Talk:Colin Winter
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[edit] Why I started this article
I met Bishop Colin Winter when I was a student at the University of Denver's Graduate School of International Studies during the 1972-1973 term. He had been invited to speak there by George W. Shepherd, Jr., editor of Africa Today. Although I had been a Peace Corps volunteer in Côte d'Ivoire at the time of Bishop Winter's expulsion from Namibia, I did not know who he was prior to his visit to Denver. What I remember from his visit was that he projected enormous energy and enthusiasm. He was raising funds for St. Mary's School in Odibo, at the time the only English-speaking secondary school for black Africans in Namibia. His concern was that the Afrikaans-only secondary education policy of the government of South Africa would deny access for Namibian students to colleges and universities in Britain and the United States. After his visit, we put a container on a table in the student lounge and raised a few dollars for his school. It saddened me to read of his death in 1981. I thought of him a few days ago and found that there was no Wikipedia article about him. I started gathering sources and became increasingly impressed with the strength of his commitment to the cause of Namibian independence and the moral values he believed in. The glory of Wikipedia is that someone like Bishop Winter, whose short life and career might receive at best no more than passing reference in an "expert-edited" encyclopedia, can be the subject of more detailed attention, adding depth and scope to one of the great achievements of the 20th century: the largely peaceful transformation of Southern Africa to a region of free, self-governing peoples. -- Cuppysfriend 18:49, 25 July 2006 (UTC)
I have made a few edits to this page, but found I had to make more extensive editing changes in several related articles referenced by this one, including Damaraland and Ovamboland. SteveH 02:23, 26 July 2006 (UTC)
[edit] What Wurmbrand actually said
The article presently reads, "...under the same headline, was Pastor Richard Wurmbrand's denunciation of Bishop Winter, referring to bishops and priests went around stirring up trouble in Ovamboland, where the people were "ignorant savages" who knew no better." This makes it look as if "ignorant savages" is a quote from Richard Wurmbrand, which I doubt - I suspect it came from the newspaper reporter. Can anyone check? - AG, Stockport, UK. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.178.227.50 (talk) 19:06, 20 November 2007 (UTC)
