Dear Brother Ernest Lumumba

I got a bit knocked off course yesterday... and was reflecting this morning on how the day would have been much better spent, responding to your astute and wise questions...

I must thank you for your wisdom and skill, in articulating them.

I think we have to learn from nature. How does a tree grow? Very very slowly, from one seed that takes root.

And all the stages of the seasonly growth take place, year by year as the trunk of the sapling thickens.

Similarly, we can't go from seed to full-blown tree!

I think the way is to grow from an intentional community. - a small group of individuals and families, who share and grow a common vision. They hold land and property in some sort of trust and gain skills to grow their own food, have their own energy sources, and most importantly, teach their chidden, outside of the state structures of Eurocentric rule.

If you look up a website called 'Diggers and Dreamers' you will see a whole range of communities beign set up, from co-housing to commune-like.

The first step is to reach out to like-minded people who have the feeling and commitment to step outside of the Western hegemony. . I suppose that 's why yesterday, it was so disappointing for me, to see how the Brown woman poet was hyper-focused on her individuality as a poet and on her career, while the simple principle of hospitality that is so central to Punjabi peasantry, she completely ignored.

I think white allies should be accepted, but not permitted leadership positions!