Issa G. Shivji
7 May 2009
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'Tell me
tell me whether
their theories are
active volcanoes
erupting with fertilizing lava
on which to plant
seeds that will
cross-fertilize
into collective being
Knowledge became
action theory
Knowledge became
living testimony
of our people's
affirmative history
liberated herstory
Actioned theory
Inscribed as protest
Manifesto
Re-aligning our people's
averted humanity
Yes tell me this
and I will tell you
whether they are
intellectuals
or impostors.'
* Issa G. Shivji is the Mwalimu Nyerere Professor of Pan-African Studies at the University of Dar es Salaam.
* This article first appeared in the maiden issue of CHEMCHEMI, Bulletin of the Mwalimu Nyerere Professorial Chair in Pan African Studies of the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and is reproduced here with the kind permission of the editorial board of CHEMCHEMI.
* Where is Uhuru? by Issa G. Shivji is now available from Fahamu Books.
* Please send comments to editor@pambazuka.org or comment online at www.pambazuka.org.
NOTES
[1] This is an edited version of the lecture given by the author on his inauguration as the Mwalimu Nyerere Chair in Pan-African Studies on 23 April 2008.
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