Miaka michache iliyopita, afisa mmoja wa kike alipata umaarufu usiomidhilika. Umaarufu huu ulitokana, sio kutokana na kazi yake, bali ni kupitia urembo wa sura na umbile lake. Mwili wa afisa huyu ulijadiliwa, ukasifiwa, na kumezewa mate hadharani kwa siku kadhaa. Vile vile picha yake ilikatakatwa na kuhaririwa kwa jinsi tofauti ili kutosheleza matwaka ya wananchi haswa, nafikiri, wanaume. Ilishangaza sana kuona baadhi ya wanaume wakitamani hadharani kukamatwa na afisa huyo. Wengi walirai, “Tafathali nikamate!”
Category: Society and Culture
Why and How “Hakuna Matata” May be Reclaimed from Disney
Disney’s move to trademark “Hakuna Matata” entails an unfair restriction of the use of the phrase by its owners. It is theft of cultural property. It is not too different from colonialism. This is cultural imperialism. It is unacceptable and must be resisted.
It is probably a moment to ask not what your society can do for you but what you can do for your society, to paraphrase JFK.
Disney Owns “Hakuna Matata”: Theft or Mere Cultural Appropriation?
Disney owns “Hakuna Matata”. Should Kenyans celebrate Disney as a “cultural expansion” agent or should they protest the multinational corporation as a “cultural thief”?
Kojoa Upigwe!: Boy-child Problems in Kenya
We fire them up for their “toughness” when they get into fights. We cheer them for “conquering” when they get sexually active and sleep with several women.
Thorn in the Flesh…
So disconcerting was Paul’s ‘thorn’ that he begged the Lord, not once, not twice, but three times for it to leave him. God’s response is as astounding as it is paradoxical. He who is all good, all loving and all merciful, declines Paul’s prayer stating, “My grace is sufficient for you, for power is made perfect in weakness.”
