�Africans Taught To Despise Themselves�

Speaking at the BOSETU cultural night on Friday, Hlabano applauded the union for choosing the theme that focused on children. He noted that the theme, ‘Children: Fruit of our youth, beauty of our nation’, placed children and the youth on a higher pedestal. He said that it was important for the children and the youth to be grounded in their culture as their true identity as a nation finds expression in their culture.

“We need to clearly understand what we mean by Tswana or better still, African culture. An elementary meaning of culture is that it is a way of life. A detailed definition of culture include six basic elements namely; language, symbols, norms, values, beliefs and cognitive elements. I wish to argue that the most critical aspect of culture is beliefs or religion as it speaks to our spiritual being, mind, body and spirit,” he said.