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tribes tribes
tribes we all love being a part of a
tribe
because this is all based on how
individuals like you and i human beings
are social creatures we love to belong
it's critical
not just for our fulfillment but it's
also key for our survival
but the problem is when our sense of
wanting to belong
turns into tribalism now that's what
we're going to talk about today on this
episode of reimagine
africa
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all right welcome to the reimagine
africa third video of the series thank
you so
much for watching the video a big big
big shout out to all of
my amazing amazing africans at tuna
cheeky
i love love love you guys and thank you
so much for all of the love and all of
the support from the different parts of
africa and across
the diaspora i really absolutely love
and appreciate all of you
so today's episode like i said earlier
is all about tribalism
and how a lot of the time even in our
wanting to belong to be part of
something to be part of a claire and a
group
we find that tribalism or grouping
ourselves
into different tribes actually works
against
our growth our capacity to be better
and to improve into the best version of
ourselves
now let me start by just defining this
word of tribes
because a lot of the time when we think
about tribalism what tends to happen
with us
is that we think more along the ethnic
or the racial
or cultural lines even but this goes
beyond that
and i want you as you think about this
today to expand your view
and that's what i think is really really
critical because when you think about
tribes don't just think about them in
that sense
but think about those as well but also
think about all of the
groups that you belong to things like
and this is one that i've used so often
when i call myself
an introvert and i say i'm part of the
introvert tribe i'm an introvert and
that's
something that i used to define myself
and now although those are good because
it creates a sense of belonging what
they end up doing
is that they create a polarized sort of
view
or a kind of duality where the people
who are part of a tribe
see themselves as an in-crowd and the
people that are not as an
outcrowd all the other way around and
this
gets in the way of collaboration because
it
stops us from seeing the other people as
outside of
foes or enemies as friends and then we
can't collaborate or join
forces with them to create something
that's going to be made out of different
perspectives
that's going to help us to grow and so
tribalism
which is being so engulfed in your own
tribe
that you are no longer opening
yourselves up to appreciating
the perspectives and the beauty of
others who fall within a different tribe
is extremely hurtful when it comes to
collaboration now we all may have heard
the african proverb that goes
if you want to go fast go alone
if you want to go far go together
and as africans we deserve to go far
and so today we are unlearning tribalism
and re-learning collaboration
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