[AfrICANN-discuss] Breaking News: DotConnectAfrica Trust WinsResounding Victory against ICANN in IRP Accountability

[Nii Narku Quaynor]

This may be a good time to collect these wise sayings from Africa. In Ga, a language spoken in Ghana

Tsui shitoo dzi kunim yeli (patience is victory)

nii

> On Jul 20, 2015, at 08:19, Vika Mpisane <vika at zadna.org.za> wrote:
> 
> In essence all this African wisdom is telling us to be patient, which is
> always a virtue.
> 
> I might as well add the Zulu saying: kubamnyama kakhulu uma sekuzokusa -
> it becomes too dark just before the sun rises.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Vika Mpisane  |  ZADNA  |  +27 11 314 0077 ext. 602
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2015/07/17, 20:59, "Neil Dundas" <neil at dundas.co.za> wrote:
>> 
>> Dear Mwenda,
>> 
>> I agree with your comments and sentiments.
>> 
>> Although we may still be classified as one of the ³bulls" in the Swahili
>> saying, the members of this mailing list may benefit from our (ZACR)
>> submissions to ICANN on the IRP Declaration.
>> https://www.icann.org/en/system/files/correspondence/masilela-to-crocker-1
>> 5jul15-en.pdf
>> 
>> The process of having .AFRICA delegated and launched for the benefit of
>> the African community has indeed taken far too long. The following
>> African proverbs present some ancient words of wisdom and encouragement
>> in relation to .AFRICA. The end is sight and the rewards will be great!
>> 
>> African Quotes on Patience
>> 
>>    € Patience is the key which solves all problems. ~ Sudanese proverb
>>    € Hurry, hurry has no blessings. ~ Swahili proverb
>>    € Patience is the mother of a beautiful child. ~ Bantu proverb
>>    € To run is not necessarily to arrive. ~ Swahili proverb
>>    € Patience can cook a stone. ~ African proverb
>>    € A patient man will eat ripe fruit. ~ African proverb
>>    € At the bottom of patience one finds heaven. ~ African proverb
>>    € A patient person never misses a thing. ~ Swahili proverb
>>    € Patience puts a crown on the head. ~ Ugandan proverb
>>    € Patience attracts happiness; it brings near that which is far. ~
>> Swahili proverb
>>    € Always being in a hurry does not prevent death, neither does going
>> slowly prevent living. ~ Ibo proverb
>>    € However long the night, the dawn will break. ~ African proverb
>> (personal favourite!)
>> 
>> Regards
>> 
>> Neil Dundas
>> dotAfrica Project (ZACR)
>> 
>> [source: http://afritorial.com/the-best-72-african-wise-proverbs/]
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> On 17 Jul 2015, at 8:08 PM, Mwendwa Kivuva
>>> <Kivuva at transworldafrica.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> Thank you Seun,
>>> 
>>> The community is caught in between not really knowing what is
>>> happening.  We are left to make judgement from the many news articles
>>> and blogs written by either independed or partisan interests.
>>> 
>>> We have a saying in Swahili "fahali wawili wanapopigana, ni nyasi
>>> huumia". Loosely translated as "When two bulls fight, its the grass that
>>> suffers". In this case, the community is missing out in use of the
>>> important .africa string. For example,  the East African community is
>>> forced to use eac.int while eac.africa would have sufficed. Of course
>>> there are other examples like ecowas.africa comesa.africa sadc.africa
>>> e.t.c.
>>> 
>>> I think we should be every firm in castigating ICANN for not following
>>> due diligence in the .africa application. The transparency and
>>> accountability track should ensure there are mechanisms in place to
>>> avoid the scenario we are in from occurring again. The  bill of the IRP
>>> process which is in excess of US $ 606,114 could have been put into
>>> better use. 
>>> 
>>> Regards
>>> 
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