The Philosophy of a Village Boy
Ideas shaped by the village. Questions tested against the world.
The Philosophy of a Village Boy explores knowledge, science, African spirituality, indigenous thought, identity, and the territory between experience and evidence.
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Post 1: When the Village Becomes Your Classroom
I grew up in Tshivhulani, a village outside the small town of Sibasa. I attended Tshivhulani Primary School and later Nthetsheleseni Secondary School. However, much of what shaped my understanding of life came from outside the classroom. Growing up as a young boy in the village, you looked up to the…
Explore the Journey
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Post 1: When the Village Becomes Your Classroom
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Post 2: A Journey Shaped by Circumstance
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Post 3: Do What Is Within Your Control and Let the Unknown Unfold
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Post 4: Does Everything Really Happen for a Reason?
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Post 5: The Situation Is Now in Your Hands
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Post 6: When the Situation Became Worse
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Post 7: Is the Pattern Becoming Clear?
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Post 8: Do Your Part, Even If It Is Only a Drop in the Ocean
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Post 9: When Everyone Started Helping
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Post 10: The Human Sacrifice
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Post 11: Perhaps I Had Misunderstood Them
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Post 12: Was It Really a Change of Heart?
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Post 13: The Hidden Cost of Getting Your First Job
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Post 14: A Plan Built on Hours We Had Not Yet Worked
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Post 15: Do We Just Let His Efforts Go to Waste?
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Post 16: The Handwritten CV
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Post 17: When the Municipality Finally Called
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Post 18: The Interview I Could Not Afford to Attend
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Post 19: I Could Not Afford to Quit My Job
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Post 20: Does Hard Work Really Pay?
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Post 21: When an Internship Has Served Its Purpose
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Post 22: I Went to George Looking for a Job, Not a PhD
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Post 23: Was I Supposed to Be in George?
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Post 24: A Thank You That Took More Than Ten Years
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Post 25: When Explaining the Parts Does Not Explain the Whole
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Post 26: Was Life Preparing Me for the PhD?
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Post 27: When the PhD Made My World Bigger
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Post 28: Building My Grandmother a Place to Call Home
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Post 29: The I, Them, and We
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Post 30: Finishing a PhD from an Unfinished Chicken Shed
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Post 31: When a Qualification Was Not Enough
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Post 32: Returning to the Place I Had Left
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Post 33: Everything Will Be Alright
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Post 34: Was This What the Dream Meant?
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Post 35: Coincidence, Providence or Something Else?
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Post 36: Returning to the Ten Modules