I’m not the first – nor will I be the last– to argue this: it’s time to decolonize not only our lands but also our language. The phrase “Middle East” looks harmless on a page, yet it smuggles in an ...

These erudite essays from Kenyan novelist Thiong’o (The Perfect Nine) meditate on colonialism, literature, and politics. “Decolonizing Education” defends the preservation of native languages as a ...

As a scholar of both English and women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, I often feel as though I exist in a constant state of cognitive dissonance. I’ll go from reading racist, Enlightenment-period ...