Reflection on Transitions

The experience of growing up in the village and tasting the city life offers one varied views on life.

Many of us might have experienced the transitions and the bliss that comes with it.
But as we live in interesting times of challenges and controversies, it is good to think through some of our actions and approaches.

As dynamic as our cultures and society maybe, I am convinced that for far too long we have inherited foreign forms of development, lifestyle dressing, eating habits, economic, health, religion,  governance, and education systems as well as our value system without necessarily marrying it to our traditional ones.

In spite of their merits, we are aware of the heavy toll these developments have had on the vitality of our own ways, of our identity and of our self-confidence, and self-worth. 

I am very much aware some may disagree with these suppositions, but I am equally convinced that to make meaningful progress as a people, we must rediscover our value system and reaffirm our faith in these values and rethink the vibrancy and vitality of our past and our culture so that we may come to appreciate our own uniqueness. 

The essence of this exercise should therefore direct us to look at things that give us a binding force to do things our own way, and develop our own solutions to our problems instead of always looking elsewhere for solutions.

Reform and renewal of our thoughts are critical pillars that would help us create the idle identity in this process of our collective take off.

We must emancipate in order to relive.
Afrika needs us to realise this need.
It's our duty to not just feel helpless but to work together to achieve this grand goal.

Until then let's continue to seek our worth in order to fulfill our common destiny.

Greetings.
©KYB ✍12/12/19