PIKELELA GUTYUNGWA MEMOIRS

  Better Days Ahead! Once upon a time in my life… while traveling into the mystic somewhere in the Middle Earth. At dawn, I had to be there right early since this was the season where most future-minded stoics and scholars gathered to find solutions for the way forward. Well, like most Philosophers who frequented these mystical sites… I’d say, I have never seen so many crowds as large as these ones before. You see, due to all these ever-growing conflicts… territorial and wars of atrocities in this world: these peace-loving people had to seek for solutions. We live in the worst of times in human history where no one is safe. The rise of the ultra-right-wing governments where Democracy once reigned for centuries… is a dangerous curve. Misinformation and Disinformation are the greatest weapons used by those who yearn to rule over us as emperors and kings. It is hard to even rely on the voting power people once had and wielded righteously against dirty politicians. Th...

Too Young to Remember… Too Old to Forget! When I was just a simple boy who was fascinated by birds, the sounds of animals, cars, and the nighttime noises coming from all kinds of creepy crawlies. When my world used to be too big to imagine but low enough for me to touch the skies and dreamed… I was always out there to learn something new every day. Those were the days and years of my fragile life… our day as kids was eighteen hours long where the sun never set! In the presence of adults, eavesdropping became the weapon of choice since these guys thought I was too short to catch the vibes. If something said in my presence deemed potentially inappropriate or damaging, they’d just weave it and say… Don’t worry this little boy is too young to understand … he’ll just sleep it off and never remember anything in the morning. Only if … they knew! Human Behavioural Science tells us that children begin to record and remember whatever happens around their space from the age of ...