Development as Rebellion Quotes

“If you are forced to be really nasty, don't shout; use ridicule instead. Ridicule is argument; and it requires knowledge.!”
― Saida Yahya-Othan, Development as Rebellion: A Biography of Julius Nyerere

“Europeans believed Africans belonged to tribes, Africans built the tribes to belong to”
― Saida Yahya-Othan, Development as Rebellion: A Biography of Julius Nyerere

“The progress of mankind ebbs and flows like the tides, but we are further forward in decency and civilization than when Homo sapiens first emerged, despite the horrors at any one time - including the present.”
― Saida Yahya-Othan, Development as Rebellion: A Biography of Julius Nyerere

“And often we find that some of those who had accepted our leadership get tired of the struggle forward and succumb to the temptations of those who promise benefits for not struggling - or short cuts such as religious fundamentalism, nationalism or fascism”
― Saida Yahya-Othan, Development as Rebellion: A Biography of Julius Nyerere