Able comes from the word ability which is simply having the power to do something. As long as you have a tongue, brain and working limbs as a human being you can adapt to any circumstance. But the main issue is whether you choose to attempt to adapt. A better definition of the situation is that they failed to adapt or chose not to adapt.

I shall address Mwangi’s comment when I get home.

10) One who has mastery of the language and culture of the country they live in (sounds confusing, doesn’t it?).

No denying that there is a great deal of diversity between African people but I think you will agree that people are much more powerful when they come together under a collective goal and there are so many similarities between us as African immigrants – especially the same problems, being perceived the same way by outsiders- that this really shouldn’t be a hard thing for us to do.

As for the perfection thing, I think when we have a collective archetype to work towards – as the diverse US has the American dream, the diverse Australian society have their own national narrative- we should take control of and create our narrative.

I think its a very powerful tool that has been used in the past by us and other Westerners that we can use too.

@Limitations: Every society has its own cultural and other limitations. When you travel abroad, the limitations are different and that automatically gives you a new vantage point to use to expand your previous view of the world, so we should take advantage of that.

@Expands borders: Give examples, I am unclear on what you are talking about here……

@Material: More details on the analogy please, I have never heard of it. I am referring to what seems to be consistent work ethic that to a large extent pervades African immigrant culture.

Now, before I proceed to the rest, I know that a general point that permeates through everything you are going to say is that ultimately everyone is an individual and so we should be considered as such.

I am coming at this from the point of view that ALL significant progress has been achieved when people have come together on the basis of their commonalities – after all that’s what creates a movement.

Therefore this is a small scale attempt to help us think about how we will define future African immigrant movements that will help us achieve large scale change. Are there all sorts of flaws when you try to come together or try to put people together, yup.

But if you know any other way that significant social changes have been achieved other than what I described above, I am all ears. Especially a way that involves people segregating themselves into individuals as opposed to identifying with the collective.

“btw use of secure and safe in the same sentence is a redundancy” LOL, apologies Grammar police, I shall refrain and desist from reusing and recycling words in a sentence

Now, that my project is a FAIL in your eyes in capital bold letters, what alternative would you propose? What would you do with these great intentions in your “Acolytean” wisdom?