Conversations with my sons and daughters

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Title:

Author:

Ramphele, Mamphela.

ISBN:

9780143530411

Personal Author:

Ramphele, Mamphela.

Publication Information:

Johannesburg : Penguin, 2012.

Physical Description:

224 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm

Contents:

Shifting the ground of reason -- Negotiating culture, traditions and customs in a democracy -- What system of values are we to live by? -- How do the agreed values cascade into our governance practices? -- Failure to transform the socio-economic landscape -- Betrayal of future generations -- Are we subjects or citizens? -- Experiments in addressing social pain -- Leadership for complementing the transition.

Subject Term:

Youth, Black -- South Africa -- Social conditions.

Social change -- South Africa.

Human capital -- South Africa.

Social justice -- South Africa.

Geographic Term:

South Africa -- Politics and government -- 1994-

South Africa -- Social conditions -- 1994-

South Africa -- Economic conditions -- 1991-

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Summary

An inter-generational set of conversations about the country of our dreams and the reality on the ground. It concludes with a section that focuses on the need for healing
of our woundedness as individuals, families, communities and the nation. It includes findings from a study that show how unleashing the energy of poor people can make a significant difference in the choices they make as they become agents of change. Mamphela Ramphele is a South African academic, businesswoman and medical doctor and was an anti-apartheid activist. She is a current trustee on the board of the Rockefeller Foundation in New York. In this book she speaks to the youth of the nation about taking responsibility and changing their attitudes. It is wonderfully motivational and inspiring.