<translate> Ratiba iliyokuwa rahisi, kila mtu kusema jina lake na kazi aliyokuwa akifanya, iligeuka mara moja na kuwa madrasa ya utamaduni. Kutoka kwa mtu wa kwanza Prof Mtanalewa hadi mtu wa mwisho, mwimbaji wa hiphop Kaa La Moto, muundo wa kiasili wa umoja wa dhamira, mahala na watu ulidhihirika. Mazungumzo yalionyesha usawa fulani kila mtu kwa namna moja ama nyingine alikuwa anajihusisha na kuhifadhi elimu za kiasili kupitia uandishi, utengenezaji filamu, mziki, chakula, usomi na harakati za lugha. Ima kwa makusudi au mipango mingine, sote tulikuwa tumejumuika chini ya mti huu kama wanaharakati wa kitamaduni. Sadfa iliyoje, kuwa tulikusanyika chini ya mti kama vile walivyokusanyika wazee wetu miaka iliyopita kujadili masuala ya jamii. <eng>
What was supposed to be a simple introduction around the group, each person stating what they were doing or planning to do, quickly turned into a nondescript cultural education class. Right from the very first introduction from Prof Mtanalewa to the last but not least Kaa La Moto, an organic pattern emerged of similarities in purpose, place and people. The rich discussion had a common denominator that the entire bunch was involved in one way or another with documenting indigenous knowledges through writing, film-making, music, food, scholarship and linguistic activism. Whether deliberate or otherwise, we were all gathered under that tree as cultural activists. What coincidence, then, that we were gathered under this tree in the same way our elders in the past used to, discussing matters affecting our community. 