We choose what is good for us from foreign cultures
Nov 28, 2003
SIR— I read “Tribute to Archbishop Nkoyoyo†in the last Sunday Vision on the homosexual factor with great interest.
SIR— I read “Tribute to Archbishop Nkoyoyo†in the last Sunday Vision on the homosexual factor with great interest. The Anglican Archbishop of Uganda has put his put his foot down on the issue of homosexuality. When asked by the journalist in that interview about homosexuality (in the Church of the United States of America in particular to the gay bishop Gene Robinson of New Hampshire diocese), he said: “When we went to the Lambeth Conference over a month ago, we disagreed with those people. We from Africa, Asia, Arab counties, Latin America, Australia and New Zealand disagreed with those people in America.â€
This shows that our religious leaders are capable of picking from globalisation only the aspects that are positive to our traditional values.
But when it comes to the education sector in Uganda, I am very disturbed by a Makerere University lecturer, Dr Sylvia Tamale. After reading her arguments in “Apartheid in sex†in the current edition of the BBC’s Focus On Africa magazine, I am convinced that she has outlived her usefulness as a teacher in an education institution. A teacher who openly supports prostitution, homosexuality and nude dances is a liability to the education establishment of any country that treasures the values that have held its society together and civilised for centuries.
I don’t care what other races have believed about Africans. But African peoples had civilisation based on certain values which are now being fast eroded to our harm. We cannot copy or keep taking in everything the Americans or the British do — already they have problems with other peoples of the world.
Samuel Ouma
Iganga
This shows that our religious leaders are capable of picking from globalisation only the aspects that are positive to our traditional values.
But when it comes to the education sector in Uganda, I am very disturbed by a Makerere University lecturer, Dr Sylvia Tamale. After reading her arguments in “Apartheid in sex†in the current edition of the BBC’s Focus On Africa magazine, I am convinced that she has outlived her usefulness as a teacher in an education institution. A teacher who openly supports prostitution, homosexuality and nude dances is a liability to the education establishment of any country that treasures the values that have held its society together and civilised for centuries.
I don’t care what other races have believed about Africans. But African peoples had civilisation based on certain values which are now being fast eroded to our harm. We cannot copy or keep taking in everything the Americans or the British do — already they have problems with other peoples of the world.
Samuel Ouma
Iganga