Ngugi wa Thiong'o

The links between Asia and Africa and South America have always been present but in our times they have been made invisible by the fact that Europe is still the central mediator of Afro-Asian-Latino discourse.

A question frequently asked, after talk about the necessity of using African languages as literacy instruments, is that of the multiplicity of languages.

I want to start by congratulating the organisers of this conference, for nothing can surpass in importance books as entries into human history.