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Interview With Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp
Interview With Njoki Kamau, Christian Tulp
Chicago Anti-Apartheid Movement
Length: 96 minutes
Oral history interview of Njoki Kamau by Christian Tulp
In this interview, Njoki Kamau Kamau recalls her childhood in Kenya under British colonialism and during the Mau Mau rebellion. She explains the Kukuyu traditions of her childhood and the effects the rebellion had on her family. She recalls her first experiences with racism in the United States and her struggles at Northwestern University. She explains how her childhood under colonialism dramatically influenced her later activism. She then explains how her participation in the divestment movement began with conversations with Dennis Brutus, a Northwestern professor from South Africa, …
The Limits Of Cultural Pluralism: An Israeli Perspective, Raphael Cohen-Almagor
The Limits Of Cultural Pluralism: An Israeli Perspective, Raphael Cohen-Almagor
raphael cohen-almagor
The primary aims of this paper are (a) to examine the importance of cultural norms and what part they play in requiring us to tolerate others out of respect, and (b) to formulate some guidelines designed to prescribe boundaries to liberty and tolerance conducive to safeguard the rights of individuals and, in turn, democracy. I argue that a liberal democracy can interfere in the business of its sub-cultures when some cultural norms subvert the basic principles upon which a liberal society is founded. Here I address, inter alia, the issues of female circumcision, murder for family honour, and blood feuds. …