Tji kuhina ouramwe kuno ‘uraranganda, (In the absence of cousins, there are neighbours.)

 

Tji kuhina ouramwe kuno ‘uraranganda, (In the absence of cousins, there are neighbours.)

Ngatjiheue Maonḓi Christopher Nyambe Katongo Tjijombo, one of my little brothers, has done a great job of analyzing the matter. He claims that because the cousin is an English word, other tribes don't distinguish between cousins. Therefore, Ngatjiheue Maonḓi Christopher Nyambe Katongo Tjijombo has come up with a good calling for those words. He said that in Otjiherero speaking, let's stick to referring to the cousins of my father's sisters and my mother's brothers as ovaramwetu (tjiramue) and that those are the only people to whom we will use that term, while the cousins of my mother’s sisters and my father’s brothers are our sisters and brothers. According to my understanding as a Himbacracy Philosopher, it would be better for us not to waste time explaining everything about our culture to everyone because, even if you can explain it to them, they still won't understand because they don't know how important it is, but our culture means a lot to us, so we shouldn't act badly because we behave in accordance with our culture. Because you have been brainwashed, the instant you lose your culture, you will begin defending western civilization. Don't lecture me on the law; everything is made legal by force in the legal system. In Western law, which is their culture, nothing is established in the law. We are an honourable tribe with a robust culture, weṱe ovandu mbaza komao omanene wa Afrika mbeya pamwe nongombe.