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Hello, I see that you were the initial creator of the Godfrey Mwakikagile article and still working on it. Great job. To avoid any future problems, I think it would be better to provide inline citations for such a notable subject like Mwakikagile. I was planning to translate parts of this article to French Wiki but without inline citations and the huge size, I may have problems. Once it is thoroughly sourced with inline citations I would like to translate it. I've added it to my watchlist for weeks and was planning to come to it. Best of luck.Tamsier (talk) 04:52, 29 May 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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Hello Meatsgains^(talk),

I don't know why the article on PAFMECA has been marked for deletion when the organisation played a major role in the African liberation struggle and in the formation of the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). It was also at a meeting of this organisation that Nelson Mandela first addressed African leaders to seek support for the struggle against apartheid after he secretly left South Africa for the first time on 11 January 1962 to go to Tanganyika to meet with that country's first independence leader, Julius Nyerere, who was also the founder of PAFMECA. Dave (talk) 05:18, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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Hi Tamsier (talk),

Thank you very much for your response and for the elaboration on the two articles involved: Godfrey Mwakikagile and PAFMECA.

First and foremost, let me apologise for what may have been misconstrued as disrespect to you and as an individual and to black people and Africans in general. I don't know much about African extended families; that is where the confusion comes from on my part and could not come to grips with the fact that your definition of nephew is that elastic in the context of African cultures; hence the validity of the contention that Godfrey is Ngwilulupi's nephew.

I didn't even know that cousins are considered to be brothers and sisters in African cultures. That is the interpretation I get since Godfrey's mother and Ngwilulupi's wife were first cousins yet Godfrey is said to be Ngwilulupi's nephew as if the two cousins were sisters! I don't dispute that interpretation in the African context. I just didn't know. I think I also heard Nelson Mandela say that when explaining family ties in Africa. He said people outside Africa don't understand when we say aunt's or my uncle's children are also my brothers and sisters.

I know about a handful of African countries, Tanzania being one of them, but not in as much detail as you do. My interest in Godfrey Mwakikagile's works arose from what I found out some time ago, in fact accidentally, that his books were being used in many colleges and universities in African studies even at the PhD level in many countries - in and outside Africa - but had never heard of him although I knew somethings about his home country Tanzania. I am also interested in East Africa and Africa in general. I also noticed that Tanzania, unlike for example Nigeria or Ghana, is one of those African countries which does not have many articles about its people in Wikipedia and concluded that Godfrey Mwakikagile was one of those scholars who should get the attention they deserve.

Suffice it to say that I also am pulling out, just like you, and I hope that you will change your mind in the future and return to the subject, Mwakikagile especially being a reputable African author and scholar, about which you know more than I do.

My interest in East Africa and Africa as a whole is also what led me to start the article on PAFMECA. I am not going to get involved in a debate on the subject and will let others, like you, defend the validity of the article or refute it as some people intend to do because they don't see it to be an important one.

I know black people and Africans have been disrespected by other people for centuries and scorn is still being heaped on them by many individuals. I am not one of them. I respect all people.

Best wishes. Dave (talk) 23:26, 7 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

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