#’Bola Moyo’ - Our Narrative As Ordinary Malawians

The major Malawian #narrative timayendela, 'bola moyo', ife anthu wamba, ife #aMalawi ....sitilimbana ndizambili and overall we are a relatively #happy people.... and.... sitinyoza #atsogoleri... knowing politics doesn't really make a difference to us anthu wamba or otherwise does in bits and pieces.....to us #aMaravi as you now call us pofuna kutigwiritsa nchito for your #selfish and #ulterior hidden agedas.... all is always OK as long as we enjoy and we got our #peace....peace in literal terms as #mtendere or as peace of mind.... to accord us our freedom: freedom to work our fields, freedom to run our small businesses, freedom to imbibe our kachasu, mkontho, chibuku and nthonjani, freedom to indulge our #womens, freedom to watch our #football, and freedom to go to #church and worship our gods #peacefully.... as we know pang'ono pang"ono watsokonombwe womwewo, #Dziko lathu #likutukuka..... who is at the helm of leadership or power to us anthu wamba or aMaravi as you now call us in political terms doesn't really concern us, matter or is rather #immaterial ..... koma osatibweretsela #nkhondo.... chifukwa ndiumphwawi wathu dziko lomwe angakatilandile ndikuti....dziwa zoti, 'bola moyo' ....is and has always and will always be our narrative as we work hard with our hands and sweats to build our nation.... #Malawi!

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Marisen ‘Maestro’ Mwale

#’Bola Moyo’ - Our Narrative As Ordinary Malawians

The major Malawian #narrative timayendela, 'bola moyo', ife anthu wamba, ife #aMalawi ....sitilimbana ndizambili and overall we are a relatively #happy people.... and.... sitinyoza #atsogoleri... knowing politics doesn't really make a difference to us anthu wamba or otherwise does in bits and pieces.....to us #aMaravi as you now call us pofuna kutigwiritsa nchito for your #selfish and #ulterior hidden agedas.... all is always OK as long as we enjoy and we got our #peace....peace in literal terms as #mtendere or as peace of mind.... to accord us our freedom: freedom to work our fields, freedom to run our small businesses, freedom to imbibe our kachasu, mkontho, chibuku and nthonjani, freedom to indulge our #womens, freedom to watch our #football, and freedom to go to #church and worship our gods #peacefully.... as we know pang'ono pang"ono watsokonombwe womwewo, #Dziko lathu #likutukuka..... who is at the helm of leadership or power to us anthu wamba or aMaravi as you now call us in political terms doesn't really concern us, matter or is rather #immaterial ..... koma osatibweretsela #nkhondo.... chifukwa ndiumphwawi wathu dziko lomwe angakatilandile ndikuti....dziwa zoti, 'bola moyo' ....is and has always and will always be our narrative as we work hard with our hands and sweats to build our nation.... #Malawi!

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Marisen ‘Maestro’ Mwale

#’Bola Moyo’ - Our Narrative As Ordinary Malawians

The major Malawian #narrative timayendela, 'bola moyo', ife anthu wamba, ife #aMalawi ....sitilimbana ndizambili and overall we are a relatively #happy people.... and.... sitinyoza #atsogoleri... knowing politics doesn't really make a difference to us anthu wamba or otherwise does in bits and pieces.....to us #aMaravi as you now call us pofuna kutigwiritsa nchito for your #selfish and #ulterior hidden agedas.... all is always OK as long as we enjoy and we got our #peace....peace in literal terms as #mtendere or as peace of mind.... to accord us our freedom: freedom to work our fields, freedom to run our small businesses, freedom to imbibe our kachasu, mkontho, chibuku and nthonjani, freedom to indulge our #womens, freedom to watch our #football, and freedom to go to #church and worship our gods #peacefully.... as we know pang'ono pang"ono watsokonombwe womwewo, #Dziko lathu #likutukuka..... who is at the helm of leadership or power to us anthu wamba or aMaravi as you now call us in political terms doesn't really concern us, matter or is rather #immaterial ..... koma osatibweretsela #nkhondo.... chifukwa ndiumphwawi wathu dziko lomwe angakatilandile ndikuti....dziwa zoti, 'bola moyo' ....is and has always and will always be our narrative as we work hard with our hands and sweats to build our nation.... #Malawi!

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Marisen ‘Maestro’ Mwale

#Malawi  And By Extension Africa Not  Poor  But A Victim Of  Western Social Constructions  Or  Labels Of Poverty!

Malawi is not a poor country but rather a victim of Western constructions or representations or labels of poverty. It is those constructions or representations of labeling our communities or perceiving them in Western terms as poor that culminates in conditioning our populaces into a mindset of perceiving themselves as miserable lot deserving to be pitied or offered handouts because they are presumably poor. If  I were to ask..... in traditional communal terms what defines one as wealthy or well off even among the Zulu of South Africa today? ..... Obviously it's having a good homestead, livestock, good produce , a good family.... no deprivation etc!            In Urban terms or Western terms I do not know whether that could be construed as poverty or wealth as we construe wealth in having millions of money and/or assets. The argument I'm driving at is that it actually might be in the first place our perceptions of wealth and poverty, albeit Western perceptions that actually culminated in us being labeled poor not the status quo or the social reality of a poor Malawi in particular or poor Africa in general. Go to South Africa.... among the Zulu for instance as already alluded to.... what is their perception of wealth and what is their perception of poverty? We might argue in terms of civilization quite OK that maybe in terms of poor health services, in terms of standards of education, in capitalist gross domestic product terms etc ...or in terms of social amenities..... we could be construed as backward but I strongly believe that does not make us a poor people as a country. Socially or economically different might suffice as backward, underdeveloped or poor might even be a gross overstatement. The point is our poverty as Malawi or even as Africa in general is in actual sense a western conditioning ....or....rather a western label....or… a western social construction. It is a psychological western label that became a self-fulfilling prophecy. A conditioning ...a mindset that needs to be worked on and liberated from chains of western representations and constructions.  Perceptions especially among grassroots people that need to be changed. A shift or overhaul  of paradigm to think in other terms outside the western box.... belief in ourselves and in the fact that we are actually not poor but a rich people. A blessed people with rich resources and not only that but a culture rich in #Umunthu that we need not let go but sustain with pride!

Marisen ‘Maestro’ Mwale