Full Circle Digital Magazine September 2013 | Page 6
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Proudly African
by Prof Russel Botman, Rector and Vice-Chancellor of Stellenbosch University and a Vice-President of the Association of African Universities.
Being South African necessarily means that we are also African. Our country is, after all, part of this continent. But what does it mean to be African? It is not only about geography. The African identity is also about certain values. And at the heart of it is the idea that I am person, through and ????????????????Q???????????????????????U????)1???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q???????????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q????????????????????????????????????????????????????Q??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????M?????????????????$??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????L????????????????????????????????????????????????????()????A???I????? ????????Q??????I???? ????()A????????????????????()=H??I?MU M
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