speech Archives - Consciousness.co.za Magazine https://consciousness.co.za/tag/speech/ Arts and African History Mon, 25 Nov 2019 13:57:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 STOP BLAMING WHITES: NOBODY OWES BLACKS ANYTHING by Dr. CHIKA ONYEANI https://consciousness.co.za/stop-blaming-whites-nobody-owes-blacks-anything-dr-chika-onyeani/ https://consciousness.co.za/stop-blaming-whites-nobody-owes-blacks-anything-dr-chika-onyeani/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2014 12:31:32 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=6847 Taken from: https://www.utexas.edu STOP BLAMING WHITES: NOBODY OWES BLACKS ANYTHING BY DR. CHIKA ONYEANI TOPIC: TRUTH, HONESTY AND FRANKNESS Good morning. President Earl Richardson, Distinguished ladies and gentlemen, brothers and sisters. I feel especially honored to be here today, in this great institution. I must thank Dean Hollis, for inviting me to come here today. [...]

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]]> https://consciousness.co.za/stop-blaming-whites-nobody-owes-blacks-anything-dr-chika-onyeani/feed/ 1 My problem with the “I am An African” speech https://consciousness.co.za/my-problem-with-the-i-am-an-african-speech/ https://consciousness.co.za/my-problem-with-the-i-am-an-african-speech/#respond Tue, 10 Sep 2013 13:52:48 +0000 https://consciousness.co.za/?p=13744 A critique of the speech made by Thabo Mbeki on behalf of the African National Congress in Cape Town on 8 May 1996, on the occasion of the passing of the new Constitution of South Africa. I find this to be a disturbing poetic rendition of mixed up subservient statements and eloquently expressed notions, dancing in a [...]

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