Robert Sobukwe

thumb|Robert Sobukwe leads anti-apartheid protest Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe OMSG (5 December, 1924 – 27 February, 1978) was a South African anti-apartheid revolutionary and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), serving as the first president of the organization. Attributed The press did not make us, the press cannot break us. Attributed by Kwame Ture in Black Power: Politics of Liberation in America 10 November 1992 Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group 978-0-679-74313-2 194 Afterword Quotes We aim, politically, at government of the Africans by the Africans for the Africans, with everybody who owes his only loyalty to Africa and who is prepared to accept the democratic rule of an African majority being regarded as an African. Sobukwe explained the political objectives of the Pan Africanist Congress shortly after the organization's establishment in 1959. We are fighting for the right of self-determination for the African people. Sobukwe emphasized the principle of self-determination during the early years of the Pan Africanist Congress. We do not form ourselves into an anti-white front. We breathe no hatred against any group of people. Sobukwe sought to clarify the meaning of Africanism and rejected the claim that the PAC advocated racial hatred. The Africanists take the view that there is only one race to which we all belong, and that is the human race. Sobukwe made this statement while explaining the ideological foundations of Africanism. Here is a tree rooted in African soil, nourished with waters from the rivers of Africa. Sobukwe used this metaphor while describing the growth of African nationalism and the emergence of African political consciousness. The government has resorted to increasingly harsh measures in a desperate attempt to crush the struggle for freedom. Sobukwe made this observation while discussing the apartheid state's response to growing resistance movements. We are ready to die for our freedom, but we are not prepared to kill for it. Sobukwe spoke these words while explaining the philosophy underlying the anti-pass campaign that culminated in the events at Sharpeville. These things shall be, says the Psalmist: Africa will be free. The wheel of progress revolves relentlessly… Sobukwe spoke these words as the President of the student representative Council at University of Fort Hare. Let me plead with you, lovers of my Africa, to carry with you into the world the vision of a new Africa… Sobukwe spoke these words on behalf of the Graduating class at Fort Hare College. The philosophy of Africanism holds out the hope of a genuine democracy beyond the stormy sea of struggle. The speeches of Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe External links Category:1924 births Category:1978 deaths Category:Anti-apartheid activists Category:Pan-Africanists Category:Revolutionaries