RAMBLE in the JUNGLE

Ramble in the Jungle

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• Cultural Osmosis

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The osmosis WILL happen. The question is whether the community is in step with, and in control of, the changes.

  Tags: assimilation, identity, culture

• D.O. on the rampage in Tiko

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The people have the power. The D.O. has no power without the people.

  Tags: 1972, restoration, people-power

• Disgusting picts

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Global

  Freedom of speech in public space needs a minimum of decorum, even in dreadful times.

  Tags: media-ethics, images, decorum

• Forceful coexistence of parallel cultures

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  We are witnessing the forceful coexistence of parallel cultures, with no real institutions to produce a resulting culture.

  Tags: oral-vs-literate, contracts, systems

• Francophones – stay in your own lane

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Truth is in the details. When faced with the truth, some forget the details, only to meet the truth again around the bend.

  Tags: francophone, anglophone, cultural-osmosis

• House foundation – Isaendo

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  Every Kom citizen is connected in one way or another to each of the AsaeNdosɨ. Do you know your own?

  Tags: kom, clans, asaendosɨ

• indigenous architecture

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  A piece of wood sculpted by our people before World War I is worth more today than the Kom Palace's entire yearly budget.

  Tags: kom-crafts, local-production, education, culture

• Interests?

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Global

  In most cases, it seems that ALL interests are represented, except the people's.

  Tags: representation, globalisation, narrative

• Kom Security

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  If citizens are not organized, do you think the government will be?

  Tags: security, human-intelligence, organisation

• Leave the People Alone!

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Local communities should be able to run their own affairs without interference from agents who do not belong to them.

  Tags: bilingualism, local-government, decentralisation

• Literacy

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Africa & the Gulf of Guinea

  Literacy is important not because it is an English word, but because the concept applies to any language.

  Tags: literacy, vernacular, miseducation

• NorthWest/SouthWest Put to Rest

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  When you give birth to a child, do you wait for a stranger to come and name it?

  Tags: naming, identity, leadership

• Oppressed Human

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Global

  The oppressed believe in magic until they stop believing and take matters into their own hands.

  Tags: oppression, agency

• People – Power of Decision

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  The only power the people have is the power of decision: to drink or not to drink.

  Tags: beer, economy, sobriety

• Policy Not Charity

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  When you have police working in a context with no policy, the algebra does not add up.

  Tags: policy, constitution, institutions

• post-restoration notes

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Knowledge is power. Power is with the people. But a people without knowledge is powerless.

  Tags: restoration, skills, truth, literacy

• Preachers

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Global

  If you can tell a story (true or untrue) with a straight face, you are on your way to the "holy" awards.

  Tags: religion, storytelling

• Questions about Religion vs True Love

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Global

  Whatever you do in life, learn to recognize true love, and when you do, stick with it. All the rest is window dressing.

  Tags: religion, belief, advice

• Ritual

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · Kom & Indigenous

  The mysteries of life are rarely understood by people in a hurry. Take time and smell the oil.

  Tags: ritual, marriage, culture

• rooms small

  Wanaku Verdzekov · approx. 1 Jan 2013 · The Cameroons

  Humans have the same hardware. What is different is the software: CULTURE.

  Tags: african-time, decolonization, youth-expression