Chomsky mentioned the fact that Herman wrote most of the book virtually everytime he lectured or was asked about it... in fact, "Manafacturing Consent" was actually based on earlier work by both authors called "Counter-Revolutionary Violence: Bloodbaths in Fact & Propaganda".
Manufacturing Consent reveals how freedom of the press can still result in control of the public mind, not through censorship, but through selective coverage and framing.
The book argues that the media doesn’t just inform — it shapes public opinion to serve powerful interests, especially corporations, governments, and elites.
Ngũgĩ also criticizes post-independence African leaders who *perpetuate tribalism* for political gain instead of building national unity based on shared culture, language, and history.
As he now rests, I am glad that his work will endure and transcend him forever.
Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o often argues that *tribalism is a colonial construct*—a tool used by colonial powers to divide and rule African societies.
He believes that before colonialism, ethnic groups coexisted with *fluid identities*,
and divisions were not as politically or socially toxic as they became under European rule. Colonial administrators *invented or deepened ethnic labels* to fragment African unity, control resources, and prevent resistance.
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