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Stanlake J. W. T. Samkange Quotes

1922–1988 Zimbabwe

Stanlake John William Thompson Samkange (1922–1988) was a Zimbabwean historiographer, educationist, journalist, author, and African nationalist. He was a member of an elite Zimbabwean nationalist political dynasty and the most prolific of the first generation of black Zimbabwean creative writers in English.

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To be human is to affirm one's humanity by recognizing the humanity of others and, on that basis, establish respectful human relations with them.

The king owed his status, including all the powers associated with it, to the will of the people under him.

If and when one is faced with a decisive choice between wealth and the preservation of the life of another human being, then one should opt for the preservation of life.

The attention one human being gives to another: the kindness, courtesy, consideration and friendliness in the relationships between people; a code of behaviour, an attitude to other people and to life; is embodied in unhu or Ubuntu.

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