Ponderings of the Man from Mpofana...

The title translates into English as: "People don't flow together as though water." Some things just don't register to me like fame, infamy, notoriety... these things are subjective to each individual. You can only like or hate a person by actions they did to you personally. Israel, Hitler, Ukraine, Nigeria, Zambia... all these people/lands did nothing to me, there is no sensible reason for me to hate them. If you mention that the sole reason the foreign minority groups in South Africa exist is to undermine & ultimately destroy everything indigenous in South Africa, there's now a reason to hate people you don't know. When individuals are concerned, it's up to you to decide your friend or foe... preferably on face-to-face experience which requires spending time with strangers, that time is a luxury many people don't have & getting to know strangers outside school or work is something not many people need to do. Yeah, two seemingly contradict...

Note that I said "refining" in the title & not "redefining" because I'm not changing anything, I'm simply reintroducing what we know works as Africans to relevant places.  In South Africa there are many groups of black people who are almost completely culturally white/European. Their only reminder that they are black is that they may speak an indigenous African language. Race & culture are often intertwined but are two different things. So what would a black/African man need to be considered a black African man? 1) Language : The most distinguishing feature that someone is a black African man is that they speak a black African language. You can speak many world languages in the globalised world but if you can't speak your own indigenous language or a black African language, it's hard to consider you African. 2) Surname : In a globalised world, many black people pick names of foreign origin. There are many Mohammed's in West Africa, m...

I don't get why these games aren't as popular either or why tickets or tournament packages aren't advertised. I've only ever heard of these games but they're never shown on TV. For all in the developed world who think African games would simply be running, javelin, stick fighting, wrestling / laamb & basic fighting / MMA - you're in for a surprise. I don't know who has money to be doing equestrian in the African continent but below are sports in the African Games. Being an Olympic-orientated organisation, shouldn't they take a leaf from how the Olympics are organised? They can't be found on YouTube, Facebook, Twitter or, at least, some African social media website. Competitive history of the football competition of the African Games.  AFRICAN GAMES YOUTUBE PLAYLIST (Created by Kwatuist M.)   The Kwatuist M. Podcast  

As I watch Burkina Faso versus Mauritania, I notice that parts of the stadium in Ivory Coast are empty. Maybe this is a less popular game & people would like to watch teams that are favourites like Egypt, Morocco, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Cameroon or Senegal. I blogged once how a problem of empty stadiums could be solved in a league but a continental tournament might need a different strategy. I get that Africa isn't the wealthiest continent but are not ticket sales a way to make revenue for this continental tournament? Then surely, ticket sales need to be improved because it would be increasingly difficult for African football to gain finances without ticket sales. This can be done at posting adverts in the media of the more populous qualified countries or countries that can afford a tournament package. A tournament package can be done by selling combined return plane ticket, Visa & accomodation stay to particular groups. Maybe Asians, South Americans & Europeans could ...

You know, I often sit & think... who first decided that it is a good idea to rule over a nation that is not theirs? We come across many examples in history, there were the Persians, Greeks, Phoenicians & Romans in antiquity. What the ancient empire rulers did was that they virtually became as the locals & learnt the local languages, they then collected taxes being careful not to ask too much taxes from the locals lest the locals rebel against the empire. In Africa, this never happened. Not only were the majority of Africans under rule by people who were not even the same race i. e. skin colour but the foreign powers came & disregarded local borders & languages, then drew borders according to what they (the foreigners) needed. Just adding insult to injury. This caused a lot of confusion because new Eurocentric states now popped up & divided precolonial states & precolonial nations. Now, the solution here sounds simple enough; simply redraw borders along preco...

From bussling markets to mosquito-filled wilderness areas.  Where will this continent be in the future?  The electricity keeps cutting, the mosquitoes keep stinging & the matatu exhaust pipes keep gushing carbon monoxide fumes.  The ethnic genocides keep happening & the xenophobia keeps discriminating.  Everybody wants to be famous but fame is not wealth & in this land wealth isn't easy.  The troops of malnourished kids thrown aimlessly on paved & unpaved streets.  The Ubuntuist Utopia, if only it had a bit more capitalist indigenous folk & less communists.  I'm no pessimist but some of you give me little hope in a better time in future.  You reap what you sow & you will definetly reap the hate you sowed.  Who am I? To me, I am but a shadow in an unknown town but who am I to you?  I should mean nothing to you but politics allows me to be on equal footing as the famous.  Wha...