[Civsoc-mw] [MisaMalawi] On the Petition Against the Gandhi Statue | Afrika Aphukira

[Levi Manda]

Objective  assessment.  But, how many countries in the world have statues
of Malawians or streets named after Malawians?

Will we also  have statues of Mao, Botha, Queen Elisabeth, etc whose
countries generously aided our development?

How have Kenyans, Ethiopians,  Rwandans, Zimbabweans, Tanzanns and Zambians
paid us back for naming our major roads after their presidents?

On Tue, 16 Oct 2018, 00:58 Steve Sharra <stevesharra at gmail.com> wrote:

> On the Petition Against the Gandhi Statue: Why Malawi Needs More Such
> Youth Activism
>
>
> https://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2018/10/on-petition-against-gandhi-statue-why.html
>
> In a rather unusual move, on Thursday 11th October the Malawi
> Government responded to an online petition that has now attracted more
> than 3,400 signatures in a campaign to stop the erection of a Gandhi
> statue in Malawi’s commercial capital, Blantyre. The move was unusual
> because the only time the Malawi Government is moved to respond to
> anything is when people threaten to demonstrate on the streets. This
> time, it was a mere petition, online, and the government issued a
> response.
>
> In a country known for what many consider to be docility and apathy
> especially on matters political, the kind of activism demonstrated by
> the young Malawians who have initiated the petition against the Gandhi
> statue is a burst of fresh air. If more young Malawians participated
> in this manner in issues affecting the country, perhaps the government
> and other responsible bodies and service providers would think twice
> before ignoring issues the way they are always perceived as.
>
> full:
> https://mlauzi.blogspot.com/2018/10/on-petition-against-gandhi-statue-why.html
>
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