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          EPIGRAPHS 
 
 
I am an African. 
I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the 
deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face 
of our native land. 
 
I am an African. 
I am born of the peoples of the continent of Africa. The pain of the violent conflict that 
the peoples? experience is a pain I also bear. The dismal shame of poverty, suffering 
and human degradation of my continent is a blight that we share. 
President THABO MBEKI 
Africa ? The time has come    
 
 
 
 
A human being is naturally and fundamentally endowed with an interior shove towards 
others. His happiness resides in his relationship with other human beings. Thus a human 
being is a reality which cannot be isolated from other human beings. He is fully human 
only in his relations with others. Then, living is to live with and existing is to co-exist. 
Jean-Marie KUZITUKA DID?HO 
   
 
 
?Our enemy in academic studies is sufficiency; whoever truly wants to learn must start by 
getting rid of it.? 
    
 
 
 
 
 
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DEDICATEE 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
In loving Memory of my late Father: 
 
GILBERT KUZITUKA FWETI 
 
Who taught me the life of togetherness in the love of Christ. 
 
I dedicate this Anthropological investigation. 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 
 
At the end of my postgraduate studies of Masters, I would like to thank God the 
Almighty who used me as his instrument to investigate and reflect academically on the 
notion of coexistence ? togetherness, tolerance and acceptance in our diversity and 
differences.  Africa in its current socio-political situation seems to neglect the notion of 
community life. Selfish individualism is winning more and more space in people?s lives. 
The philosophy of Ubuntu (becoming truly a person in and through other people) is 
fading slowly but surely. This is seen in the daily relationship between black South 
Africans and African immigrants/migrants in Yeoville, Johannesburg. This is a major 
challenge for Africa if it wants to play an active role in the phenomenon of globalisation. 
     
I sincerely express my gratitude for all the help and advice that I kindly received from my 
Supervisor, Professor David Coplan. I would like to extend my gratitude to Dr. Loren B. 
Landau and to Professors Sheila Meintjes and Shahid Vawda for their remarks and 
advices.  
I also acknowledge with thanks the co-operation of my informants for their time and 
patience. 
I confirm that this research is original and my own work. 
JEAN-MARIE KUZITUKA DID?HO 
Tel. 082 58 90 178 
E-mail: did_ho@yahoo.co.uk