By DARLINGTON CHILUBAIT takes an emancipated mind to realise that freedom is an avenue of constant evolution thanan end point. That freedom is, perhaps, the one ideal that strives to mirror the full complexitiesand conflicting canvass of human emotions and thought so that constitutions typically reflectemancipatory text as envisaged by a given people.The State, at its best acts as a centre-pointto ensure that common freedoms are commonly enjoyed while those deemed sectional areeither nurtured or curtailed.Arguably, freedom is only so when viewed from the perspective of those who currently enjoyit.For example, in 1988 at the height of the civil war in Angola, UNITA leader Dr Jonas Savimbi spoke inWashington, United States, at the National Press Club that freedom cannot be deemed emancipatory if it is only enjoyed by a section of people in a country.Interestingly, he was speaking about freedom concerning Angola, a country that had attained independence 13 years earlier in1975. To him, Angola’s […]
INEQUALITY: A SECTIONAL PERSPECTIVE PART 1
