The recent agitation by various pressure groups, though accompanied by noble ideas, of equality and culture promotion brings with it the dangerous and explosive tribalism. The existence of the groups cannot be justified if they exist to dismantle what we have been building for the last four decades. We have to declare unanimously that there is no place for tribalism in our republic. We need to address the issues that enhance our democracy and agree to do away with the things that threaten our unity.
We have to bury the past, and let us focus on what we would like to leave behind for our future generations. We all need to ask ourselves, how does this affect my neighbor and I? I will make this real with a discussion of my personal experience. I grew up speaking Setswana. I also understand Seyei well because I was raised by my maternal grandmother - a descendant of a respected Bayei family. I was never a servant; to the contrary my great grandparents had servants from another tribe. Moreover, most of our herd boys and herd men were mostly from other tribes. I also grew up knowing that I am a Motawana.
