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Decolonising the Mind
by Ngũgĩ wa Thiongʼo, Blanca Busquets
Description: Decolonising the Mind: The Politics of Language in African Literature examines the impact of colonial languages on African writing and advocates for the use of indigenous languages in literature
ISBN: 8186423958
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gnipgnip · 2016-11-13 · Original thread
Trouble is, this entails studying entirely in a foreign language for 16 years.

See:

http://koenraadelst.blogspot.in/2015/11/propagating-english-...

Many at this point jut in by saying "English is ours, you Heathen!", but really though it is not. India's English proficiency index was lower than China and Japan in 2011 [2] (before magically jumping up).

I've been extremely disappointed with India. There is very little awareness of political systems, even while many get drawn into pompous nationalism. Everyone is obsessed with how the best of Indians leave for the US, and are greedily optimizing for how to get a share of that sweet sweet dough. This from language teachers,writers to engineers, scientists. When Sanskrit/Kannada teachers start spouting English for class signalling, you realize there is no hope for India (much as with Africa). It's not surprising that the power centers of Indology are in the US.

Also see,

[1] http://sankrant.org/2011/03/the-english-class-system-2/

[2] https://www.amazon.com/Decolonising-Mind-Studies-African-Lit...

[3] http://www.ef.co.th/sitecore/__/~/media/efcom/epi/pdf/EF-EPI...