Carnegie Corporation in South Africa: A Difficult Past Leads to a Commitment to Change

Source: Carnegie Corporation of New York

Date: 2004

Abstract:
For nearly a century, Andrew Carnegie and Carnegie Corporation of New York have played an integral role in the turbulent history of South Africa—as a colony and an independent nation; as a country divided against itself; and as a multi-racial democracy. Spurring sociological inquiry; inspiring a political movement; encouraging peaceful transition to democracy; recognizing and responding to the oppression of the black majority; these are the results of the efforts initiated by Frederick Keppel more than eighty years ago. The record is not unblemished. A complete balancing of the apartheid and post-apartheid Corporation legacies is not possible. But the Corporation’s commitment to progressive change in South Africa remains strong, as does its dedication to fulfilling the mandate of its founder, Andrew Carnegie, which was to follow a course of philanthropy that will do “real and permanent good in this world.”

Link: Carnegie Corporation in South Africa: A Difficult Past Leads to a Commitment to Change

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Region: Africa