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‘MATERIALISM’

A BIG PROBLEM FOR AFRIKA!

Arvy Ngayaka Ngala-Ngala, DRC

By Arvy Ngayaka Ngala-Ngala need to provide its requirements for is materialism? A Mentality brought
Founder of Zola Bantu it to function well. The driver (soul) to the Afrika by the west, it puts the
Student of Ekumani Wetshi ‘the man also has its needs, the driver may needs of the car (body) first and the
from Philadelphia’ want to go to town and he places driver is forsaken. This is what we
fuel in the car to get to town. The call dead-in-spirit. The driver (soul)
soul also has its needs well known as becomes a prisoner in his own car,
ake this simple analogy: ‘purpose’ it uses the body to achieve and the car becomes a driverless car.
A human being is like car this need. In Afrikan culture, our For people who are materialistic,
(body) and a driver (soul). ancestors knew this in depth, and their driver is asleep, has no control,
TThe car has its needs e.g. this is what Ki-Muntu or a soci- the car is doing all that it wants. And
fuel, maintenance, oil, water etc. ety of Ubuntu means. Ki-Muntu this sort of mind-set will be the end
The body also has its needs such as is putting the priority of the soul of us. The body (car), loves plea-
food, shelter, health, air, water etc. (driver) first before the car (body). sure and to have fun, because for
As much as you want to drive a car, An Ubuntu society is a society that the body (car) it only lives once, but
you need to provide the car with focuses on helping people to achieve the driver is eternal, so when one is
its requirements so that it can best the needs of soul (driver) by using materialistic life is YOLO (you only
serve you, same with the body, you the car (body) effectively. Now what live once), so, your leaders will do

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