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Good morning, everyone. My name is karin olofsdotter. I the great honor of serving as swedens ambassador to the united states. You might wonder why youre in a black room. Its no coincidence. I first thought the architect had run out of ideas and money, but it is to show you how dark it is in scandinavia in the wintertime. [laughing] but dont let that put you off your to come and visit our wonderful country. T its great for you americans right now, traveling with your currency to our currency, some more than welcome. Well, its wonderful to see so many of you here today, both here in the room an...

The nations conscience. As you can see on your screen a new York City Police officer is sucker punched by a man protesting the eric garner grand jury decision. Here now, president obama on Black Entertainment Television earlier this week, calling for more demonstrations. A countrys conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because i think a lot of people who saw the eric garner video are troubled. Even if they havent had that same experience themselves. The value of peaceful protests, activism, organizing, is it reminds the society this is not yet done. Lou president obam...

The nations conscience. As you can see on your screen a new York City Police officer is sucker punched by a man protesting the eric garner grand jury decision. Here now, president obama on Black Entertainment Television earlier this week, calling for more demonstrations. A countrys conscience sometimes has to be triggered by some inconvenience, because i think a lot of people who saw the eric garner video are troubled. Even if they havent had that same experience themselves. The value of peaceful protests, activism, organizing, is it reminds the society this is not yet done. Lou president obam...

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South Africa is often referred to as a ‘secular state’. What’s the background? The primary feature of a secular state is political secularism, which is the attempt to draw distinctions between state and religious institutions and their activities. According to this definition, political secularism did not exist in South Africa at the time it was established as a unified country in 1910. In other words, no meaningful differentiation was made between the mechanisms of statecraft and religious institutions. Instead they were conflated as a violent politics of racial rule became...