Swazi Quotes

The Swazi experience nudged me toward helping developing countries achieve Western standards of living. Yet once back in Europe, it became clear that Western economies were in no position to be role models for developing countries.

Under apartheid, the government labeled everything on your birth certificate: race, tribe, nationality. Everything had to be categorized. My mother lied and said I was born in Ka-Ngwane, the semisovereign homeland for Swazi people living in South Africa. So my birth certificate doesn’t say that I’m Xhosa, which technically I am. And it doesn’t say that I’m Swiss, which the government wouldn’t allow. It just says that I’m from another country.