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Persecuted in search of change Quotes
Persecuted in search of change
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Joseph Kalimbwe1 rating, 4.00 average rating, 0 reviews
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“University is the only place where professors stuff your mind with all great ideas of standing up to make political change. But when you put that into effect within the university system, you are classfied as a troublemaker”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“My wish is to someday wake my kids up at mid night, ask them to search for their surname on the internet and make them understand why they must work hard because the bar has been set high”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Before I joined activism at the University of Namibia and before the existence of the AR, young people never cared about youth politics. But then we began to talk to them, inspiring them from class to class, faculty to faculty and finally the whole nation heard us and got inspired by our braverly”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“The notion that i am a troublemaker because i fight against wrong things done by elites at the University of Namibia is highly uneducated. Our university is one of the finnest institutions in Southern Africa and I cannot afford to stand and watch some corrupt elements take that pride away from the university.”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“I write books in order to tell African stories to the next generation of African youths because a lot of African youths don't write. If they write something, it is Facebook and Twitter statuses and so i exist to change that sleeping narrative”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“My friends say i am boring because I do not know the lattest songs on the billboards. When I ask them to explain the Frontline States pillar formations, they all go mute because my generation never appreciates academic intelligence.”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“I used to fail a lot academically in my primary school days. And so i was forced to study to avoid being laughed at. Then i passed number one and after that i can't remember when last i failed top my classes”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“There is a fundamental difference between national politics and students politics. Student politics is sometimes crowded by young people without no clear direction but to search for fame.”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Politically and philosophically, I have been a marxist to the very core because I subscribed to the values and principles of marxism.”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“My primary school teacher always pointed out one learner as the cream. She said the rest of us where a piece of shit that would'nt make it. Last year, she read one of my published books and sent a message expressing her excitement”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“I have always been allegic to corruption. It has been the case before i became president at the University of Namibia and it will be the case after i leave the University of Namibia”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Waiting for a corrupt politician or university administrator to solve our problems is no different from waiting for a homesexual man to give birth to a child”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Life is too short to live it by watching wrongs things happen in our society while we stand at a distance and hope somebody else will fix our problems”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“When a university administrator or anyone in a public office engages in corruption to satisfy themselves, they immediately become an enemy of our people and we will fight to stop them”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“A lack of committed leadership is the reason why we have chosen to always step forward and provide our own direction. Even if that means engaging in major protests to save the future of our youths from collapse”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“I was born to inspire my generation around their struggles and so long as i live, that youthful struggle moves on”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Youths need to stand up and begin to radically map out the direction of their own lives without any fear or injury to their future by state institutions.”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
“Growing up in a black African community is a lot more difficult. You do not have so many role models to look up to. Therefore, you have to work your way up on your own”
― Persecuted in search of change
― Persecuted in search of change
