There is a man I want to thank for empowering me whenever I've been in
South Africa,
and especially when I first introduced
Werner Erhard's work
to
South Africa
in 1979. I've never thanked him publicly before, so this is something
of a coming out for me.
His name is Sheikh Noorul Mubeen. He came out to
South Africa
from Holland about three hundred years ago as a prisoner of the Dutch
East
India
Company. He was forced to develop the then Cape Colony. He was freed
once his contract with the Dutch East
India
Company expired. He is therefore one of the forefathers of the Cape
Malay nation in
South Africa.
There were times during the epic apartheid years when I shared Werner's
work in
South Africa
when I was literally afraid for my life. It was in times like those
(I'm not saying I understand how these things work) when Sheikh Noorul
Mubeen watched over me. I have a lot to be thankful
to him for.
If you're in
South Africa
and are interested in who Sheikh Noorul Mubeen is and what his history
in
South Africa
means to the Cape Malay nation there, I suggest that you visit with
him. You'll find him in the kramat (ie mosque) just south
of Bakoven on the magnificent west coast road which meanders around the
Cape Peninsula.
Thank You Sheikh Noorul Mubeen. I could never have done this without
you.