tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413938396840929733.post8824393016802776343..comments2024-03-23T21:46:53.613-07:00Comments on Mbele: A Book Talk in Faribault, Minnesota, February 26Mbelehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16077261126944002622noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413938396840929733.post-39107974912158234732013-02-26T11:19:15.398-08:002013-02-26T11:19:15.398-08:00I have just returned from Faribault, a city that i...I have just returned from Faribault, a city that is about half an hour away from where I am teaching. I enjoyed speaking to the students and two professors. We were together for about an hour and a half.<br /><br />Indeed, it is a privilege being able to talk about African culture, precisely, as you say, because we have a great deal in common, despite our differences. I focus on the commonalities, which, indeed, distinguish African from American culture. Despite differences among them, Americans also have a groundwork of common cultural values.<br /><br />I am happy my visit went the way it did.Mbelehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16077261126944002622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2413938396840929733.post-63798659546777445872013-02-26T01:38:14.938-08:002013-02-26T01:38:14.938-08:00Mmmmm! Prospects for a mouth-watering talk there! ...Mmmmm! Prospects for a mouth-watering talk there! You must be enjoying every bit of it, Prof; talking about your land, Africa. And I am glad the students are said to be coming to South Africa and yet a Tanzanian is breaking the ice for them BECAUSE AFRICA HAS GOT ONE CULTURE FROM CAPE TO CAIRO where we only differ in traditions which traditions still remain bound by our ubuntu/utu.Goodman Manyanya Phirihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15369122107376580214noreply@blogger.com