CHUNKS OF WISDOM!

They spoke and i listened. Carrying notes of experiences over the track of many years, their voices chased away other thoughts from the folds of my head. These were Doctors and Professors of Academia, seated at tables only inches from mine. No need to strain my ears, you see. 

Huge chunks of wisdom peeled off the varied issues they raised. Many parts of the Arts and Humanities were being analyzed with a mix of humor and fact. Of particular interest were ongoing Indigenous Research begun, tenets of old and internal politics. The later of which is almost always a product of all sorts departments. 

After an hour of such ruminations, my older cousin, a Doctor of politics himself, left the gathering. Returning to his office, he wanted to know what i made of the 'orientation' as he called it. Quite engrossing was my immediate reply. 

This truth is often lost in most communities across Africa today. It is important to find that common ground that would generate understanding in today's civilization, especially between young people and the older generation. 

The take away is expressed in the saying: "One who dines with elders, readily shares in their wisdom." What i learned in that hour, was richly coated in insights and perspectives. 

My account of this event, only a few days old at the time my pen met paper, is one of many, inspired by the hunger to learn from all assemblies of a crop of intellectuals, be they from the Academia or any field. 

I had like this piece to carry the old tom-tom of wooden Gongs, across Africa and beyond.