In Gabon, who was part of French Equatorial Africa, the Schweitzer near Lambarene (literally,

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Nowadays we do locally too often confronted with all sorts of icons, instant fathers and mothers of the meerderheidsfaksie of the "nation"; people whose Europeesgesindes little knowledge and even less inclined to feel honored. In my youth was Albert Schweitzer (1875-1965) a world-renowned humanitarian icon. Due to the political "liberation" of Africa by the end of his life, but his star quickly dimmed. He could not keep up with the changes in the world and especially in Africa.
From the point of view of colonialism, there were three periods, because besides the colonial era, there was a pre-colonial times, and we are currently in the post-colonial era. Economically and ideologically, the situation in many (especially backward), however, nags head such that it still displays similarities with colonialism. Especially when the colonial empires approached their end, and since then, many voices resounded against colonialism. One of the inspirations for the doctrine of the noble savage. Schweitzer was initially a product of this prey. My text arguments on the most comprehensive and authoritative available life history, James Brabazon nags head (1923-2007) Albert Schweitzer's, a biography (New York: Syracuse University Press, 2nd ed, 2000, 576p, Amazon Kindle $ 13.67).
Schweitzer's native nags head language was German, but he has Gunsbach, in the region of Münster, Colmar and Strasbourg, grew; An area that in 1871 (after the Franco-Prussian war) part of Germany and in 1919 (after the First World War) back into France became. This explains nags head why Schweitzer nags head tended to him to distance nationalism. In this border area he mightier excellent French. He was in philosophy (eg Kant), theology (eg the historicity nags head of Jesus), music (piano, organ, Bach, Wagner, Franck, Widor) and medicine (eg tropical diseases) study.
Although Schweitzer at the Lutheran Church was involved, it was a missionary nags head organization based in Paris that makes it possible to in 1913 after leaving Africa. "Schweitzer nags head was going to Africa to work, to serve, to heal, to try to pay back something of what the white races owed the black" (Kindle 3745). In Europe it was Schweitzer's habit of third or fourth-class train ride because he wanted the mob associate. He initially thought it was good preparation for what is to him in Africa waiting.
In Gabon, who was part of French Equatorial Africa, the Schweitzer near Lambarene (literally, "Let us try", nags head 3857) a hospital established and developed, making him world famous and made famous. In 1912 he married a Jewish woman who was brought up Christian, Helene Bresslau (1879-1957), married. She was somewhat of a kloosterkoek and in the family as Aunt Anstand (so decent, or "Aunt Prim and Proper") known (2716). Helene Schweitzer accompanied to Africa, but after the birth of their only child, Rhena (1919-2009), mostly in Germany and Switzerland properly, partly because Helene suffered from TB. After Schweitzer's death was Rhena, a pathologist, and 1970 for five years in charge of the hospital. However, she has one of the doctors, David Miller nags head (1917-1997), and the couple married they then America. nags head
In 1954, Schweitzer nags head the Nobel Peace Prize was handed to his philosophy of "vor dem Leben Ehrfurcht," nags head usually as "Reverence for Life" nags head (rather than "Sanctity of Life") is translated. In Afrikaans it should not be translated as "awe &