There can only be self determination if there is emancipation. Right now the leadership have no idea that emancipation is to be free of Foreign political and legislative laws. In South(ern) Africa it’s the extremely opposite… total enslavement in Foreign Policy and Zero co-operation amongst the self elected representatives.
Self Determination as a Process
Only way for self determination to take place starts with education for us by us across the lines of social divisions. Self determination begins with the individual before the Khoellectiv – for the Khoellectiv to be considered self identification is the first and easiest of all procedures. What must follow is the manifesto of supporting people on the ground doing the actual work.
For the self determination of indigenous peoples and communities:
1) the necessities to find common ground in identity, ideology and practice for going forward
2) governance programmes need to be instituted in school for students
– sports/ culture/ arts / business and finance /organisation and leadership ethics / health / education/ food etc
3) acquisition, dissemination and protecting knowledge resources: Khoellectiv knowledge among the practitioners is the fundamental cornerstone of developing an indigenous knowledge systems based education
With regards to Obstacles;
We find that there’s more of assimilation by leadership for fear of being left out / not being black enough instead of being African.
The gross political immaturity among the leaders who are not involving communities in indigenous identity awareness activities or supporting community members actively involved with education programs.
Unfortunately the indigenous leadership are suffering from inferiority complex where they are too willing to assist non-indigenous people in representing indigenous communities and peoples on an international platform! Not to mention the fraudulent misrepresentation by “chiefs and leadership” claiming on an international platform.
We should be preparing our youth to represent our communities and people as our ambassadors;
– not just the arts and culture (cooning: to make use of indigenous culture to deter from important issues)
– Policy and governances
– Food sovereignty vs Food Governances Policy to Act – no Representive in any of the meetings
– IKS Policy to Legislation- no Representive
– Health practioner & Healthcare Policy to Legislation – no Representive
Sovereignty; the authority to rule.
In political theory, the ultimate overseer, or authority, in the decision-making process of the state and in the maintenance of order. … the term was originally understood to mean the equivalent of supreme power.
Sovereignty has two basic aspects ‘external’ and ‘internal’. Internally speaking it means that state has supreme power over the people within its domain and externally it implies complete freedom from foreign rule.
Sovereignty over the same territory cannot reside simultaneously in two different authorities, that is, sovereignty is indivisible.
Sovereignty cannot be divided without ceasing to be sovereignty proper, and precisely this quality of being indivisible distinguishes sovereign authority from other forms of political power. Dividing sovereignty between two or more authorities within a given state would therefore be to dissolve that state into parts. The indivisibility of sovereignty is thus a necessary condition of the unity of the state.
From my point of view they are not working for or with the people or community!
It’s about segregation from the communities and money raising organisations with indigenous “group” names.
Autochthonous communities are identified according the area they originate from…. not segregated groups of people.
Leaders are people known and elected by the community they Representive of or live in.
First People Indigenous 