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In school it was all about Greek and Latin at a stretch it proposed
                           what was called humanistic education Eurocentric no doubt yet
                       High school on the elevated ground of knowing it all came to be a
                    weird proficiency and accomplishment shining for the privileged few

We crossed the swords of crusades hierarchically ‘enlightened’ the other

Africa the Dark Continent was vast and black and needed to be white
            Arabian Nights were not told one after another to prevent certain demise
             Egyptian Persian Chinese traditions were dispersed into nowhere at ease
           And surely all those ‘Savages’ were happy to be converted or slaughtered

Paradigm shifts rose not high on agenda not yet a distant memory discarded

But back to Athens and Sparta ‘Sympnoia’ was declared as togetherness
     ‘Southern Ubunthu’ of universal bond in sharing that which connects humanity
   was feared like garlic to vampires and a threat to ignorance of a capitalist world

Thus we the students bathed in dogma religion ideology greed self-righteousness

We did not learn about of cleansing of souls nor of splendid baths called ‘hamans’
    Gels showers and shampoo were modern technological advances and when the
 green eco stuff (very well known to our forebears) was cool we ‘Saved water and 
     showered with friends’ a bit like having baths for the family on Saturday or so
    but then the water is always so much greener on the other side as long as it is 
                                                                                                               ours

Reinventing a wheel that is constantly spinning out of control and downhill
Philistine nude acts pretended to walk on water and turn it to spirits and wine

I never learnt in formal teaching ‘Harambee’ in Swahili meaning pulling together 
It seemed to be Arabian ‘Haram’ and thus forbidden just a temptation from devils
Harems sort of appealed in chauvinistic allure yet a side note in the history books 
                                                                                                             it was
Multiple wives and concubines maybe but what about Red Light Districts of 
                                                                                                        Hamburg

But then ignorance is bliss and the punters pushed proselytized ‘civilized’ 
                                                                                                       edification

Maybe history fights back now and this student of life does not condone any 
                                                                                                             killing
does not have faith in just wars nor in decapitation of culture does not applaud to 
violence and pushing others into one’s own beliefs and thus enforcing glorification 
                                                                                                         of power

But judging and measuring with one level only needs be exposed as ‘Boko’ untrue

Haussa 'Boko Haram' originally pertains to what is forbidden and deplores 
              fraudulence sham inauthenticity and deception and calls for truthfulness 
                                                                                      unperturbed by deceit
                                                                                                             

Two wrongs do not make a right thousand and one mistakes do not hold easy
     Blood spilled in the name of an abused father does not unveil goodness not on 
           the cross nor under half-moons of hypocrisy but un-united we fall from all 
                                                                                                             grace

Let us wash our sins on bath stones let’s not pretend we found the philosopher’s
  stone, let’s not look away when education is stone walled and people are stoned

    And the Khosa ‘Hamba Kahle’ means go well my friend so let us not stray from 
                                                                                                         the path


13th February 2018
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