The power of Sadza

I am becoming very concerned about the talks of unity among many us who seem to believe that unity can just arise from nowhere. I have been thinking about the fact that if there is ever to be any sense of unity in our nations, we have to learn to trust each other or at the very least, know each other. To do that, one needs to meet with people, engage with them and out of that collective sharing can we begin to build the social capital our communities need.

Because one cannot simply talk themselves out of problems or issues they behaved themselves into, it is about time we start changing our behaviours in order to change our communities and state of affairs. If it the unity we seek, we have to come together around shared tasks to be able to learn about each in a manner that helps us build all the ingredients of unity.

Sadza, ugali, insima, isitshwala, pap, has that power to draw us together. The essence of the meal is about unity. Unity of effort from the day the sadza is yet unborn as a dry seed in the fields where people come together to sow, till, cultivate, harvest, grind, and boom...Sadza.

So, Sadza nenyama ndizvo!