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Africa Re-Ignites Debate on Gandhi's Legacy

The statue of Mahatma Gandhi is to be removed from the University of Ghana campus after a campaign by academic staff.

Ghana: Ghana University Row Re-Ignites Debate About Mahatma Gandhi's Racism

The Conversation Africa, 15 November 2016

The statue of Mahatma Ghandi is to be removed from the University of Ghana campus after a campaign by academic staff based on claims that the Indian leader was a racist. Politics… Read more »

A group of professors at the University of Ghana have demanded the removal of a Mahatma Gandhi memorial from the campus.

Africa: 'Underdogs' Push - India-Africa Quest for Greater Presence

FrontPageAfrica, 30 October 2015

India's Prime Minister Narendra Modi channeled the iconic Mahatma Ghandi, Albert Luthuli and N elson Mandela in illustrating the strong ties and similarities between the southeast… Read more »
South Africa: 'I Can't Understand Why Gandhi's Statue Had to Be Defaced' - Gandhi Walk Participant

The Daily Vox, 22 April 2015

On Sunday, thousands of people joined the 30th annual Gandhi Walk, held in Lenasia, to commemorate the legacy of Mahatma Gandhi. LINDOKUHLE NZUZA asked participants why they'd… Read more »
Africa: Honoring Gandhi's Legacy, Deputy Secretary-General Reaffirms Power of Peaceful Protest

UN News, 2 October 2014

In these dramatic and perilous times, United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson urged the international community to reaffirm the power and potential of bringing about… Read more »

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