Minister of Sport, Arts and Culture Nathi Mthethwa at the launch of the International Decade Of Indigenous Languages and N|uu language, a language which is at the brink of extinction.
The national roadmap for the International Decade of Indigenous Languages and the historic Dictionary of the N|uu language, a language which is at the brink of extinction. That African patriot, Nnamdi Azikiwe (who served as the first President of Nigeria), points out that: “… The present is a prophecy of the future.” He explains that: “when tomorrow comes, may Africans in concert with the rest of humanity march towards the end of the rainbow, singing: “Lord it is Africa, marching with the rest of humanity, realising its heritage.” And may it so happen that the reverberations re-echo, “Africa arise and walk, and realise your destiny. The mission of an African civilization that is to be.” In expressing himself in this manner, Azikiwe was evoking the spirit of the Pan African vision that first brought Africans together in London in 1900 for the first Pan African Congress led by W.E. B Du Bois and Sylvester Henry Williams. He was recalling the wise poetic and prophetic words of Pixley