Author: Jeronimo Kateya

Feminism is a social and academic enterprise. It came into being to counter patriarchal society which is a set up characterised by male power and male domination. This sociocultural set up arouse critical thinking amongst feminists to critically question the ontological nature of human being and his very anthropology. The very co fundamental thinking of feminism is the comprehension of some terminologies that need logical clarity offered by this enterprise. One of these terminologies is the notion of "sex". For them, "sex" implies biological anatomy that distinguishes "male" and "female." In Oshiwambo ethno-linguistic we ask when a baby is born: "okakwashike-kookanhu". This sex identification is consciously meant to understand the biological anatomic distinction of a baby ...

Recently, on his village to village campaign, Dr. FB Itula has researched and found from the grassroots experience the need of a paradigm shift of administration functions. In his experiential interpretation based on the real-life situation on the ground (sitz-im-liben), there is an urgency to change the power dynamics and decentralization of leadership from political leadership to traditional leadership, a view that I genuine deem it fit to my philosophy of village transformation and empowerment. With no doubt, it is self-evident that Traditional Leaders (TL) are more closer to their people and in our contemporary times, their power appears to be stripped off. The TL know best what is essential and inalienable basic fundamental needs and challenges that affects their people on d...