Does anyone believe we would be in this sordid mess as a country were Hani alive? Would we be wading through this putrefaction if Biko still walked amongst us, asks Oyama Mabandla.
In his new book, Out Of The Dark Night: Essays On Decolonization, the redoubtable political theorist Achille Mbembe quotes a disturbing vignette from the exalted German philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel: “The peculiarly African character is difficult to comprehend, for the very reason that in
reference to it we must give up the principle which naturally accompanies all our ideas — the category of Universality...You’ve always trusted us to help you navigate the world. Support the Sunday Times by becoming a premium member for only R80 and keep the conversation going. You can cancel anytime.
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