Mamphela Ramphele
Auteur de Across Boundaries
A propos de l'auteur
Mamphela Ramphele is a leading South African academic, businesswoman, medical doctor and former anti-apartheid activist. She is a trustee of the Nelson Mandela and Steve Biko Foundations and Founder of the Citizens Movement.
Œuvres de Mamphela Ramphele
Remaking a World: Violence, Social Suffering, and Recovery (2001) — Directeur de publication — 19 exemplaires
Étiqueté
Partage des connaissances
- Nom légal
- Ramphele, Mamphela Aletta
- Date de naissance
- 1947-12-28
- Sexe
- female
- Nationalité
- South Africa
- Lieux de résidence
- Polokwane, Limpopo, South Africa
Cape Town, South Africa - Études
- University of Natal
University of South Africa
University of Cape Town - Professions
- physician
anthropologist
educational administrator - Relations
- Biko, Steve (partner)
- Organisations
- World Bank
University of Cape Town - Prix et distinctions
- Ramphele has received eighteen honorary degrees
Membres
Critiques
Prix et récompenses
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Statistiques
- Œuvres
- 12
- Membres
- 155
- Popularité
- #135,097
- Évaluation
- 3.7
- Critiques
- 2
- ISBN
- 20
This book is not easy to read as the style of writing is that of someone more accustomed to writing official or academic documents. However, the author more than makes up for that with the urgent and powerful message that she is trying to get across.
Lets hope that her target audience will read this book and give its contents some thought.
There is a beautiful quote in Mamphele Ramphele's mother tongue, Sepedi, that to me summarizes this book:
Buta bana ditaola, o se ye natso badimong.
It translates to:
Teach insights into the secrets of life to your children; you are not to take them with you when you depart to the land of the ancestors.… (plus d'informations)