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Sunday, 11 January 2009 |
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"At the age of twelve, before I had had one full year of formal
schooling, I had a conception of life that no experience would ever
erase, a predilection for what was real that no argument could ever
gainsay, a sense of the world that was mine and mine alone, a notion as
to what life meant that no education could ever alter, a conviction
that the meaning of living came only when one was struggling to wring a
meaning out of meaningless suffering." - Richard Wright, Black Boy
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Saturday, 14 June 2008 |
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"An android doesn’t care what happens to another android. That’s one of the indications we look for”.
"Then you must be an android."
Or was he? That was the question that was never answered. Rick Deckard, the main character of the book, the bounty hunter paid to "retire" the androids could have been an android himself. This was just one of the many themes that was toyed with in the cult cyber punk novel, which was made into the film "Blade Runner" staring Harrison Ford, and directed by Ridley Scott...
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Thursday, 08 May 2008 |
"Africa needs a new type of education that is rooted in traditional African philosophy and indigenous education...The source is our culture, heritage and identity. It is the power that is within us. SANKOFA means that as we move forward into the future, we need to reach back into our past and take with us all that works and is positive." (Tedla, 1995)
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Sunday, 02 March 2008 |
“The revolution is made neither by the leaders for the people nor by the people for the leaders, but by both acting together in unshakable solidarity. The solidarity is born only when the leaders witness to it by their humble, loving, and courageous encounter with the people.” p129
In his most important work, "Pedagogy of the Oppressed", Paulo Freire lays out the dynamics of oppression and uncovers the secrets of the oppressors, in the hope that it will lead to a more educated and emancipated world...
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Thursday, 07 February 2008 |
"Each night, without fail, she prayed for blue eyes. Fervently, for a year she had prayed. Although somewhat discouraged, she was not without hope."
Highlighting issues such as racism, classism and sexism in the 1940's, The Bluest Eye, is the story of a girl who wanted to be someone else. A book not for the faint of heart...
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Friday, 01 February 2008 |
The Heavenly Man is the true life story of one man, and his struggle with being a Christian in China...
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