tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084523.post8623979393508500331..comments2023-10-15T15:35:38.782+03:00Comments on Alwaysthewit: Mazisi Kunene (12 May 1930 to 11 August 2006)Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084523.post-51802571749101691312006-10-19T14:07:00.000+03:002006-10-19T14:07:00.000+03:00ah, but there are always those whose education is ...ah, but there are always those whose education is far less broad and diverse, autodidacts or not. <br /><br />And how much is 'education' vs 'information'? You can't know it all, all the time. Otherwise you'd not have time for a top-notch full-time job AND a thesis AND a family. <br /><br />I'm super impressed you speak a black language (granted that may have been more circumstance than personal Third World Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966937101895046400noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084523.post-1491439342818746842006-10-19T10:16:00.000+03:002006-10-19T10:16:00.000+03:00Good point - we do try. I'm just irritated that ju...Good point - we do try. I'm just irritated that just when I begin to think that my education (including the autodidactic bits) is quite broad and diverse I am shockingly reminded of how narrow it actually is.ATWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05367400230867490071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4084523.post-48158587906620458172006-10-18T17:29:00.000+03:002006-10-18T17:29:00.000+03:00We still focus too hard on Western culture, in som...We still focus too hard on Western culture, in some way believing it to be superior to African (or Eastern, for that matter) culture. I wouldn't be too hard on myself if I were you, Western art/literature tends to be what we're bombarded with most of the time, and hence what we learn about. (for example, think about your high school syllabus for English literature and Art, if you did it)<br /><brThird World Anthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06966937101895046400noreply@blogger.com