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Scholar details changes in Africa
By Mandy Baucum
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Th« changes in Africa have
been both good and had since
the end of the Cold War. said an
internationally known African
scholar at a University lecture
Monday night.
Dr. Ali Mazrui. originally of
Kenya, said one of the things
Africa benefits from in the post
Cold War era is the United
States' effort to advocate peace
"The world is not telling
Africans to kill more.'' he said.
"They are helping Africans
make peace instead of promot
ing violence.”
Mazrui said the United States
sold more weapons for warring
countries during the Cold War
than it does now. This eventual
ly t ost many warring countries
huge debts.
Hut there are • osts of the [K»st
Cold War era as well. Mazrui
said the Africa lost many allies
who previously had called
themselves sociolists.
Mazrui said many countries,
such as Czech and Hungary, are
no longer interested in third
world countries, they want to
follow America's lead.
Also, India will probahly
become one of Africa's rivals as
a result of the post-Cold War era,
Mazrui said.
Mazrui said he wasn't criticiz
ing the possibility of his predic
tions but just wanted to make
his people aware of them.
"Africans should know there
is a cost that comes with these
changes," he said.
Mazrui said during the Cold
War era African-Americans
were asked to forget about their
African roots
"Forget where you came from,
remember what you look like.
Forget you're African. remember
you are black, look at the mirror
don't look at the map. ... Forget
your triumphs, remember your
fears. ... Forget your potential.
Remember your current impo
tence,” he said.
Mazrui said that now that the
Cold War is over, a more global
African community is forming
and there is a trend in which
1Forget you’re
African, remember
you are black, look
at the mirror don’t
look at the map.’
Dr. Ali Mazrui.
African scholar
blacks recognize their African
ancestry, but yet remain Ameri
can.
For example. Mazrui said, the
Rev. Jesso Jackson was one of
the activists who helped bring
the term African-American to
the Knglish language and yet ran
for president — an example of
support for the American politi
cal system.
"Jackson campaigned for a
Pan-African name but was not
incompatible with American
politics." be said.
This phenomena is an exam
ple of the globalization rather
than "tribalization" of African
heritage, Mazrui said.
Volunteers frustrated by their limits
By Tammy Batey
On&Qan Om*y
The call was like many student volunteer Kristi
na Vutnn answered on the Sexual Assault Support
Serve es crisis line.
The caller said her boyfriend raped her 10-year
old daughter a couple of days earlier The woman's
voice shook as she told Vatno she didn't know if
she could keep on living.
After half of an hour, the woman hung up
because her boyfriend was getting off work and
would be coming over soon. Value feared for the
safety of the woman’s daughter, hut she had no
way of rent lung the woman or her daughter.
Value took a few deep breaths as she had after
other tough (.alls. Her frustration was nothing new
Student volunteers share Value's frustration.
They say they feel good knowing they're helping
people in need, but they feel had at the limits to
the time and help they have to offer
f,ast year. Michele Hanna felt that frustration.
She worked eight hours on Wednesdays talking
with kids who were placed in the Skipworth Juve
nile Detention Center after committing crimes.
Kids sometimes told her about their crimes, hut
they avoided talking about their families.
The kids at the detention center were wise for
their years. Hanna said. The 10-year-old to 17
vear-old center residents knew volunteers like
Hanna went temporary and held back in express
ing their emotions, she said.
"They know eventually we won't lie here or they
won't be here," she said.
Kids filter quickly through the center, where
they usually spend about two weeks. Repeat
offenders may be transferred to the Macl^iren
Training School for Boys in Woodburn or the Hill
crest Training School for Girls in Salem Some
kids go home and others are moved to foster
homes
The kids stay at the renter only a few weeks, but
the ones Hanna met taught her some frustrating
lessons about volunteer work.
A 14-year-old hoy once told Hanna he was look
ing forward to getting out because his uncle would
buy him alcohol. Hanna didn't know what his
crime was but knew of his former addictions to
alcohol and drugs.
"Why would you want to go back to thut?" she
asked. The boy looked at her point-blank and said.
"You have no idea what it's like, do you?" It was
tough for Hanna to hear him tell her what she
already knew: There was only so much she could
do.
Terrance Cathey volunteers six hours a week at
Catholic Community Services of Lane County pro
viding emergency assistance to poor people and
homeless people. People in need either call or stop
by the office for bus tokens, clothing, food boxes or
referrals to other service agencies.
Cathey gets a sense of satisfaction knowing the
referrals and help he offers will give poor and
homeless people a full belly or a place to sleep for
a night.
But Cathey often has no way of getting in touch
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Kristina Vatna, who voluntaara for Saaual Assault
Support Sant leas' crisis Una, said voluntaaring la a
fraglla mis of satisfaction and frustration.
with someone he's helped. He said he's frustrated
when he thinks of a resource to refer someone to
after they've hung up the phone or left the office.
The emergency assistance branch of Catholic,
Community Serv ices has a limited amount of cash
it tan give to people. If a homeless person has fam
ily members living outside the city and can shell
out 75 percent of the cost of a bus ticket, the ser
vice will provide the rest. But that's about the
extent of its monetary contributions.
Thin people come in wearing torn, dirty clothes
and say they're hungry and need food. They also
need money to get hack on their feet. Instead of
cash, Cathey hands them a food box. but he knows
the food will only last a few days. After that, the
people will return again — hungry and tired.
Cathey wishes there wore more he could do.
"It's frustrating to always say 'no' to people in
need.” he said.
Student volunteers like Kristina Value say vol
unteering is a fragile mix of satisfaction and frus
tration. Vatne believes she helps women just by
agreeing that what happened to them was rape.
At the end of many conversations, callers sound
more confident in themselves. But Vatne also talks
to a few callers hitting the bottom who call the cri
sis line and ask "Why can't you do anything for
me?”
As a volunteer. Vatne said she must recognize
her limitations. She sometimes recommends
callers seek professional counseling. She knows a
20-minute conversation is not always enough.
"We're not superheroes,” she said. "But at least
we're there and we're trying.”