Haile Selassie's
Vision
| Title: |
Haile
Selassie's Vision |
| Medium: |
Silhouette
paper-cut. Cut by hand using a scalpel. |
| Dimensions: |
20 x 20
cm |
| Date: |
March
2011 |
| Comments: |
Design
incorporating an excerpt of Emperor Haile
Selassie's visionary speech:
That until the
philosophy which holds one race superior
and another inferior is finally and
permanently discredited and abandoned;
That until there are no longer
first-class and second-class citizens of
any nation;
That
until the color of a man's skin is of no
more significance than the color of his
eyes;
That until the basic human rights are
equally guaranteed to all without regard
to race;
That until that day, the dream of lasting
peace and world citizenship and the rule
of international morality will remain but
a fleeting illusion, to be pursued but
never attained;
And until the ignoble and unhappy regimes
that hold our brothers in Angola, in
Mozambique and in South Africa in
subhuman bondage have been toppled and
destroyed;
Until bigotry and prejudice and malicious
and inhuman self-interest have been
replaced by understanding and tolerance
and good-will;
Until all Africans stand and speak as
free beings, equal in the eyes of all
men, as they are in the eyes of Heaven;
Until that day, the African continent
will not know peace.
We Africans will fight, if necessary, and
we know that we shall win, as we are
confident in the victory of good over
evil. ~ Haile Selassie
I
Original Silhouette Paper-cut sold. In a
private collection in Debenham, Suffolk.
Prints also available. Please contact me for further
details. |
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