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1	
  
communication,	
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  leadership	
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"Harvard	
  Doctorate	
  acceptance	
  address"	
  
	
  
Tercentenary	
  Theater,	
  Harvard	
  University.	
  
	
  
Boston	
  
	
  
	
  Semptember	
  18th,	
  1998.	
  
	
  
Nelson	
  Mandela	
  receiving	
  an	
  Honorary	
  
Doctorate	
  form	
  Harvard	
  University	
  
 	
  	
   	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
#newCommunication	
  #newLeadership	
  #newPolitics	
  
	
  
2	
  
communication,	
  strategy	
  &	
  leadership	
  architects	
  	
  
www.ingenia-­‐pro.com	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
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  -­‐main-­‐	
  Speech	
  Text	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
"Mister	
  President	
  
Members	
  of	
  the	
  Convocation	
  
Members	
  of	
  the	
  University	
  
Distinguished	
  Guests	
  Ladies	
  and	
  Gentlemen	
  
	
  
	
  	
  
(...	
  anecdote	
  1,	
  not	
  on	
  the	
  record)	
  
	
  
	
  
(...	
  anecdote	
  2	
  ,	
  not	
  on	
  the	
  record)	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
This	
   may	
   very	
   well	
   be	
   our	
   last	
   official	
   visit	
   to	
   the	
   United	
   States	
   before	
  
retiring	
   from	
   office	
   next	
   year.	
   There	
   could	
   not	
   been	
   a	
   more	
   moving	
   start	
   to	
   the	
  
visit	
   than	
   one	
   which	
   included	
   being	
   honoured	
   in	
   this	
   way	
   by	
   one	
   of	
   the	
   great	
  
educational	
   institutions	
   of	
   this	
   nation	
   and	
   of	
   the	
   world.	
   I	
   know	
   that	
   through	
  
this	
   award	
   you	
   are	
   not	
   so	
   much	
   recognising	
   any	
   individual	
   achievement,	
   but	
   are	
  
rather	
   paying	
   tribute	
   to	
   the	
   struggles	
   and	
   achievements	
   of	
   the	
   South	
   African	
  
people	
   as	
   a	
   whole.	
   I	
   humbly	
   accept	
   the	
   award	
   in	
   that	
   spirit,	
   while	
   at	
   the	
   same	
  
time	
   wishing	
   you	
   to	
   know	
   that	
   we	
   are	
   not	
   unaware	
   of	
   nor	
   unmoved	
   by	
   the	
   great	
  
compliment	
   you	
   pay	
   us	
   by	
   conferring	
   this	
   degree	
   at	
   a	
   specially	
   convened	
  
Convocation.	
  
	
  
	
  
To	
   join	
   George	
   Washington	
   and	
   Winston	
   Chuchill	
   as	
   the	
   other	
   recipients	
   of	
  
such	
   an	
   award	
   conferred	
   at	
   a	
   specially	
   convened	
   Convocation,	
   is	
   not	
   only	
   a	
  
singular	
   honour.	
   It	
   also	
   holds	
   great	
   symbolic	
   significance:	
   to	
   the	
   mind	
   and	
   to	
  
the	
   future	
   memory	
   of	
   this	
   great	
   American	
   institution,	
   the	
   name	
   of	
   an	
   African	
   is	
  
now	
   added	
   to	
   those	
   two	
   illustrious	
   leaders	
   of	
   the	
   Western	
   world.	
   If	
   in	
   these	
  
latter	
   years	
   of	
   a	
   life	
   lived	
   in	
   pursuit	
   of	
   equality,	
   we	
   can	
   at	
   last	
   look	
   upon	
  
our	
   own	
   country	
   as	
   one	
   in	
   which	
   citizens,	
   regardless	
   of	
   race,	
   gender	
   or	
   creed,	
  
share	
   equal	
   political	
   rights	
   and	
   opportunities	
   for	
   development,	
   we	
   do	
   so	
   with	
  
great	
   gratitude	
   towards	
   the	
   millions	
   upon	
   millions	
   all	
   around	
   the	
   world	
   who	
  
materially	
   and	
   morally	
   supported	
   our	
   struggle	
   for	
   freedom	
   and	
   justice.	
   Together	
  
with	
   those	
   freedom-­‐	
   and	
   justice-­‐loving	
   citizens	
   of	
   the	
   world,	
   we	
   do	
   at	
   the	
   same	
  
 	
  	
   	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
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time,	
   however,	
   note	
   that	
   at	
   the	
   end	
   of	
   this	
   century	
   -­‐	
   a	
   century	
   which	
   humanity	
  
entered	
   with	
   such	
   high	
   hopes	
   for	
   progress	
   -­‐	
   the	
   world	
   is	
   still	
   beset	
   by	
   great	
  
disparities	
   between	
   the	
   rich	
   and	
   the	
   poor,	
   both	
   within	
   countries	
   and	
   between	
  
different	
  parts	
  of	
  the	
  world.	
  
	
  
	
  
If	
   in	
   individual	
   life	
   we	
   all	
   may	
   reach	
   that	
   part	
   of	
   the	
   long	
   walk	
   where	
   the	
  
opportunity	
   is	
   granted	
   to	
   retire	
   to	
   some	
   rest	
   and	
   tranquillity,	
   for	
   humanity	
   the	
  
walk	
   to	
   freedom	
   and	
   equality	
   seems,	
   alas,	
   still	
   to	
   be	
   long	
   one	
   ahead.	
   This	
  
august	
   institution	
   gains	
   its	
   standing	
   and	
   reputation	
   also	
   from	
   the	
   manner	
   in	
  
which	
   it	
   has	
   conducted,	
   and	
   continues	
   to	
   conduct,	
   itself	
   as	
   an	
   international	
  
presence.	
  Wherever	
  men	
  and	
  women	
  of	
  learning	
  and	
  thought	
  gather,	
  its	
  name	
  and	
  
work	
   are	
   known.	
   It	
   embodies	
   that	
   spirit	
   of	
   universality	
   which	
   marks	
   great	
  
universities.	
   To	
   join	
   the	
   ranks	
   of	
   its	
   alumni,	
   is	
   to	
   be	
   reminded	
   of	
   the	
   oneness	
  
of	
   our	
   global	
   world.	
   The	
   greatest	
   single	
   challenge	
   facing	
   our	
   globalised	
   world	
  
is	
   to	
   combat	
   and	
   eradicate	
   its	
   disparities.	
   While	
   in	
   all	
   parts	
   of	
   the	
   world	
  
progress	
   is	
   being	
   made	
   in	
   entrenching	
   democratic	
   forms	
   of	
   governance,	
   we	
  
constantly	
   need	
   to	
   remind	
   ourselves	
   that	
   the	
   freedoms	
   which	
   democracy	
   brings	
  
will	
   remain	
   empty	
   shells	
   if	
   they	
   are	
   not	
   accompanied	
   by	
   real	
   and	
   tangible	
  
improvements	
   in	
   the	
   material	
   lives	
   of	
   the	
   millions	
   of	
   ordinary	
   citizens	
   of	
   those	
  
countries.	
  Where	
  men	
  and	
  women	
  and	
  children	
  go	
  burdened	
  with	
  hunger,	
  suffering	
  
from	
   preventable	
   diseases,	
   languishing	
   in	
   ignorance	
   and	
   illiteracy,	
   or	
   finding	
  
themselves	
   bereft	
   of	
   decent	
   shelter,	
   talk	
   of	
   democracy	
   and	
   freedom	
   that	
   does	
   not	
  
recognise	
   these	
   material	
   aspects,	
   can	
   ring	
   hollow	
   and	
   erode	
   confidence	
   exactly	
  
in	
   those	
   values	
   we	
   seek	
   to	
   promote.	
   Hence	
   our	
   universal	
   obligation	
   towards	
   the	
  
building	
   of	
   a	
   world	
   in	
   which	
   there	
   shall	
   be	
   greater	
   equality	
   amongst	
   nations	
   and	
  
amongst	
   citizens	
   of	
   nations.	
   The	
   disparity	
   between	
   the	
   developed	
   and	
   developing	
  
world,	
   between	
   North	
   and	
   South,	
   reflects	
   itself	
   also	
   in	
   the	
   sphere	
   of	
  
educational	
   and	
   intellectual	
   resources.	
   When	
   in	
   Africa	
   we	
   speak	
   and	
   dream	
   of,	
  
and	
   work	
   for,	
   a	
   rebirth	
   of	
   that	
   continent	
   as	
   a	
   full	
   participant	
   in	
   the	
   affairs	
  
of	
   the	
   world	
   in	
   the	
   next	
   century,	
   we	
   are	
   deeply	
   conscious	
   of	
   how	
   dependent	
   that	
  
is	
   on	
   the	
   mobilisation	
   and	
   strengthening	
   of	
   the	
   continent's	
   resources	
   of	
  
learning.	
  
	
  
	
  
The	
   current	
   world	
   financial	
   crisis	
   also	
   starkly	
   reminds	
   us	
   that	
   many	
   of	
   the	
  
concepts	
   that	
   guided	
   our	
   sense	
   of	
   how	
   the	
   world	
   and	
   its	
   affairs	
   are	
   best	
  
ordered,	
   have	
   suddenly	
   been	
   shown	
   to	
   be	
   wanting.	
   They	
   are	
   seen	
   to	
   have	
   hidden	
  
real	
   structural	
   defects	
   in	
   the	
   world	
   economic	
   system.	
   The	
   precepts	
   of	
   the	
  
economic	
   theorists	
   who	
   could	
   so	
   confidently	
   prescribe	
   to	
   all,	
   now	
   appear	
   to	
   have	
  
drawn	
   much	
   of	
   their	
   apparent	
   intellectual	
   validation	
   from	
   having	
   been	
  
 	
  	
   	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
#newCommunication	
  #newLeadership	
  #newPolitics	
  
	
  
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communication,	
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  &	
  leadership	
  architects	
  	
  
www.ingenia-­‐pro.com	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  @ingenia_pro	
  
	
  
unchallenged	
   by	
   the	
   day-­‐to-­‐day	
   operations	
   of	
   a	
   system	
   that	
   operated	
   in	
   the	
  
interests	
   of	
   the	
   powerful.	
   Not	
   only	
   does	
   this	
   crisis	
   call	
   for	
   fundamental	
  
rethinking	
   and	
   reconceptualisation	
   on	
   the	
   part	
   of	
   the	
   theorists	
   of	
   the	
   North.	
   It	
  
more	
   particularly	
   and	
   urgently	
   emphasises	
   the	
   need	
   for	
   thinkers	
   and	
  
intellectuals	
   of	
   the	
   developing	
   world	
   to	
   sharpen	
   their	
   skills	
   and	
   analyses,	
   and	
  
for	
   a	
   genuine	
   partnership	
   between	
   those	
   of	
   the	
   North	
   and	
   the	
   South	
   in	
   helping	
  
shape	
  a	
  world	
  order	
  that	
  answers	
  to	
  the	
  shared	
  and	
  common	
  needs	
  of	
  all	
  peoples.	
  
This	
   university	
   already	
   has	
   had	
   a	
   long	
   partnership	
   of	
   learning	
   and	
   teaching	
   with	
  
the	
  South	
  African	
  people.	
  There	
  are	
  many	
  names	
  that	
  one	
  could	
  mention	
  of	
  persons	
  
now	
   holding	
   office	
   in	
   government	
   or	
   in	
   institutions	
   of	
   civil	
   society	
   who	
   spent	
  
time	
   at	
   Harvard	
   or	
   benefited	
   from	
   programmes	
   conducted	
   jointly	
   with	
   this	
  
institution.	
   For	
   that,	
   our	
   fledgling	
   democracy	
   faced	
   with	
   enormous	
   tasks	
   of	
  
reconstruction	
   and	
   development	
   owes	
   your	
   institution	
   a	
   great	
   debt	
   of	
   gratitude.	
  
As	
   South	
   Africans	
   play	
   their	
   role	
   in	
   helping	
   to	
   conceptualise	
   and	
   give	
   content	
  
to	
   the	
   African	
   Renaissance,	
   we	
   continue	
   to	
   draw	
   upon	
   the	
   intellectual	
   skills	
  
nurtured	
   and	
   honed	
   here.	
   The	
   United	
   States	
   of	
   America	
   and	
   democratic	
   South	
  
Africa	
   have	
   in	
   the	
   course	
   of	
   these	
   last	
   four	
   years	
   built	
   a	
   relationship	
   of	
  
mutual	
   respect	
   and	
   co-­‐operation,	
   each	
   country	
   respecting	
   the	
   sovereignty	
   of	
   the	
  
other	
   while	
   co-­‐operating	
   as	
   partners.	
   As	
   part	
   of	
   this	
   relationship	
   the	
   scholars	
  
who	
   had	
   the	
   benefit	
   of	
   studying	
   here,	
   returned	
   better	
   equipped	
   to	
   deal	
   with	
   the	
  
local	
   challenges	
   and	
   problems	
   as	
   Africans.	
   It	
   is	
   therefore	
   a	
   source	
   of	
   great	
  
encouragement	
   and	
   inspiration	
   for	
   us	
   to	
   learn	
   about	
   the	
   "Emerging	
   Africa"	
  
research	
   project	
   housed	
   in	
   the	
   newly-­‐created	
   Center	
   for	
   International	
  
Development	
   at	
   Harvard.	
   Its	
   objective	
   of	
   undertaking	
   an	
   appraisal	
   of	
   Africa	
   92s	
  
economic,	
   social	
   and	
   political	
   history,	
   as	
   well	
   as	
   the	
   problems	
   facing	
   the	
  
continent,	
   is	
   timely	
   and	
   to	
   be	
   greatly	
   welcomed.	
   That	
   it	
   will	
   be	
   doing	
   this	
   in	
  
collaboration	
   with	
   African	
   research	
   institutions	
   and	
   scholars,	
   will	
   serve	
   to	
  
strengthen	
   and	
   build	
   African	
   intellectual	
   capacity	
   to	
   take	
   charge	
   of	
   its	
  
reconstruction	
   and	
   regeneration.	
   I	
   am	
   confident	
   that	
   it	
   will	
   also	
   strengthen	
   and	
  
build	
   your	
   own	
   understanding	
   of	
   African	
   reality	
   and	
   your	
   capacity	
   to	
   analyse	
  
that	
  reality	
  as	
  part	
  of	
  our	
  shared	
  world.	
  
	
  
	
  
Mister	
   President,	
   we	
   accept	
   this	
   great	
   honour	
   bestowed	
   upon	
   us	
   today	
   as	
   a	
  
symbol	
   of	
   how	
   South	
   Africa	
   and	
   the	
   United	
   States,	
   Africa	
   and	
   the	
   West,	
   the	
  
developing	
   and	
   the	
   developed	
   world,	
   are	
   reaching	
   out	
   and	
   joining	
   hands	
   as	
  
partners	
   in	
   building	
   a	
   world	
   order	
   that	
   equally	
   benefits	
   all	
   the	
   nations	
   and	
  
people	
  of	
  the	
  world.	
  
	
  
	
  
 	
  	
   	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  
#newCommunication	
  #newLeadership	
  #newPolitics	
  
	
  
5	
  
communication,	
  strategy	
  &	
  leadership	
  architects	
  	
  
www.ingenia-­‐pro.com	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  	
  @ingenia_pro	
  
	
  
For	
   three	
   hundred	
   years	
   this	
   great	
   institution	
   has	
   served	
   its	
   nation	
   with	
  
distinction.	
   We	
   enter	
   the	
   new	
   millennium	
   in	
   the	
   hope	
   that	
   the	
   rich	
   fruits	
   of	
  
learning,	
   science	
   and	
   technological	
   progress	
   will	
   in	
   this	
   coming	
   century	
   truly	
  
be	
   shared	
   by	
   all	
   in	
   this	
   global	
   village	
   in	
   which	
   we	
   live.	
   We	
   are	
   confident	
   that	
  
this	
   institution	
   of	
   which	
   we	
   are	
   now	
   a	
   proud	
   member	
   will	
   play	
   a	
   leading	
   role	
   in	
  
achieving	
  that.	
  
	
  
	
  
(...	
  anecdote	
  3	
  and	
  final,	
  not	
  on	
  the	
  record)	
  
	
  
	
  
Thank	
  you.	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
	
  
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Nelson Mandela, Harvard Doctorate address

  • 1.                             #newCommunication  #newLeadership  #newPolitics     1   communication,  strategy  &  leadership  architects     www.ingenia-­‐pro.com                            @ingenia_pro                                                                                                                                                                                                     "Harvard  Doctorate  acceptance  address"     Tercentenary  Theater,  Harvard  University.     Boston      Semptember  18th,  1998.     Nelson  Mandela  receiving  an  Honorary   Doctorate  form  Harvard  University  
  • 2.                             #newCommunication  #newLeadership  #newPolitics     2   communication,  strategy  &  leadership  architects     www.ingenia-­‐pro.com                            @ingenia_pro       The  -­‐main-­‐  Speech  Text         "Mister  President   Members  of  the  Convocation   Members  of  the  University   Distinguished  Guests  Ladies  and  Gentlemen         (...  anecdote  1,  not  on  the  record)       (...  anecdote  2  ,  not  on  the  record)         This   may   very   well   be   our   last   official   visit   to   the   United   States   before   retiring   from   office   next   year.   There   could   not   been   a   more   moving   start   to   the   visit   than   one   which   included   being   honoured   in   this   way   by   one   of   the   great   educational   institutions   of   this   nation   and   of   the   world.   I   know   that   through   this   award   you   are   not   so   much   recognising   any   individual   achievement,   but   are   rather   paying   tribute   to   the   struggles   and   achievements   of   the   South   African   people   as   a   whole.   I   humbly   accept   the   award   in   that   spirit,   while   at   the   same   time   wishing   you   to   know   that   we   are   not   unaware   of   nor   unmoved   by   the   great   compliment   you   pay   us   by   conferring   this   degree   at   a   specially   convened   Convocation.       To   join   George   Washington   and   Winston   Chuchill   as   the   other   recipients   of   such   an   award   conferred   at   a   specially   convened   Convocation,   is   not   only   a   singular   honour.   It   also   holds   great   symbolic   significance:   to   the   mind   and   to   the   future   memory   of   this   great   American   institution,   the   name   of   an   African   is   now   added   to   those   two   illustrious   leaders   of   the   Western   world.   If   in   these   latter   years   of   a   life   lived   in   pursuit   of   equality,   we   can   at   last   look   upon   our   own   country   as   one   in   which   citizens,   regardless   of   race,   gender   or   creed,   share   equal   political   rights   and   opportunities   for   development,   we   do   so   with   great   gratitude   towards   the   millions   upon   millions   all   around   the   world   who   materially   and   morally   supported   our   struggle   for   freedom   and   justice.   Together   with   those   freedom-­‐   and   justice-­‐loving   citizens   of   the   world,   we   do   at   the   same  
  • 3.                             #newCommunication  #newLeadership  #newPolitics     3   communication,  strategy  &  leadership  architects     www.ingenia-­‐pro.com                            @ingenia_pro     time,   however,   note   that   at   the   end   of   this   century   -­‐   a   century   which   humanity   entered   with   such   high   hopes   for   progress   -­‐   the   world   is   still   beset   by   great   disparities   between   the   rich   and   the   poor,   both   within   countries   and   between   different  parts  of  the  world.       If   in   individual   life   we   all   may   reach   that   part   of   the   long   walk   where   the   opportunity   is   granted   to   retire   to   some   rest   and   tranquillity,   for   humanity   the   walk   to   freedom   and   equality   seems,   alas,   still   to   be   long   one   ahead.   This   august   institution   gains   its   standing   and   reputation   also   from   the   manner   in   which   it   has   conducted,   and   continues   to   conduct,   itself   as   an   international   presence.  Wherever  men  and  women  of  learning  and  thought  gather,  its  name  and   work   are   known.   It   embodies   that   spirit   of   universality   which   marks   great   universities.   To   join   the   ranks   of   its   alumni,   is   to   be   reminded   of   the   oneness   of   our   global   world.   The   greatest   single   challenge   facing   our   globalised   world   is   to   combat   and   eradicate   its   disparities.   While   in   all   parts   of   the   world   progress   is   being   made   in   entrenching   democratic   forms   of   governance,   we   constantly   need   to   remind   ourselves   that   the   freedoms   which   democracy   brings   will   remain   empty   shells   if   they   are   not   accompanied   by   real   and   tangible   improvements   in   the   material   lives   of   the   millions   of   ordinary   citizens   of   those   countries.  Where  men  and  women  and  children  go  burdened  with  hunger,  suffering   from   preventable   diseases,   languishing   in   ignorance   and   illiteracy,   or   finding   themselves   bereft   of   decent   shelter,   talk   of   democracy   and   freedom   that   does   not   recognise   these   material   aspects,   can   ring   hollow   and   erode   confidence   exactly   in   those   values   we   seek   to   promote.   Hence   our   universal   obligation   towards   the   building   of   a   world   in   which   there   shall   be   greater   equality   amongst   nations   and   amongst   citizens   of   nations.   The   disparity   between   the   developed   and   developing   world,   between   North   and   South,   reflects   itself   also   in   the   sphere   of   educational   and   intellectual   resources.   When   in   Africa   we   speak   and   dream   of,   and   work   for,   a   rebirth   of   that   continent   as   a   full   participant   in   the   affairs   of   the   world   in   the   next   century,   we   are   deeply   conscious   of   how   dependent   that   is   on   the   mobilisation   and   strengthening   of   the   continent's   resources   of   learning.       The   current   world   financial   crisis   also   starkly   reminds   us   that   many   of   the   concepts   that   guided   our   sense   of   how   the   world   and   its   affairs   are   best   ordered,   have   suddenly   been   shown   to   be   wanting.   They   are   seen   to   have   hidden   real   structural   defects   in   the   world   economic   system.   The   precepts   of   the   economic   theorists   who   could   so   confidently   prescribe   to   all,   now   appear   to   have   drawn   much   of   their   apparent   intellectual   validation   from   having   been  
  • 4.                             #newCommunication  #newLeadership  #newPolitics     4   communication,  strategy  &  leadership  architects     www.ingenia-­‐pro.com                            @ingenia_pro     unchallenged   by   the   day-­‐to-­‐day   operations   of   a   system   that   operated   in   the   interests   of   the   powerful.   Not   only   does   this   crisis   call   for   fundamental   rethinking   and   reconceptualisation   on   the   part   of   the   theorists   of   the   North.   It   more   particularly   and   urgently   emphasises   the   need   for   thinkers   and   intellectuals   of   the   developing   world   to   sharpen   their   skills   and   analyses,   and   for   a   genuine   partnership   between   those   of   the   North   and   the   South   in   helping   shape  a  world  order  that  answers  to  the  shared  and  common  needs  of  all  peoples.   This   university   already   has   had   a   long   partnership   of   learning   and   teaching   with   the  South  African  people.  There  are  many  names  that  one  could  mention  of  persons   now   holding   office   in   government   or   in   institutions   of   civil   society   who   spent   time   at   Harvard   or   benefited   from   programmes   conducted   jointly   with   this   institution.   For   that,   our   fledgling   democracy   faced   with   enormous   tasks   of   reconstruction   and   development   owes   your   institution   a   great   debt   of   gratitude.   As   South   Africans   play   their   role   in   helping   to   conceptualise   and   give   content   to   the   African   Renaissance,   we   continue   to   draw   upon   the   intellectual   skills   nurtured   and   honed   here.   The   United   States   of   America   and   democratic   South   Africa   have   in   the   course   of   these   last   four   years   built   a   relationship   of   mutual   respect   and   co-­‐operation,   each   country   respecting   the   sovereignty   of   the   other   while   co-­‐operating   as   partners.   As   part   of   this   relationship   the   scholars   who   had   the   benefit   of   studying   here,   returned   better   equipped   to   deal   with   the   local   challenges   and   problems   as   Africans.   It   is   therefore   a   source   of   great   encouragement   and   inspiration   for   us   to   learn   about   the   "Emerging   Africa"   research   project   housed   in   the   newly-­‐created   Center   for   International   Development   at   Harvard.   Its   objective   of   undertaking   an   appraisal   of   Africa   92s   economic,   social   and   political   history,   as   well   as   the   problems   facing   the   continent,   is   timely   and   to   be   greatly   welcomed.   That   it   will   be   doing   this   in   collaboration   with   African   research   institutions   and   scholars,   will   serve   to   strengthen   and   build   African   intellectual   capacity   to   take   charge   of   its   reconstruction   and   regeneration.   I   am   confident   that   it   will   also   strengthen   and   build   your   own   understanding   of   African   reality   and   your   capacity   to   analyse   that  reality  as  part  of  our  shared  world.       Mister   President,   we   accept   this   great   honour   bestowed   upon   us   today   as   a   symbol   of   how   South   Africa   and   the   United   States,   Africa   and   the   West,   the   developing   and   the   developed   world,   are   reaching   out   and   joining   hands   as   partners   in   building   a   world   order   that   equally   benefits   all   the   nations   and   people  of  the  world.      
  • 5.                             #newCommunication  #newLeadership  #newPolitics     5   communication,  strategy  &  leadership  architects     www.ingenia-­‐pro.com                            @ingenia_pro     For   three   hundred   years   this   great   institution   has   served   its   nation   with   distinction.   We   enter   the   new   millennium   in   the   hope   that   the   rich   fruits   of   learning,   science   and   technological   progress   will   in   this   coming   century   truly   be   shared   by   all   in   this   global   village   in   which   we   live.   We   are   confident   that   this   institution   of   which   we   are   now   a   proud   member   will   play   a   leading   role   in   achieving  that.       (...  anecdote  3  and  final,  not  on  the  record)       Thank  you.           *  *  *  *  *