Write about your culture.

 

Write about your culture.

According to Himbacracy Philosopher, as a cultural stronghold, we have not done anything wrong, but we have failed to write our own culture. I use the word "we" since none of us so-called educated Himbas or Ovahimba have published anything about our culture to date. Otjihimba is a respected culture that is unique in Namibia. They did nothing wrong with their culture, but the world evolved too quickly. As a result, we were expected to write more about our culture.

We did not lose out on learning, we did not miss out on evolving, but we did miss out on writing, and as a result, we missed out on the opportunity to make it big. We not only missed out on the potential to make our culture recognized, but we also missed out on the ability to preserve our unique identity. The moral of this story is that if we change, we must produce books and tell stories about our culture in order to preserve it. If you don't want to write about your own culture, that's fine. However, if your views and thinking are unable to keep up with the times, you will be forgotten, and if your culture is lost, you will lose your identity as a person.

To summarize, the edge you had yesterday will be supplanted by tomorrow's trends. You don't have to do anything wrong; as long as others catch the wave and do it correctly, you can lose out and fail, and they will start writing your culture and selling it to you. Giving yourself a second opportunity means changing and improving yourself. Being forced to hang by others is akin to being rejected. Those who refuse to study and progress will eventually become obsolete and irrelevant in their own culture. They will learn the lesson the hard and costly way.

The himbacracy Philosopher