Comments on: 7 Pieces of the Puzzle that Africa Has http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/06/seven-pieces-of-the-puzzle-that-africa-has/ African's personal development blog Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:32:30 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/06/seven-pieces-of-the-puzzle-that-africa-has/comment-page-1/#comment-2292 Mwangi Wed, 04 Jun 2008 13:07:58 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=143#comment-2292 @Mzeiya: I completely agree and I think the issue of how we blindly ape American culture is a post and a series unto itself. But one thing we have that say, African Americans don't have is access to our culture. I can tell you that legends say I came from the house of Agikuyu, Mumbi and their daughters...I can tell you about the legend of Wangu wa Makeri and about the migrations of the Bantu people from the middle of Africa all the way to Kenya and so on and so on....even though we abuse this precious gift of culture....my point is thank God we have it. We do need to start acting in a manner which suggests that we have a history before MTV, BET and that we did things that made sense long before we were made to feel like savages...there I agree. @Mzeiya: I completely agree and I think the issue of how we blindly ape American culture is a post and a series unto itself. But one thing we have that say, African Americans don’t have is access to our culture. I can tell you that legends say I came from the house of Agikuyu, Mumbi and their daughters…I can tell you about the legend of Wangu wa Makeri and about the migrations of the Bantu people from the middle of Africa all the way to Kenya and so on and so on….even though we abuse this precious gift of culture….my point is thank God we have it.
We do need to start acting in a manner which suggests that we have a history before MTV, BET and that we did things that made sense long before we were made to feel like savages…there I agree.

]]> By: Mzeiya http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/06/seven-pieces-of-the-puzzle-that-africa-has/comment-page-1/#comment-2291 Mzeiya Wed, 04 Jun 2008 12:54:33 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=143#comment-2291 Mwangi, I ll zero in on culture, especially in my home country- Kenya. Methinks Kenyans have little to show for their cultural purity. A lot of young people back home try too hard to ape what they see on the entertainment channels. I have also noticed the same among some black immigrant communities here in Oz. It is alright to express oneself in the manner that one likes but what do we have to say when such expressions completely betray our identities? And even where culture comes into play its usually to stoke superstitions e.g. the dogma that you have to get supernatural powers to progress. Now when people cannot build brick houses in certain localities in Kenya, and slight suspicions can result in you being lynched methinks we got an elephant in the name of culture As for the copy cat subculture I dont get the idea of Africans creating a mini US ghetto down here. Lets represent not just Africa but our black identity in a more positive way. What do you reckon? Mwangi,
I ll zero in on culture, especially in my home country- Kenya. Methinks Kenyans have little to show for their cultural purity. A lot of young people back home try too hard to ape what they see on the entertainment channels. I have also noticed the same among some black immigrant communities here in Oz. It is alright to express oneself in the manner that one likes but what do we have to say when such expressions completely betray our identities?

And even where culture comes into play its usually to stoke superstitions e.g. the dogma that you have to get supernatural powers to progress. Now when people cannot build brick houses in certain localities in Kenya, and slight suspicions can result in you being lynched methinks we got an elephant in the name of culture

As for the copy cat subculture I dont get the idea of Africans creating a mini US ghetto down here. Lets represent not just Africa but our black identity in a more positive way. What do you reckon?

]]> By: Mwangi http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/06/seven-pieces-of-the-puzzle-that-africa-has/comment-page-1/#comment-2290 Mwangi Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:46:08 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=143#comment-2290 @rags: Cheers man! I think this as an experiment definitely worth engaging in....so watch this space. @rags: Cheers man! I think this as an experiment definitely worth engaging in….so watch this space.

]]> By: rags http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/2008/06/seven-pieces-of-the-puzzle-that-africa-has/comment-page-1/#comment-2289 rags Wed, 04 Jun 2008 04:24:35 +0000 http://www.thedisplacedafrican.com/?p=143#comment-2289 I applaud you for your desire to move way further with the "Displaced African" and turn it from an idea to a passion and then to a product. You go man! It is awesome that you are turning content into revenue. It is also awesome that you are using your talents to enlighten others. I feel that we have to dream, keep dreaming and leverage blogs, websites, etc to make our voices heard. I applaud you for your desire to move way further with the “Displaced African” and turn it from an idea to a passion and then to a product. You go man!

It is awesome that you are turning content into revenue. It is also awesome that you are using your talents to enlighten others. I feel that we have to dream, keep dreaming and leverage blogs, websites, etc to make our voices heard.

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