GENESIS

We have just celebrated over a decade since our own icon Dr Nelson Mandela was inugrated as the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Our smooth transition to freedom and democracy was hailed by the world as a miracle.
So moved by this smooth transition was Archbishop Desmond Tutu that he proclaimed all of us the rainbow nation of God.
As if there was no end to the miraculous birth of our democracy in 2008 a sitting president, Thabo Mbeki, was recalled by his party the ANC and replaced by Kgalema Motlanthe. No blood was shed, no properties were destroyed. The country didn`t go up in smokes, neither did the sky fall on us.
On April 22 this year South Africans went to the polls to renew the mandate of govern. In keeping with how we do things in South Africans, it was all plain sailing. The cherry on top was when Jacob Zuma was inaugrated as our fourth democratically elected president of South Africa.
To the envy of the whole world Zuma`s inaugration was witnessed by all our past presidents with the third Kgalema Motlanthe, being in line to our deputy president.
Even as we find ourselves in a global economic recesion, we are confident that by working together we will once more pull together.
These interesting developments needed to be chronicled for posterity by South Africans from all walks of lives. Even us ordinary people have a role in this project. It is our country too, and so is it is our history.
We will not leave it to academics and others who have have historically enjoyed the monopoly to chronicle the history and developments of nations.
I have taken it upon myself to be the griot to chronicle our history in the manner that those who came before me did in West Africa. I will over time keep track of the history and developments of my people over time
The journey starts here and all are more than welcome to take front seats as this blog takes you to all sorts of exciting places - through polemics, poetry and personal experience. Feel free to leave your comments upon visiting this blog.
Africa - your time has come.