In the article “Decolonizing the Mind” is a story about Ngugi Wa Thiong’o. In his community their language was called Gikuyu. Their source of education was at home and in the fields that they worked daily. However, later on Thiong’o was made to attend a colonial school and Gikuyu was still used to learn. In 1952, when a state of emergency in Kenya went into effect their schools became ran by Englishman. These people whose whole life revolved around culture and preserving it was taking away in a blink of an eye. English became the primary language and if the use of their Kenyan language was heard, it was considered a punishable act. The school wanted no part of their culture and sought to destroy it. They did not even care or begin to understand
