The Nobel Peace Prize award is a question of essences and ethics
By Opinion
by Dr Rudi Buys
Jean Paul Sartre, the French playwright, is thus far the only Nobel Prize recipient to decline the award out of his own will. He reportedly did so as a matter of principle.
Sartre argued that such awards caused writers, when taking a political or literary position, to become untrue to the written word, which should be the only means to offer their work to the world, and to accept such an award would institutionalise his method and thereby also the author, who should always be an independent critic of society.
An Army of White Coats: Exploring the Implications of Cuban Medical Diplomacy
23.Dec.2020 9:00 AM . 9 min read
There are 68 languages spoken in Kenya. Most people speak Swahili or English and at least one of many local mother tongues. In the streets of Nairobi, it is not uncommon to hear greetings in multitudes of different languages, from “
hey, how are you?” in English to “
jambo, habari gani?” in Swahili, including “
wĩmwega, ũhana atĩa?” in Kikuyu. Kenyans speak and understand many different languages Spanish, however, is not usually one of them.
In the past few years, though, Kenyans have been hearing Spanish increasingly often, especially when seeking medical care. The introduction of a new language in Kenyan society may be surprising, but it is not a coincidence. Like many other countries in the world, Kenyans have seen Cuban doctors enter their health facilities and provide healthcare alongside their local counterparts since 2018 when the Cuban