NDERITU: Mother tongue dies, and so does your essential identity
Kenyan literature writer Ngugi wa Thiong'o (right) claps during the launch of his book 'Wirute Gikuyu Kiega' at Kirinyaga University on February 14, 2019. He has urged Kenyans to embrace their mother tongue as a way of strengthening their culture. PHOTO | JOSEPH KANYI | NMG
The International Day of the World’s Indigenous People’s was commemorated on August 9. The celebration was dedicated to the International Year of Indigenous Languages, which, many may not know, is 2019.
On the same day, a court of law heard an incredibly tragic story connected to language.
