Sunday, February 21, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
The Kenyan singer, Eric Wainaina, on the mistaken view that the post-election violence in Kenyan was due to "tribalism" (starts around 8:40):
"With the post-election crisis, a lot of people said it has everything to do with tribalism. I think tribalism was maybe a spark that got the fire going, but there are deeper issue. We can't talk about peace if the necessities of life have been curtailed. There can't be peace without food; there can't be peace with sustenance."
"With the post-election crisis, a lot of people said it has everything to do with tribalism. I think tribalism was maybe a spark that got the fire going, but there are deeper issue. We can't talk about peace if the necessities of life have been curtailed. There can't be peace without food; there can't be peace with sustenance."
Monday, February 8, 2010
Edward Said:
"It is a spirit in opposition, rather than in accommodation, that grips me, because the romance, the interest, the challenge of intellectual life is to be found in dissent against the status quo at a time when the struggle on behalf of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups seems so unfairly weighted against them."
"It is a spirit in opposition, rather than in accommodation, that grips me, because the romance, the interest, the challenge of intellectual life is to be found in dissent against the status quo at a time when the struggle on behalf of underrepresented and disadvantaged groups seems so unfairly weighted against them."
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