2023-05-14 17:11:18
To mark its 10 years of existence, the movement “Two hours for us, two hours for Kamita” organized two communications on the “place of culture in the self-determination of African peoples” and the “role and place of “African intellectual facing security challenges in the Sahel” on Saturday May 13, 2023 at the Joseph Ki-Zerbo University.
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Dieudonné Zoungrana, publication director of the newspaperAujourd’Au Faso, who spoke on the “role and place of the African intellectual in the face of security challenges in the Sahel”, stressed that the African intellectual must be a man of his time in the face of to the challenges of the moment.
«The intellectual must take a stand, he must play his role of raising awareness and then act… Today the Sahelian intellectual, whether he is from Mali or Burkina, must take a stand. Taking a position means that he is on a pulpit, that he writes a column in a newspaper, that he gives conferences, he must take a position. It may not please but at the same time too, he must take action“, he argued.
For Dieudonné Zoungrana, the African intellectual must set himself up as a VDP (volunteer for the defense of the fatherland) against terrorism wherever he finds himself. “It is not necessarily that he is holding a Kalash or an AK-47 but he must take a position which raises awareness which helps to fight against this enemy who fights us every day and who even wants to wipe our countries off the map of the world. “, he pulled the alarm bell.
He went on to say that “the intellectual faced with the war in the Sahel must be a patriot and intervene in his field of competence to accompany the authority and not contest at all costs the decisions of this authority which is in charge of the conduct of the war. Do not say anything embarrassing for the authorities”.
Noufou Zougmoré, journalist and consultant, returned to the “place of culture in the self-determination of African peoples”. He, in his presentation, made it known that since ancient times, culture has always been at the forefront “but it was not culture for culture’s sake. It was the culture in connection with the policy .
Taking the case of Guinea Bissau, the journalist Zougmoré traced that the guerrillas at the time, some of them were artists and animated evenings in the zones which they recovered from the hands of the enemy.
«Animations, it was not surprises left just to say gallant words to women but it was to tell all the people of Guinea Bissau to stand up as one man to fight for their emancipation (…) . Culture is a closing even for the war we are waging today (in Burkina, editor’s note). If we manage to use it, it can allow us to win victories and ultimately overcome terrorism.“, he said.
Serge Bayala, first leader of the movement “Two for us, two hours for Kamita” indicated that the essential task for them during these ten years was to produce a quality human resource capable of meeting African challenges.
«We have worked on the slogans of the decolonization of mentalities, on the slogans of uninhibiting the African in the face of the world and in the face of his responsibilities before history“, he recalled.
Also, he added, they have worked for the promotion of African heritage so that the sons and daughters of “Maman Africa” are immersed in an awareness of their culture and the march of the world to “be able to contribute and revolutionize the expectations of our populations who, 60 years after independence, are still waiting to have quality care, quality education…”.
«It’s really a necessary stopover for us, not to look into the past and into a journey punctuated by victories and defeats, but to say that this must inspire us to move towards the next 10 years, arm us with confidence and assurance because that Burkina Faso is facing challenges that require us to be mobilized “, he challenged.
Willy SAGBE
Burkina24
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