I am one person that values culture and its dynamism. To me, culture is a tool of survival therefore it can’t be stagnant. Today, I read with enjoyment the words of Christi in articulating what I believe but could never say (words sometime don’t come easily with me). These are the words by Christi Van Der Westhuizein as quoted from this blog posting about polygamy:

Even without the earth-shattering effects of colonialism on [black African] “culture”, it would be absurd to suggest that such a dynamic and multifaceted phenomenon such as “culture” can be a fixed set of rules that is transferred from generation to generation without alteration.

While I believe in every word quoted above, I did qualify culture by amending ‘black African’. I did that to provide context but also to emphasise the importance of which culture we are talking about. Every community has a culture that binds it together irrespective of race. Lately, however, I realise that the word is used to refer to ‘black culture’ but without explicitly saying so. I think that is truly sad for it shows how as a society we are far from having a united culture. A culture that will put to the fore our believe system as a society – black, white, yellow or brown. For a rainbow nation, that would be a culture of love, hope and all ideals embodies in the constitution!