People ask for the reason why we
write the word UNDUGU in capital letters as if it were an abbreviation
of some other bigger name. We do so because we want to emphasize a number
of things.
To begin with, we do it to underline the fact that UNDUGU (our relationship
of brotherhood, sisterhood or familyhood) is everything to us even though
we live in a world where money, power or honor is everything to many
people.
Undugu is our hope, our strength and our life because united we stand
but divided we not only fall but end up slaughtering one another for
food, power, honor and the like.
We know very well that without a spirit of brotherhood
and sisterhood among us there can never be genuine unity among us and
where there is no unity there is no peace. Moreover where there is no
peace there is no lasting progress or prosperity. A world in which UNDUGU
spirit is absent is miserable if not a hell.
UNDUGU is our culture or our way of doing things because we endeavor
to do all but as brothers and sisters and as a family. We endeavor to
solve problems and meet the challenges of life the way true brothers
or sisters would do it.
UNDUGU is our origin and destiny because we are
not only born brothers and sisters but we are also destined to live
together forever as brothers and sisters with God as our common parent
in Heaven.
UNDUGU is, indeed, our religion because living with and loving all people,
all the sons and daughters of God as our brothers and sisters is our
best possible way of being Christians, Muslims or Hindus.