Former Haiti President, Mr Jean-Bertrand Aristide
will received the degree of Doctor of Literature and Philosophy
(DLitt et Phil) at the University
of South Africa (UNISA)
Wednesday the 25th of April, 2007.
Members of the diplomatic corps and the Office
of the Presidency of the Republic of South
Africa, including the President Mr Thabo Mbeki and the Minister
of Education Ms Naledi Pandor, attended the graduation ceremony.
President Aristide (left) and Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki,
President
of the Republic of South Africa.
President Aristide was appointed as an honorary
research fellow in the College of Human Sciences at UNISA in October
2004. He subsequently registered to study for the doctorate in
African Languages. In 2006, President Aristide completed his theses
entitled Umoya Wamagama (The spirit of the words) , a
linguistic study based on the languages of Haitian Creole and
isiZulu.
Born on 15 July 1953, President Aristide obtained
a degree in Philosophy and License in Psychology at the State
University of Haiti in 1979. In 1985 he was awarded an MA degree
in Biblical Theology at the University of Montreal in Canada.
University of South Africa will award degrees and diplomas to
over 11 000 students at the graduation ceremonies to be held between
April and July through main centers in Southern Africa.
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