We are living in a transitional epoch in which our actions and habits of mind are governed, frequently unconsciously, by…
Browsing: African Values & Philosophy
Nothing is apparently more difficult than to change habits of thought hardened for us into customs by the long-standing practice…
Traditional society was founded on a community of shared beliefs in the wisdom of age, the sanctity of chieftaincy and…
We have been creating throughout Kenya a family or community spirit that in Swahili is called ‘Ujamaa’. And the ultimate…
The most essential need which I have constantly sought to proclaim and to fulfil in Kenya has been that of…
The colonialist bourgeoisie is aided and abetted in the pacification of the colonized by the inescapable powers of religion. All…
The church in the colonies is a white man’s church, a foreigners’ church. It does not call the colonized to…
When Africa speaks with one voice, the world listens, but if Africa speaks with a cacophony of confused messages, few…
We recognise certain fundamental values and hold them to be universal. And what we ask of any ideology or social…
We must build a society in which all our citizens, irrespective of race, tribe or occupation, can fulfil themselves to…