English and the African Writer

Achebe and the Linguistic Political Criticism in the Post-colonial Vision

“…It can be used to communicate in English which from its home country, but it must be changed to accommodate the new African environment". [12] 30 It can be seen that in the choice of language, Achebe is not an essentialist or nationalist, but he thinks from the actual utility of language and the way of communication, and regards language as an intermediary and bridge to achieve communication between Africa and Europe. However, Ngugi's consideration was not unreasonable.…”

“…write in English, but whether they should write in English". [12] 30 It also means that the use of English in Africa has become an inevitable phenomenon in history. Then can English become an effective tool for African writers to describe Africa?…”

“…"Colonialism stirred up many things in Africa, but it did create a grand political entity which used to be a large number of dispersed individuals". [12] 28 In Nigeria, it is English that enables this communication purpose. After the British occupation of Nigeria, the circulation of English became the primary factor in overcoming barriers to language communication.…”

“…The purpose of African writers to use English is to best express their opinions without changing the value of English as an international communication tool.]". [12] 30 Achebe made a mixed rewriting of English and advocated "lowercase English". The so-called "lowercase English" is a linguistic and political strategy that by inserting words or phrases different from Imperial English into Imperial English, the "capital English", to reset in terms of meaning or structure so as to effectively convey the thoughts and feelings of the colonial people.…”

“…Ethnic literature is only spread within a certain ethnic group in a nation". [12] 27 Therefore, English writing is national literature, and writing in languages such as Hausa, Ibo, Yoruba, etc. is ethical literature.…”