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Cedza Dlamini, also known as Prince Cedza Dlamini, is a humanitarian, youth activist, spokesman for the UN's Millennium Development Goals, and the founder of the Southern African Youth Leadership Institute (SAYLI).
Cedza was born on February 24, 1976 to Prince Thumbumuiz Dlamini and Zenani Mandela-Dlamini. He is a dual citizen of the Kingdom of Swaziland and the Republic of South Africa. He is part of the royal family of Swaziland and a grandson of Nelson and Winnie Mandela. His Swazi grandfather, King Sobhuza II, fought for the independence of his people, creating the nation of Swaziland. Nelson Mandela led the movement against oppression of blacks in South Africa and later became the first black president of South Africa and won the Nobel Peace Prize.
Cedza was educated at an all-boys Catholic school in Swaziland, but he still experienced severe racism first-hand in South Africa. After high school, Cedza joined the workforce in a number of capacities including a model and sales cosultant.
In 1995, he joined the Mitsubishi Corporation in South Africa. At Mitsubishi he served for 3 years as an assistant to the Official Development Assistance (ODA) Manager, facilitating development programs between Japan and all 14 countries in the Southern African Developing Community (SADC) region. During his time at Mitsubishi, he aided in providing mobile clinics that brought medicine and healthcare to poor rural areas and assited in developing the company's affirmative action policy.
Several years later, Cedza joined Mandela, Dlamini and Associates (MDA), his family’s international business consulting firm in Johannesburg. At MDA, he was exposed to the many obstacles emerging black entrepreneurs in the post-apartheid South Africa faced. He was determined to return one day to expand resources and provide economic opportunities for his fellow Southern Africans.
So impacted by the exposure to illiteracy and poverty in Southern Africa while working for both Mitsubishi and MDA, in 1998, Cedza co-founded America Reads/South Africa Reads (ARSAR). ARSAR was a non-profit organization promoting K-12 literacy and access to primary education in South Africa and the United States through advocacy and book-drives. Traveling to 25 K-12 schools in 10 states throughout the U.S., he collected nearly 100,000 children’s books for South African libraries serving rural schools. In recognition of his contribution to world literacy, he has been honored in the United States with a Key to the City of Cambridge, Massachusetts and Little Rock, Arkansas as well as having September 24th designated as Prince Cedza Dlamini Day in Little Rock, Arkansas.
In 2000, Cedza moved to the United States to study international relations. After 9/11, Cedza began a speaking circuit throughout the U.S. that promotes global forgiveness, compassion, and the use of dialogue –instead of violence–as a powerful tool for conflict resolution. To date, Cedza has spoken to over 50 non-profit organizations and academic institutions with audiences ranging from 200-14,000 people. He also now inspires young people, speaking on youth empowerment and leadership. Through his 3 Principles of Success, Cedza helps youth realize that with the right attitude they can overcome any challenge.
In October 2003, Cedza was also appointed Co-chair for the World Youth Peace Summit (WYPS) in Africa. Cedza attended World Youth Peace regional conferences in Sarajevo and Tokyo in 2004 where he joined over 500 young leaders from across Europe and Asia to discuss ways to use peaceful means to resolve global conflicts and promote tolerance between cultures, faiths and religions.
In June 2004, Cedza was recruited by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to be part of the first-ever Pan African Youth Leadership Summit held in Dakar, Senegal. After achieving great results from this conference, he was appointed as an activist and spokesman for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) and has represented his continent in youth leadership conferences in Japan, Bosnia and Canada. In addition, he travels to generate knowledge of the MDGs.
In addition, Cedza joined the Strategic Development Team of the Global Action Youth Network, which has presence in over 200 countries and is currently creating a global network of youth advocates committed to guaranteeing a future of peace, justice and sustainability.
In 2005, Cedza founded the Southern African Youth Leadership Institute, which arms young African leaders with the leadership and professional skills they need to achieve the MDGs in their communities.
Cedza earned his bachelor’s degree in International Relations from Tufts University in Boston, Massachusetts.
refrigerator —The preceding unsigned comment was added by 68.160.141.67 (talk • contribs).
- I'm surprised your write-up neglected that Cedza Dlamini is usually referred to as "Prince Cedza Dlamini". There's not a lot of references on him, but I believe the prince meets WP:BIO as not only a prince of Swaziland and Nelson Mandela's grandson, but on his own merits as well. This artcile will need a WP:NPOV check and some cleanup, but I'll be happy to add it. -- ShinmaWa(talk) 02:33, 27 January 2006 (UTC)
- This article already exists in Wikipedia. --Banana 01:39, 27 February 2007 (UTC)