Isiqalo Sohambo (Septemba 1998)
Ngo-Septemba 1998, eGoli (Johannesburg), uMongameli Thabo Mbeki wabiza ingqungquthela yokuqala ye-"African Renaissance". Kwakuyisikhathi sokuguqula i-Afrika, hhayi ngezepolitiki kuphela, kodwa nangomqondo, amasiko, kanye nomnotho.
"I-Afrika iyavuka, futhi akukho okungayivimba. Siyizizukulwane ezintsha ezithatha isinqumo sokwakha ikusasa lethu."
U-Mbeki wathi ama-Afrika kumele azichaze kabusha. Kumele sinqobe isihlava sobukoloni futhi sakhe i-Afrika entsha encike kwi-Sayensi, Ubuchwepheshe, kanye namagugu ethu njengo-Ubuntu.
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