Paterson Joseph (@ignatius_sancho) explores the history of Shakespeare in Africa and Julius Nyerere's Swahili translations of the plays in this excerpt from his new book. Read: http://ow.ly/XNhV30jw7py .
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Have you listened to our interview with Edward Wilson-Lee and Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o? It's fascinating. Ngũgĩ describes the colonial version of Shakespeare as a "mindless genius," which is an idea we've thought about frequently since we published it.https://www.folger.edu/shakespeare-unlimited/shakespeare-in-swahililand …
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I have but I'm going to revisit it again! Lots more to think about on this topic.
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Interesting. Any particular angle on that? Be fascinated to know where your course bisects my thoughts in JC&Me. Keep me posted?
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I definitely will. Right now we’re thinking about the place of Shakespeare as art in a geography where his works have been used as civilizing tools. How do African artists approach and appropriate the work given this baggage?
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