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Joseph Ki-Zerbo
21 quotes
“On ne développe pas, on se développe.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: À quand l'Afrique? (Éditions de l'Aube, 2003). Joseph Ki-Zerbo discussing self-reliant development and Africa's responsibility for its own progress.
“We cannot develop by proxy.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) first seen 2003 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: À quand l'Afrique? (Éditions de l'Aube, 2003). Joseph Ki-Zerbo discussing the importance of self-driven development in Africa.
“Education is the foundation of freedom.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A people without historical memory is a people without dignity.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Histoire de l'Afrique noire (Hatier, 1972). Joseph Ki-Zerbo discussing the importance of historical consciousness and national dignity.
“Africa must refuse to be merely a consumer of the world's ideas; it must become a producer of knowledge.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Culture is the root from which every authentic development grows.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“History is not a luxury for Africa; it is a necessity.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) first seen 1972 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Histoire de l'Afrique noire (Hatier, 1972). Joseph Ki-Zerbo discussing the importance of history in Africa's development.
“Democracy cannot survive where citizens are excluded from knowledge.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Development is the passage from oneself to oneself at a higher level.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Le développement, c’est le passage de soi à soi-même à un niveau supérieur.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is no ‘ready-made’ development. The only viable and valid development is ‘development with the key in one's head”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Africa's development will be endogenous or it will not be.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“It is through its ‘being’ that Africa will truly gain access to ‘having'.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Without identity, we are an object of history, an instrument used by others: a utensil.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“A culture without a material and logistical foundation is just passing wind”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“There is an African art of living, an art of solidarity, an art of otherness, of openness to others that Europeans no longer find in their own societies.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“I regret that the foundations of this African culture are being erased.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Misery is the cancellation of choice.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The development of human beings is too serious to leave in the hands of economists alone”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“The slow suffocation of African languages would be dramatic; it would be the descent into hell for African identity.”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
“Africa has a history”
Joseph Ki-Zerbo (1922–2006) said by 2006 at the latest wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source