Comments on: Nobel Peace Laureates issue statement on behalf of LGBT people

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 20:37:24 +0000

These differing views are well-known amongst the ‘intelligentsia’, I think.

Specifically on statements like this: they go ‘viral’, and people discuss them. In somewhere like Uganda, this really does happen among the educated ‘opinion shapers’ of that society (and parts of the press are relatively ‘free’ – and most journalists would like it at least to stay that way).

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:53:22 +0000

I actually think that many sub-Saharan Africans are now asking themselves “with whom do I wish to identify: Mugabe-Taylor-Bahati, or Tutu-Mandela-Annan?” They understand the choice here. I know some of those who set up themselves as ‘spokespersons for all Africans’ (a regular visitor here with a pseudonym springs to mind!) make their claims, but I also know, including from from my own experience, that Africans are as capable as anyone else as following their own consciences with regard to these profoundly important socio-politico-moral issues. Thus this is a very welcome intervention by good old Archbishop Desmond and others.

By: F Young

F Young — Wed, 30 May 2018 19:53:22 +0000

@Richard Willmer

“I actually think that many sub-Saharan Africans are now asking themselves “with whom do I wish to identify: Mugabe-Taylor-Bahati, or Tutu-Mandela-Annan?”

Do sub-Saharan Africans know about the statements by Tutu, etc? Have they been reported in sub-Sahran Africa apart from South Africa?

By: Richard Willmer

Richard Willmer — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 07:28:18 +0000

These differing views are well-known amongst the ‘intelligentsia’, I think.

By: F Young

F Young — Sat, 23 Jun 2012 02:41:02 +0000

@Richard Willmer

“I actually think that many sub-Saharan Africans are now asking themselves “with whom do I wish to identify: Mugabe-Taylor-Bahati, or Tutu-Mandela-Annan?”

Do sub-Saharan Africans know about the statements by Tutu, etc? Have they been reported in sub-Sahran Africa apart from South Africa?