Chinweizu Ibekwe Professions : Poet Born : 1943 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Chinweizu Ibekwe The central objective in decolonising the African mind is to overthrow the authority which alien traditions exercise over the African. This demands the dismantling of white supremacist beliefs, and the structures which uphold them, in every area of African life. It must be stressed, however, that decolonisation does not mean ignorance of foreign traditions; it simply means denial of their authority and withdrawal of allegiance from them. Chinweizu Ibekwe ignorance exercise mean What kind of people we become depends crucially on the stories we are nurtured on. Chinweizu Ibekwe kind stories people Similar Authors Abdellatif Laabi poet Ihara Saikaku poet Abram Joseph Ryan poet Ingeborg Bachmann poet Izumi Shikibu poet Bion of Smyrna poet All Authors