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mkupfer's review against another edition
5.0
I’ve completed a year long project for work on the use of non-English languages online — and Thiongo’s prioritization of local languages played a big role in our theoretical framework.
As such, I recommend such a book — short as it may be — to bolster your knowledge on your inherent biases. Why do we value English as a language of literature over others? Why are oral histories not regarded as valid as written ones? How does this shift as we live more and more of our waking hours online?
Thiongo succinctly and deliberately tears these assumptions down, building off of a lifetime of work to show the invisible lines and hierarchies that are still guiding the very language I am writing this review in, right now.
As such, I recommend such a book — short as it may be — to bolster your knowledge on your inherent biases. Why do we value English as a language of literature over others? Why are oral histories not regarded as valid as written ones? How does this shift as we live more and more of our waking hours online?
Thiongo succinctly and deliberately tears these assumptions down, building off of a lifetime of work to show the invisible lines and hierarchies that are still guiding the very language I am writing this review in, right now.
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