Mamphela Ramphele

thumb|Mamphele Ramphele Mamphela Aletta Ramphele (/ˈmʌmpiːlə ˈrʌmpiːli/; Born 28 December 1947) is a South African, an activist against apartheid, a medical doctor, an academic and businesswoman. She was a partner of anti-apartheid activist Steve Biko, with whom she had two children. She is a former vice-chancellor at the University of Cape Town and a onetime managing director at the World Bank. Ramphele founded political party Agang South Africa in February 2013 but withdrew from politics in July 2014. Since 2018, she is the co-president of the Club of Rome. Quotes "Our diversity should be seen as a strength, not a weakness." Goodreads compiling a quotation by Mamphela Aletta Ramphele on embracing diversity. "Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one's level of security within the universe." Goodreads reproducing a quotation by Mamphela Aletta Ramphele from Across Boundaries. "True liberation comes not only from political freedom but also from economic and social justice." Goodreads compiling a quotation by Mamphela Aletta Ramphele on justice and liberation. "We carry scars in our minds and bodies as toxins. Our failure to sit together and acknowledge to one another the wounds and pain of our divided past is undermining our humanity." The South African featuring Mamphela Aletta Ramphele discussing healing, reconciliation and South Africa's divided past. "South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine poor people's opportunities and our refusal to admit that we are part of the problem." The South African featuring Mamphela Aletta Ramphele discussing corruption, poverty and accountability in South Africa. "You either get destroyed by pain or you get strengthened by it." Mamphela Aletta Ramphele speaking about how adversity and suffering shaped her life and leadership. "If your mind is imprisoned, you're imprisoned." Mamphela Aletta Ramphele discussing the philosophy of Black Consciousness and the importance of mental liberation under apartheid. "People whose minds were freed were not going to go back into the box." Mamphela Aletta Ramphele reflecting on the irreversible impact of mental emancipation during South Africa's struggle against apartheid. "Mandela's leadership welded together segments of society." Mamphela Aletta Ramphele discussing Nelson Mandela's leadership and his role in fostering national reconciliation. "Why would a person's education be interrupted because they refused to wave a flag?" Mamphela Aletta Ramphele discussing inequality, apartheid-era education and political resistance. "My crime was daring to have books that the apartheid government deemed unhealthy for a native's mind." Mamphela Aletta Ramphele recounting her experience of censorship and state repression under apartheid. Across Boundaries (1996) "The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the sanctions against success. A non-subservient black woman is by definition a transgressive; she is the ultimate outsider." LibQuotes reproducing a quotation from Across Boundaries (1996) by Mamphela Aletta Ramphele. External link