. Yoko Tawadas bok Talisman/Förvandlingar finns översatt till svenska av Linda Östergaard. Susanne Skog har mött Yoko Tawada i Berlin. Dessutom träffar Kosmo konstnären Magnus Bärtås som i våras doktorerade med avhandlingen You Told Me, om relationen mellan bildkonsten och språket. Tre av videoverken som också ingår i avhandlingen kan just nu ses i en utställning på Gävle Konscentrum. Det handlar om hur man berättar, vad som händer med en berättelse beroende på vems röst som används och om bildkonstens delvis komplicerade förhållande till språket. Dessutom går Magnus Bärtås mot den trend inom konsten där man undanhåller besökarna information om tankarna bakom verket och hur konstverken kommit till. Från Indien, där de flesta människor talar språk som hindi, bengali och telegu har vi vant oss vid att läsa böcker skrivna på engelska. I Indien och i andra delar av världen med ett kolonialt förflutet har debatten om att skriva på det forna kolonialspråket eller inte varit en laddad fråga. Vissa menar att man tagit över den forna kolonialmaktens språk och gjort det till sitt eget och att det ofta enar länder med många olika ursprungsspråk, medan andra menar att just ursprungsspråken måste vara utgångspunkten när ett land bygger sin egen litteratur och nationella identitet. Lars Hermansson har mött den indiska författaren Sanya Rao i ett samtal om det här fenomenet. Kosmo har även låtit Bengt Packalén, chef för Finlandsinstitutet, reflektera kring varför finlandssvenskans framtida status har en sådan sprängkraft i vårt grannland Finland. Och så rapporterar Malin Sandberg från Bok och biblioteksmässan i Göteborg där hon mött den kenyanske författaren Ngugi wa Thiong'o som valt att skriva på sitt lokalspråk kikuyu. Programledare: Cecilia Blomberg Producent: Marie Liljedahl

BIO: Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o (b. 1938, Limuru, Kenya) is one of Africa's leading contemporary writers. His novels have been translated into more than thirty languages and have garnered numerous prizes. Currently, Ngũgĩ is Distinguished Professor of English and Comparative Literature and Director of the International Center for Writing & Translation at the University of California, Irvine.