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[Pakira]

Mbeki slams European countries for racism



September 28, 2005, 07:15

President Thabo Mbeki has slammed some European countries for their racist view of the African continent. He was speaking at a fundraising gala dinner, held in Tshwane last night, in support of the preservation of the ancient Timbuktu Manuscripts, discovered in Mali, West Africa.

The Timbuktu Manuscripts discovered in the city of Timbuktu and date as far back as the thirteenth century. They cover diverse subjects, including mathematics, chemistry, physics, medicine, Islamic sciences and astronomy.

The manuscripts are regarded as priceless documents that hold the key to some of the secrets of the continent's history and cultural heritage and dispel the view that Africa was an oral continent.

Addressing the fundraising dinner, Mbeki took a swipe at European countries for not recognising Africa's ancient civilisation. "It may well be because of the fact that much of the African history has been hidden from outsiders, as well as from many other Africans that there developed an idea of Timbuktu as an outlandish place in an unknown location. But of course, this derogatory reference to Timbuktu is consistent with racist view of Africa that has prevailed in Europe for many centuries."



The manuscripts are under threat as many were not well protected. A number of them have deteriorate and become illegible. Hence the joint venture between Mali and South Africa to preserve them.

President Mbeki revealed that South Africa has trained a team of Malian heritage professionals and conservators, and preparations to erect a new library building and other facilities in Timbuktu are well on course.


He said he and his delegation that visited Mali in 2001, felt obliged to ensure that these documents were not lost to the continent.
Business people who attended last night pledged a donation of R3 million toward the course.

Mbeki was also presented with the Patrice Lumumba Award for African Leadership and a painting of the building where the manuscripts are kept, in Timbuktu.

http://www.sabcnews.com/south_africa/general/0,2172,113216,00.html
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[Kennedy]

MBEKI is on point

[Panafricain]

Belle initiative de preservation du patrimoine africain. Bon point pour Mbeki.

[Anse]

[Soundjata Kéita]

Incroyable, un président kamite qui file un mauvais coton idéologique !!!

Anse, ne dit-on pas que tous les chemins mènent à Tombouktou ?
Et que Rome est en effet cette cité perdue dans un monde lointain, un lieu de perdition depuis plus de 2000 ans ?

L'autre caractère ouvertement raciste de l'approche eurocentrique, consiste à déclarer officiellement "découverte" toute chose venant tout juste de tomber sur leurs yeux de toubab.
Ainsi, peu importe que les érudits de Tombouctou eurent préservé soigneusement l'héritage et entretiène la mémoire de ce carrefour culturel et scientifique, seul compte le moment où toubabou a décrété que cette ville était "découverte" par l'Occident tout puissant au début du XX siècle.

Souvenez du précédent "colombien", qui nous vaudra des histoires d'Amérique "pré-colombienne", comme on parle encore d'Afrique "précoloniale", bien compris que ces deux continents n'existent qu'en fonction du seul et unique paradigme eurocentriste.


Hotep, Soundjata
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