Whose Knowledge?

“ We are discomforted a little bit because it's being articulated what we are hiding in our brains, but we are on the same page from different communities and angles. So for me, it's very rewarding to see that I'm not alone, and I'm not crazy, and that there is a real big issue that we are at the pinnacle of pioneering the resolution and that people are driven, people are passionate, and driven, and they're willing to travel and meet others. ”

“ And still, with all the content that is coming online, there's still something that you wish you could create or share in your language online that you can today.
Wangui Wa Goro:
My own work is involved in knowledges that can help local communities and my own communities, rural communities mainly, but also poor communities. So it's to bring the highest level of knowledge that's up-to-date on the key issues that concern people's lives, which is their health, education, anything that can help people move to a way of life that and knowledge that allows them to access life easily. ”

“ It just takes somebody who's excited and who sees the value of what we are doing and just running with it. That's how one of the best models took off. And then they've had access to TED talks and like I've had conferences, big conferences that were funded. So I was able to reach a lot of special people like we are here with this decolonial conference where you have very special people in the room, and then they can go and share the message and say, oh, “we met somebody who's passionate about translation, and we must invite her” or something. Some people have funded me right now. ”

“ Even if you don't understand it, there's a lot of content, and then it's growing because also we have something like Nollywood, which is setting a bar, and now the films are starting to be shown, and then their film festivals and awards and stuff like that. And there are platforms like YouTube and Facebook where you can actually launch your product on Creative Commons. So people are using digital forms, and the mobile phone is very popular, so people are using that also to communicate. ”

“ So it's a lot of painstaking work, but people who get it know that it's very enjoyable, and we can harness the digital life to speak to communities globally who speak those languages. So we've set up a model, and it's been used across a range of communities, and some communities have grown very quickly. ”