Friday, March 29, 2024

Bishop Paul Bupe’s Africa wa Nsebanya Poem at CBU Graduation event

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  1. Awe ba bishop kwena mwalilanda ifya mano sana. Mwalitu chinkulako fwebena afrika. amenso nayesuka nakabili. Lesa alepala mukwai

  2. Good message from my young friend. But what what agenda do our Bemba friends have in Zambia? To Bembanize the whole Zambia with Bemba. This is a whole GRZ graduation service and the whole poem is in Bemba with no translation for non Bemba speakers. If the Bishop was Kaonde or Lozi and spoke the poem in Kaonde or Lozi people will be complaining. But because it is Bemba,it is ok. LT I hope you won’t delete my post

    • I think you could equally make the suggestion for translation to English without resorting to complaining and tribalism. The very ills that the Bishop was addressing in his poem is what you are repeating with your statement. Africa wansebanya!

  3. Manukau Kalongu,

    Check the statistics at the Central Statistical Office. Bemba is the most widely spoken language in Zambia. In contrast, less than 10 percent of the Zambian population speak Lozi and Kaonde. So if you want to send a message to a large segment of the Zambian population, it is better to use a widely understood language like Bemba or Nyanja.

    • Comment:stats show that 43% of zambias are able to communicate fluently in bemba, but does not make it an official language or a language of communication at an official function at a public university where you cannot be admitted if your competence in english is questionable. so, lets bemba in informal settings and uphold the usage of english at official events until we gree to change it as a nation.

    • The trouble is some tribes feel they have to be in competition with Bemba to assert their identity.The more languages one can speak the better. That is the message we should be passing to our children. shall we now return to the Bishops message. By the way, poetry is art and art can be expressed in channel.

  4. @Manukau Kalongu, first off Copperbelt is a predominantly Bemba-speaking area. Secondly, you are addressing the wrong topic. What you should be addressing is your capacity as Zambians to provide support services that will transcribe those languages from one to another. Support systems are there for subtitles and footnotes. Several of your tribesmen would comment differently because they didn’t hear the language but listened to the message because they understood the language. Now go to your chief and advocate for transcription services from all languages that are alien to your tribe. That is One Zambia One Nation!

  5. @curios, Kalgoorlie and Mwailenge. Ÿou can’t promote one Zambia one nation by promoting one language above the other. Kk was good to all tribes although he promoted Bemba on the Copperbelt and Nyanja in Lusaka and Kabwe. Kafupi and the cobra promoted Bemba big time and that is why Bemba is widely spoken. I know that Bemba is the main language that is spoken on the Copperbelt but CBU is a university and the graduation is a national event because it represents students from all corners of Zambia which deserves the use of a common language which is English. Use of Bemba without translation of subtitles in English is not right no matter how you want to defend Bemba. I anm not against Bemba and I have Bemba as part of my family. This promotion of Bemba will cause other provinces to advocate…

    • Oliver, do you want the poem to be translated to???? English so that all tribes can feel included?

      Turning back to the Bishops poem, an art piece communicating piercing realities, I hope you got the point.

      I think if Bikiloni and Diffikoti were forced to function in English, we could lose a lot in translation. Surely wansebanya is way better than “you’ve embarrased me.” first one is very pointed. I’m happy to translate it to the imperial language if you need it. Cheers

  6. What a good poem from the Bishop.indeed Africa was bestowed with great riches but they cannot be tapped fully that is why there was a scramble for Africa way back.

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