11 September 2026

Africa

Being Friday, it was interesting to watch today's episode of Lumumba's Africa by Prof P L O Lumumba this morning.

Besides discussing many aspects of African history and it's relevance today, the charismatic Prof mentioned Steve Biko and explained the Black Conscious Movement that Biko founded and shaped in the 1960s.

I remember a very popular movie titled 'Cry Freedom' based on Steve Biko's life history. This movie was directed by the legendary director Richard Attenborough who also directed 'Gandhi', the famous movie based  on  our respected Gandhiji' life history.

Cry Freedom was screened in many places including schools in Southern Africa, a clear indication of how Africans in general and South Africans in particular respect their culture and traditions and their socio-political leaders.

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I am a retired K-12 Education Management Professional. I have worked at different levels in K-12 school systems, textbook publishing, elearning and Education NGOs. I have held memberships in The Association for Science Education (UK), American Association of Physics Teachers and The Malaysian Institute of Physics. I hold a 1st class B Sc Degree in Physics followed by B Ed [English and Physical Science] and M A [Childcare and Education] degrees. My published works include 59 articles in teacher development magazines in India and the US and a book entitled `Creative Classrooms and Child Friendly Schools' (listed in Amazon). This book is almost an anecdotal account of my professional experience in six countries (including Cambodia where I worked as Technical Adviser to the Ministry of Education, Youth And Sports). I served as mentor in the Certificate of Teaching Mastery Program offered by Teachers Without Borders.