And after a long hiatus on this blog, I have a very random question that has absolutely nothing to do with my normal posts, but occupied a good bit of my thoughts on a recent 3 hour road trip.
I noticed all these ants crawling around on the dashboard of the car and on me. And I wondered... what happens to these ants when they get off at my destination? Do they just join other ant colonies? Or do they wander around confused and die? Do the 5 ants who were in the car just happen to get off together and make a new nest together? What happens to them? I don't know very much about insect behaviour, but I have heard that someone could move a bee hive about 20 miles away and the bees could reorient themselves. But what about one bee that happens to get into a car and travels away from its home?
I could probably turn this into some kind of metaphysical meditation/poem on home and belonging, and in fact maybe I will, but for now, it's just the question: "what happens to ants who leave home?"
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Sannunki Talatu,I just write to tell you that we Africans are those ants. We have been abducted aboard a fast moving object that took us beyond our world to an alien destination. We grew and withered there.And so also every trait that gives us an Identity. What ever is left for us or that we remember is grossly undeveloped for mordern life. We are a funny hybrid of cultures and orientations. What do we do with ourselves. Whatever happens to the ants?attahiru M Gusau attamuazu@yahoo.com
Sannunki Talatu,I just write to tell you that we Africans are those ants. We have been abducted aboard a fast moving object that took us beyond our world to an alien destination. We grew and withered there.And so also every trait that gives us an Identity. What ever is left for us or that we remember is grossly undeveloped for mordern life. We are a funny hybrid of cultures and orientations. What do we do with ourselves. Whatever happens to the ants?
Sannunki Talatu,We the africans are those very ants provoking your thoughts and worry. We,ve been abducted to a world so distant and different and cosquently we became a funny hybrid of cultures without mastering any. Jacks of all trade, masters of none. Our african values, culture, languages are so undeveloped for modern life and our mimicry of western values so ridiclously ...........
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