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A thinker from this country identified “four trends” of African philosophy and controversially classified interview subjects as “folk” or “philosophic” in a 1990 book. A thinker from this country documented 300 peoples’ concepts of God, like “the Unexplainable,” (15[1])and noted that he is older than zamani. (15[1])A thinker (15[1])from this country sought to document African “sage philosophy.” A theologian from this country argued that African cultures distinguish the “actual” time of the past and the “virtual” future in African Religions and Philosophy. An author from this home country of John (*) Mbiti wrote an essay that recalls recommending Fanon and Lenin to his class before being politically imprisoned in 1977. That essay claims “language is the means of spiritual subjugation,” calls English a “cultural bomb,” and is titled “Decolonizing the Mind.” (10[1])For 10 points, what country is home to Ngũgĩ Wa Thiong’o? ■END■

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