Our backgrounds tell, where we come from for example our accent. The easiest way is to read the birth certificates, which tell where we were born. Some countries can grant nationalities to children born in a given country like France and they have some obligations like do military service before the age of twenty one.

It is important to be loyal to a cause. You have to say what is your opinion. That is how you estimate you are an independent and free man.

A name can tell who you are for example. There are people, who are named after places, therefore they belong to the bourgeoisie or to the middle class. There are others who are named after countries, therefore they are nobles or orphans. There are names which express feelings and those are African names.

There are people who can tell about your social background by looking at you. There are countries where the population does not like to identify themselves by their ethnic group.

They say that everybody is equal. Therefore, our backgrounds cannot be used against us. We are what we are and that is how God is for everybody.

This poem is the English translation by A. R Luther of the poem written by Bullah Shah in Urdu.

You hear this question when someone has been appointed at an important post for example. There is also a play in Kirundi which is Ninde which means Who Can It Be? Kirundi is a language from Burundi a country which is part of the Great Lakes of Africa.

The past is not to forget. The future needs the past. We need to be present all the time.

We all come from somewhere. Therefore, we all have a background which makes us who we are. That is how you share a good meal with a community when you are invited after hard labor.

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