A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished when others are tortured or oppressed.
Multiculturalism is the acceptance or promotion of multiple ethnic cultures, applied to the demographic make-up of a specific place, usually at the organizational level; eg, schools, businesses, neighborhoods, cities or nations. In this context, multiculturalists advocate extending equitable status to distinct ethnic and religious groups without promoting any specific ethnic, religious and/or cultural community values as central.
Thursday 16 December 2010
Dr. Desmond Mpilo TUTU (1931 - )
Emperor MENELIK II (1844–1913)
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Wednesday 15 December 2010
Colonel GADDAFI (1942 - )
NEPAD, Dakar, October 9 2004
Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi made the following points:
- Language: We should rehabilitate African languages by choosing three or four of them, with specific alphabets that are not tied to the Latin alphabet, which deform our native languages. He warned that if we lose our languages we will lose our origins, our roots, and our cultures;
- African religion: We should go back to our roots and by that token reach out to our original religions;
- African housing: We need to rehabilitate and preserve traditional African shelters because they are suited to our climatic conditions;
- African traditions: These should be preserved, including our own cuisine;
- Africa's stability: Gaddafi praised the founding fathers of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) who liberated their people from the yoke of colonialism and said power should be handed to the people, who are the sole custodians of legitimacy, through the People's Congresses;
- Unity: Africa must unite so as to acquire greater negotiating powers; the leader suggests one minister of trade, one minister of foreign affairs and one defence minister for the whole continent, as well as one African Congress with real powers;
The African Diaspora should assist Africa and contribute to its economic development.
Saturday 11 December 2010
Julian Paul ASSANGE (1971-)
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Saturday 4 December 2010
George GORDON (1820 - 1865)
John BRIGHT (1811–1889)
Michael COLLINS (1890–1922)
Thursday 2 December 2010
Robert Finlayson COOK (1946–2005)
George GALLOWAY (1954 - )
Andrew Paul GILLIGAN (1968 - )
John Richard PILGER (1939-)
Thursday 4 November 2010
Sean PENN (1960-)
Sunday 26 September 2010
Jesse WIMBERLEY ()
Saturday 25 September 2010
Jim MURPHY ()
Rick WHALEY ()
Pat CUSICK ()
Terry KUPERS ()
Friday 24 September 2010
John A LOGAN (1826–1886)
Charles SUMNER (1811 – 1874)
Levi COFFIN (1798–1877)
John RANKIN (1793 – 1886)
Rachel ROBINSON (1799 — 1862)
Rowland ROBINSON (1796 — 1879)
Tuesday 21 September 2010
Helen SUZMAN (1917 – 2009)
Colin EGLIN (1925-)
Harry SCHWARZ (1924 – 2010)
“Che” GUEVARA (1928 – 1967)
Monday 20 September 2010
Adriaan VLOK (1937-)
Saturday 18 September 2010
John NEWTON (1725–1807)
Tuesday 14 September 2010
John BROWN (1800–1859)
Brown's attempt in 1859 to start a liberation movement among enslaved African Americans in Harpers Ferry, Virginia electrified the nation. He was tried for treason against the state of Virginia, the murder of five proslavery Southerners, and inciting a slave insurrection and was subsequently hanged.
Monday 13 September 2010
Chip BERLET (1949-)
Wednesday 8 September 2010
Richard LAPCHICK (???? - )
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