Identity

Who are we as a people? What makes us Zimbabwean? As a people we have lost touch with our true nature. We've allowed external influences to redefine us, and forgotten the morals and values which sustained our very existence.

Without this backbone, our very existence is threatened, with brother hating his brother and trying to destroy him, or kill him. How do we survive, let alone thrive when we kill each other among ourselves? When we compete with each other and take from each other instead of building each other up and building our communities, how does any one of us prosper and how do our communities progress?

We must find our way out of this hole that we dug ourselves into, if we as a nation, are to survive, let alone progress and develop as other nations are continually doing. We must rediscover the ways and morals that typified our being eg our dressing, our diet, our folklore, our ubuntu, our languages and our philosophical practices among others. While it is not practical to imagine that we could go back to the ways we practiced centuries ago, we can definitely reintergrate these pillars of our societies by finding ways to upgrade them and make them compatible with the modern lifestyle we now have.

We aim, through the operations listed below, to facilitate the process of re-establishing our unique identity as a people and rediscovering our true nature as sons of the soil. To recall to the Zimbabwean mind the pervading sense of oneness that sustained our communities, where each individual's needs were met by the community and his problems were addressed by the community, and he understood that he is but a member of a bigger unit:

During discussions streamed live on social media platforms the following are addressed:

• National dress: deciding what our national dress should or could look like. In the same way that a uniform or regalia fosters a sense of belonging to a school, firm or political party, our national dress will instil in us a sense of belonging as a member of 1 big unit(our country).
• Languages: live shows are hosted where games are played or discussions held where everyone is exposed to our different languages and encouraged to learn at least a few words of some of the other languages than their own mother tongue. Additionally translations can be invented for words that do not have translations in our native languages, and a database of these can be documented in a searchable online dictionary. Cartoons designed for the younger audience may also be availed for consumption.
• Values and morals: discussions are held where our traditional ways are probed to isolate the morals and values that held our societies together, accompanied with brainstorming sessions where methods of intergrating them into our modern day lifestyle are sought. Subsequently projects aimed to put the arrived upon methods into practical application are planned and executed
• Diet: the different components of our natural traditional diet are discussed, furnishing the scientifically proven nutritional and health benefits of each, and facilitating the precipitation of innovative new ways to prepare the dishes to encourage their adoption into family routines.
• Tradition or religion: holding much needed discussions on these two seemingly contradictory ways of life, which have been the source of much of the polarisation of our society, and neutralising the divisions and polarity surrounding these two is essential for the unification of our nation.
• Folklore: interrogating our folklore to extract an understanding of the mentalities that they program in the minds of our people, and customising them to reflect the values and principles we would like to instil in our societies, for the purposes of facilitating the manifestation of the united, enlightened and progressive Zimbabwe we all apsire for.