Me And World Peace

Me.

The personal is one of the things that binds people through languages despite our belief that we are not the same.
You believe that your culture is better than mine and vice versa.   You think the colour of your skin is better than other colours.

We are happy to see a group of people because it shifts the superiority gear to five.  You understand this because you have driven stick shift cars and you know that 5 is the top gear that makes speed cops lick their fingers, as they focus their speed traps to catch your behind.
Me in English has an -e but an i- in most languages.  Here are some examples.

·         Me in Zulu is mi-na.

·         Home in Spanish is mi-casa. 

·         My father in Yoruba, the Nigerian language is baba-mi.

·         Me is mig in Swedish.
I cannot provide more -mi examples but, these few indicate that villages, societies and nations begin with the individual, the one person that is necessary to form a collective, a collective of peace.

If most languages call the individual -mi, what is the point of racism and war?
By:  Nonqaba waka Msimang.

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