The Es'kia Institute

Inspired by the life & work of Es’kia Mphahlele - Father of Afrikan Humanism. Support Afrikan-centred learning for development #AlwaysAffirmAfrika!

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“It is criminal to teach literature that alienates learners mind & soul bcoz it is rooted in European cultures" Eskia

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"It is misleading to conceptualize June 16 as ideologically & historically independent of Biko's life & lessons" #Es'kiaMphahlele #YouthDay

[Mokgweetsi Keikabile @stapeta]

@BikoFoundation @eskiainstitute Today our struggle as the YOUTH is mental slavery! Our minds have been programed. #YouthDay

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“It is not right for us today to write off our past generations and pretend that history began when we were born.” Es’kia, 1986 #YouthDay

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“We shld get 2 feel that we inhabit education institutions bcause they are ours, no longer property of a neo-fascist govt.” Es’kia #YouthDay

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“We see a frantic pre-occupation with need 2 pass exams.The content of what is taught is still as remote from life as ever.”Es'kia #YouthDay

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"@fonfo88: @eskiainstitute thank you for this beautiful read : https://t.co/30P2rx8hGm"#AlwaysAffirmAfrika

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“We need to know our Afrika intimately, even while we tune into the world at large.” Es'kia #AfrikaDay #AfrikaMyMusic #AlwaysAffirmAfrika!

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Whenever I read Prof Es'kia's works I get goose bumps.He had a subtle way of bringing forward hitting facts.@eskiainstitute #BigUp

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“Where the soul, the human spirit, is concerned, conquest is never complete, even when political conquest is absolute.” Es’kia #FreedomDay

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Ntate Es'kia Mphahlele shares the resonance of SAs 1st #elections94 in So Soon So Late-Nation Time, featured in #ALastingTribute #freedomday

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"Yesterday this was a troubled land. Today is a bright new day - kwacha! in a Zambian language" Es'kia Mphahlele #SA94 #freedomday

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"I feel the same tingling sensation, tears welling in my eyes, that I experienced when we watched Pres Nujoma take power" Es'kia #FreedomDay

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"EEuphoria overtakes the country, mounts steadily & rises to a crescendo in the evening: sheer ecstasy" Es'kia #Elections94

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"When the events of the nxt 2 days unfold & voting rolls on, I sense the pulse of a new nation being born." Es'kia #Elections94 #freedomday

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"For the likes of me it is more than the actual experience of an event...it is the resonance it will create" Es'kia #Elections94 #FreedomDay

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"I must, w/out rejecting historical inevitability & the bigness of this chptr, internalise the event, store it 4 the nr future" Es'kia #SA94

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"I shld be elated, but I'm my calm, brooding self. Rebecca is her usual exuberant self. 'I want to soak it all up' she declares"Es'kia #SA94

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"We wake up Tuesday April 26. Today the country goes to the polls, the black majority for the 1st time in our lives" Es'kia 1994 #freedomday

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"Literature has seldom bn taught as a cultural act,an act of self-knowledge. Under the circumstances, learners are not inspired" Es'kia,2002