Francis N. Njubi Quotes
Africanity is foisted upon the migrants the moment they arrive in the West. On the continent, most people in the rural areas live under ethnic categories like Kikuyu, Ibo, Hausa and Acholi. Some educated, middle-class and/or urban dwellers may see themselves as members of a nation like South Africa, Kenya or Tanzania. In some countries like South Africa, which has recently emerged from the crucible of apartheid, national consciousness is still strong. For most, however, "national" consciousness emerges only occasionally during Independence Day celebrations, international soccer matches or at election time. "African" consciousness, however, is a rarity
Francis N. Njubi, African Studies Historian, “African intellectuals in the belly of the beast: migration, identity and the politics of exile”, Mots Pluriels, No. 20, February 2002
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This phrase is most likely taken from Bernard Shaw, see {47059}
Most of the Slovaks did not understand it then and didn’t after the fall of the Soviet Union when they voted for the independent state of Slovakia.
