For this discussion, I’d like you to really focus on Ngugi’s central claim, as interpreted by me. Here it is in italics below (taken from the essay #3 prompt that you haven’t seen yet): Ngugi asserts that African authors—to craft “authentically” African literature—must write in an African language. To answer the following discussion questions, it may be useful to refer back to your E+I log from earlier. 1. Today, we discussed colonization in general and the specific history of Kenya’s colonization at some length; however, Ngugi’s treatment of colonization is merely a means to a greater end—the decolonization of the mind. What does it mean to decolonize a mind? 2. Making connections: Yosso claims schools are political places and teaching is a political act. How does Ngugi’s concept of the colonized mind help to extend or clarify Yosso’s claim. How would you describe a colonized (figuratively, not literally) classroom? A decolonized classroom? 3. How would you classify literature written by an African author—who cannot speak or write in an African language—in a non-African language? watch Intro to Ngugi’s Decolonising the Mind Zoom: https://cccconfer.zoom.us/rec/play/RnLefrcLQB-PnHbIHrW_OQYWtHg_TbvUVqb-1nIaXdUpowI3hiZcQfNFs4UHR6o9P4m1tFUm5aFMUe-s.aCOY85IMS4cz7A7l?startTime=1619470887000&_x_zm_rtaid=zSUdM1w8RWGsl8zzyxNfSw.1620116777991.bf646a357ebcc81d812cdb5a040a6cd1&_x_zm_rhtaid=371 Read chapter 1 of Ngugi’s Decolonising the Mind.   https://www.uibk.ac.at/anglistik/staff/davis/decolonising-the-mind.pdf