Who guarantees Khama's peace?

A long time ago whilst a student at Gaborone Secondary School we read a poem, in English, about six blind men.

Each described the elephant in accordance with the part that they happened to be holding. The one holding the tail said it was like a needle, the one holding the tusk that it was like a rock, etc. They were all wrong, but also all right in view of their limited perspectives. I do not recall sensing any significant hostility coming out of the poem, but it is I believe possible when it is read to one, by a particular voice, that one may detect hostility, depending on the tone and nuances that the reader places on the words.

We say " motho modimo o a rapelwa" others " motho tou o lwantshiwa ka gothe"

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