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china - africa
By Wanaku Verdzekov · · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea
Date note: Undated Facebook note, written between 2011 and 2014.
Tags: china, ubuntu
Yes, soon we will have Africans with diplomas in Confucianism. In return for a Mandela Institute in Beijing?
If God is a spirit, then His or Her spirit skin colour must be black, dark, brown, or something in that range.
My people are TOO kind. I guess that's what UBUNTU is all about. We cannot help being "human", even to sworn enemies.
God bless Africa.
TribalMonk
— Wanaku Verdzekov
Reading & grammar
Reading level: Gr 8–10
Understand
- What exchange does the author imagine between China and Africa?
- What does the author say about the colour of God's "spirit skin"?
- How does the author link kindness to Ubuntu?
Grammar focus: irony. "Soon we will have Africans with diplomas in Confucianism" is ironic: the author states something as if welcome, while suggesting it is one-sided. Irony says one thing and means something more critical.
Try it: Write an ironic sentence about a trade deal or exchange, then explain what it really means.
Discuss: Is kindness to rivals a strength or a weakness in international relations? Argue with examples.