YOU ARE LOST ,LEARN YOUR ROOTS.

They call it modernization ,I call it ...
It's not barbaric, it's not being tribalistic.It's helping them connect to their past in some way, shaping them and building blocks of their own beings.
Making children believe that not having local names and not speaking local Languages is not being smart. Children need to connect with their roots and identity with them. Otherwise they'll live their entire lives trying to figure out who they really are and copying other cultures that are presented to them.
It is sad how copy pasting western  cultures is considered being civilized, but the question is, do they copy anything from us?  Does it mean we got nothing they can learn from us? This is because they've understood the saying  ' You need to know your roots to know where you're heading to ' They know and have understood the beauty that lies in having different cultures and what makes them authentic.
Patricia George ,a form 3 student at Mama Ngina Girls High school recently wrote an article to Nation Media Group on 16th August saying that : To Curb Tribalism, Teens Must stop speaking Mother Tongue.
This is a lame way of thinking on how to eradicate tribalism. People are still hating on each other, they are still people who are fighting and worse killing each other and yet they are from the same tribe. Ha haven't we heard on news on families members killing each other? It's not about the tribe, it's about how we live we each other. It all narrows to the basic ettiquete and human relations.
Thus ,the only medicine to end tribalism is to understanding our different cultures, embracing them and seeing the beauty in it.This can be considered the first step in becoming a great society.
Let's be proud of our culture, let's focus on what unites us and not what divides us.

By: Moureen Gitau

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  1. Anonymous22 August 2021 at 09:33

    Yeah sure ��

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  2. Unknown12 November 2021 at 12:17

    In our "enlightened" vijana circles this may sound retrogressive or utopian but in my view this is what positive thinking is.

    We are eroding our cultures everyday just because we don't want to seem "washamba" , a price not worth paying. Its really time we started thinking about us, who we are, where we came from and what we stand for culturally.

    I am very impressed that there are people with similar thoughts as me.

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