The observation of African Youth Day this month throughout the world enables the African community to mark the Soweto Uprising June 16, 1976 It provides us with a focused opportunity to pay hommage to the courageous students of Soweto, whose struggle and sacrifice for freedom offer an important mirror and model for youth and all of us everywhere.
In their heroic rising in revolt against apartheid and taking the lead at a critical moment in the history of the South African liberation movement, they fought not only for a better education for themselves, but also for the right of the South African people to live free and dignity-affirming lives and to forge their future in their own image and interests. Moreover, such an observance also provides us with an excellent opportunity to remember and reaffirm in special ways the essentiality of young people to the good life we all deserve to live, to the lasting legacy we want to leave, and to the transformative struggle we must wage and the hard work we must accomplish to achieve this. Read more…
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