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"I am an African"
" I am the grand child of the warrior men and women that Hinsa and Sekhukhune led, the patriots
that Cetshwayo and Mphephu took to battle, the soldiers Moshoeshoe and Ngungunyane
taught never to dishonor the cause of freedom.
My mind and my knowledge of myself is formed by
victories that are the jewels in our african crown, the victories we earned from Isandlwana to Khartoum,
as Ethiopians and as the Ashanti of Ghana, as the Berbers of the desert.
Being part of all these people, and in the knowledge that none dare contest that assertion,
I shall claim that I am an African! "
Thabo Mbeki