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Namatai Kwekweza
22 quotes
“At the end of the day, we have to choose our hard”
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“If you're abducted for speaking truth to power, if you're in prison for speaking truth to power, it's hard, but if you're waking up and you're living a life, a shell of a life that is limited in opportunity and possibility, that is also hard.”
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Recorded in: Zimbabwean activist wins German Africa Prize 14 November, 2025
“I am who I am because I belong to a successful team and network of people who have taught me authenticity, empathy, service, hope, and courage are important virtues”
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“Democracy will not die!”
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“Our faith and hope in democracy are cemented by our actions today!”
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Recorded in: Zimbabwean activist Namatai Kwekweza wins inaugural Kofi Annan NextGen Democracy Prize 5 July, 2023
“Peace to me, means both the absence of direct violence as well as building sufficient social, economic, and political infrastructure that supports sustainable positive peace.”
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“Those who organise war and violence are very deliberate and intentional”
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“Peace means that there is access to opportunity, reduced inequality, and systems that advance human potential through human capital development”
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“Young people can play a positive role in peacebuilding”
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“Therefore, young people can not only be bystanders in peace processes but active leaders and decision-makers”
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“There is a need for youth-friendly, feminist, pan-African, and intersectional funding reforms that must happen to ensure addressing global injustices in philanthropy and funding”
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“Additionally, the struggle for a better Africa would be more centered around Africans if Africans fund their own struggle”
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“Older and younger generations have to participate at all levels of peace initiatives, from project management to project implementation”
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“The rights of youth must be respected; intimidation, imprisonment, and all human rights violations must stop to ensure youth feel safe to show up and participate”
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“Teaching youth to participate is the most important thing today”
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“Youth think that not voting is a protest and are not aware of how politics and decision-making processes affect their social and economic lifestyles”
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“Youth must act, or they risk being acted upon”
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“Youth must organise to claim space and power”
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“Young people feel disenfranchised from the country's economic activities”
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“The future is what we make of it through what we do now”
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“Take action even when you are afraid”
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“Challenge life and inequalities like your life depend on it, because actually, it does!”
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Recorded in: Africa: Zimbabwean Activist Namatai Kwekweza on Youth Activism and Engagement in Peace Processes in Africa 11 August, 2023