When Nations Forget Themselves warns against losing cultural identity in the name of progress, urging societies to preserve their heritage and values.
Turkey was once a vibrant Christian nation;
Kwara was once full-blooded Yoruba land.
For 800 years, Spain was a flourishing Islamic civilisation.
So, never say it’s impossible.
The Greeks once ruled thought, the Egyptians once ruled science, and the Mayans once ruled the skies. Yet today, their descendants struggle to fit into the prints stamped by their ancestors. They have lost the very essence that once defined them to progressivism.
Every civilisation that has lost itself first called it “openness.”
They said, “We are being liberal.”
They said, “We are the melting pot.”
One misplaced seed may claim, “Any entrepreneur can lead.”
Another mismatched lineage may call it “No Man’s Land.”
Time is patient. Ten years, fifty years, a century, even a millennium, and all it takes is a people who liberalise their identity in the name of progress, or trade their essence for acceptance and their heritage for approval, to awaken one morning as tenants in their own culture; minorities on their own soil, and visitors in cities their forefathers built with sweat and wit.
History does not repeat itself; it simply reminds those who are not listening. The fate of nations and peoples is not written by enemies abroad, but by citizens and indigenes who stop defending their sacred values, language, lineage, and the dignity of difference.
Also read: Federal Ministry of Education denies link to controversial Yoruba history textbook.
Also read: Federal Ministry of Education denies link to controversial Yoruba history textbook
Turkey forgot. Egypt forgot. Spain forgot. Ilorin is forgetting.
Will we?
Because when a people forget themselves, even time forgets to remember them.
Ronu o…
Good morning, severally.
