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Eritrea: Represented By Millions of Ambassadors
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Shabait.com (Asmara)
EDITORIAL
24 January 2008
Posted to the web 24 January 2008
Asmara
As general observations indicate, many people who migrate from their countries of birth for different reasons tend to gradually sever connections with their families, culture, people and roots and completely adopt, as their own, the culture and attitudes of the foreign places they are residing in, based on the misguided belief that 'the place where you earn your daily brad is your country.' Starting from ancient times, people who migrated from their birthplace to foreign lands for various reasons and failed to return to or keep any contact with their native country have vanished without a trace. Even at present, individuals migrating from the developing world to Europe or to the US do not even try to find out whether their country has an embassy in the countries where they reside, let alone have any interest in their origin and cultural heritage.
But for Eritreans the reality is totally different because they have a very unique legacy. Eritreans view migration only as a means to reap certain benefits; their primary attention is always on what is going on in the homeland because they know that they will eventually return home. Wherever they go, they keep their identity and legacy intact and it is not without reason that it is asserted: 'every Eritrean is his country's ambassador.' It would not be an exaggeration to say that Eritrea is the only country that has millions of ambassadors.
Driven by strong attachment to their people and nation, Eritreans living abroad actively worked as ambassadors to the armed struggle for independence by spreading worldwide the voices of Eritreans inside the country paying with their lives in the war for liberation. Following the TPLF aggression, these Eritreans once again stood by their people and fulfilled their national duty. Furthermore, they are now participating in all aspects of development endeavors towards upgrading their people's standard of living through financial support to families of martyrs and by investing in different sectors. To maintain this enviable culture of adhering to one's roots and bestowing it on the coming generations, Eritreans living abroad form communities and set up centers for teaching their children their native language and culture. Moreover, in addition to establishing their own community media, they install appliances that enable them to follow the Eritrean media in their homes so as to reflect and keep intact their cultural heritage and identity.
Life of migration has diluted the culture and identity of different communities. The only reason Eritreans nationals living abroad manage to maintain their identity is because Eritreans, as a people, take pride in their origin and love their culture and identity. Thus, concerted and organized efforts are needed to preserve and further enrich such a glorious Eritrean legacy.
The problem is that the government of eritrea is making it hard for us to be good ambassador of our mother country! With the country falling back, and the government appearing to have become a mafiosi style run gangster organisation. Believe me it is becoming difficult to make good public relation for eritrea outside eritrea!
So I wonder what this article is about or do they have any people with brain left at shaebia.com?
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