The Effects of Colonialism in The River Between by Ngũgĩ wa Thiong'o

Joshua's representatives converted to Christian Kikuyu; they were explained as people who seemed to be suffering from the identity crisis. This is obvious when Joshua's daughter Mussoni decides to circumcourt his father's will. Musoni is a Christian but I still believe the ritual practiced by the more traditional Kikuyu. "I want to become a tribal beautiful woman," Waki ​​said (Ngugi 44). This statement shows intense internal conflicts within Christian Kikuyu, affirming the statement of Gugi through a waiki, a religion not considering life, a religion not admitting life.

For East Africa, Kenyan writer Ngÿ gμwa Thiong'o created the first post-colony post-novel on East African colonial imperialism novel, Weep Not, Child (1965), along with Mao Mao Uprising (1952-60) did. As a political background, he talked about post colonial rural religious culture issues and the impact of imposing Christianity. This is a familiar religion in Kenya and most cultures; and this article is directed to psychology: Linguistic politics in African literature (1986))

This idea will be one of the central themes of African literature and political culture after independence. For example, writers such as Ngÿ gμwa Thiong'o (wheat grain), Ayi Kwei Armah (beautiful beauty), Ousmane Sembene (Xala), etc. are exploring the survival of colonialism in their country, ie the new colonialism I will. They quietly accepted their oppression. Resistance movement takes a variety of forms including anti-passage and passage, open rebellion and peaceful march. For example, on March 21, 1960, the police shot a peaceful protestor at Sharpville, killed 69 people and injured many others. The incident was commemorated as a massacre of Sharpville in 1960. On June 16, 1976, thousands of students in the town of Soweto protested against Bantu educational policy (Soweto student riots) with anger.

Gayatri Spibak, a pioneer of research in the post colonial era, recalled that Ng ÷ gμ was the "hero" of the colonialization of the mind, with the essay titled "Ngÿ gμwaThiong'o: Praise Friends" It quickly became "a classic controversy". "His political commitment and courage, his imprisonment and exile gave him a halo." Decolonization of the spirit is very suitable for that moment in Africa, and a new in another country It has something to do with the struggle of colonialism. Adopted for traditional language research in the colonial era