Kins Togetherness

“A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.” Chinua Achebe-Things Fall Apart.

We therefore work hard to revive the togetherness of Africans. ‘‘The white man is very clever. He came quietly and peaceably with religion and politics. We were amused at his craziness and allowed him to stay. Now he has won our brothers, and our clan can no longer act like one. He has put a knife on the things that held us together and we have fallen apart.’’ -Chinua Achebe

In the rest of the world we read information, we read stories, in the world there are books, there is written information but in African history there was something else our ancestors did, they used to sit under the ancient tree, under the moonlight in the village ground, around the fire place as the story-teller used words to weave a tapestry in one’s mind with his or her words. “A man who calls his kinsmen to a feast does not do so to save them from starving. They all have food in their own homes. When we gather together in the moonlit village ground it is not because of the moon. Every man can see it in his own compound. We come together because it is good for kinsmen to do so.”

Children loved to hear the adults speak and sing, they related to them, related to the characters in their tales, and loved the gentle rhythm of the songs and the words that allowed children to see the possibilities in life. At Kins Clubs we will not only call one another to a feast, but also call one another to talk together, to think together and to prosper together. We are different cultures today, we all live together as one community, we need to establish a platform where all of us can celebrate, appreciate and explore a diversity of cultures alongside their own and get inspired to different developments.