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African Renaissance Vision

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The African Renaissance, was first a series of essays, of a vision which was first articulated by Cheikh Anta Diop. It was then popularized by former South African President, Thabo Mbeki during his time in the presidency. The African Renaissance is a vision of a good society because it was something in which the society could work towards for the common good of the society. Thought this assignment I will be discussing the contemporary challenges of which the African Renaissance faced and the ones which lead to its down fall. I will first start off with describing what a vision of a god society is and then give a brief overview of what the African Renaissance is. Once that is completed I will tie the vision of a good society and the African …show more content…

Possibilities which portrays a good life and a good well being of that society. A vision of a good society does not have a close similarity to what reality ought to be. It is rather something in which the society can work towards, a goal in which they can aspire to together. Therefore a vision of a good society is a goal in which the society can work towards for the common good and well being of the society, within this vision of a good society. The visionary needs to be able to see clearly what is not right within the society. They must be able to look deeper and have insight on what lies beyond the present, the new possibilities and have a sensibly and practical vision for the society which can be achieved. Within this vision there are two requirements which are important. This requires the ability, to articulate the vision in a clear and an imaginative way. And the second is the ability to, see how the vision will be possible otherwise it will be an empty dream. Furthermore the vision has two dimensions to it, the first being critical and the second being inspirational. The critical dimension is a reminder of the past / present society and how it can be changed for a better society. The inspirational dimension, is a dimension which severs as an inspiration to the society. Mainly to the …show more content…

An example of one would be the president promoting the vision. When the vision was first introduced by Thabo Mbeki, he always promoted it whereas now we have a president which does not promote it. Because we had a president who promoted it we all knew about it and it was always at the back of our minds to bring that vision to life and make it a reality. There are plenty of challenges which contribute to the downfall of the African Renaissance but I will only mention a few in this assignment.I will dioceses the ways in which poverty effect the African Renaissance. In the end I will bring them all together and explain how it all played a role to challenge the African

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