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Email a copy of 'Off the wall of Idriss Ali Nassah: Opportunity to introspect on active citizenship in Malawi' to a friend
Malawi’s First Lady Gertrude Mutharika has urged African governments to give space to the youth so as to find homegrown...
Talking heads, walking legs – equally ineffective.
In the old days, the elders would gather, have their ‘indaba’, pass the calabash round and round, and stagger home without an action plan, thinking they had set their world to rights. Nothing changed.
Today, we gather, march, chant, and wave our placards. Perhaps we present a petition. We take our selfies, share them on social media,and drive home without an action plan, thinking we have set our world to rights. Nothing changes.
Don’t waste time chanting, ‘We want action now.’ What we want is an action plan now.