MEMORY IS RESISTANCE

Blog Post 1 – Discovering SHUJISM: Memory is Resistance


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You may be reading the word SHUJISM for the first time. It is a new African philosophy — a path of thought and action that begins with two Kiswahili words:

- SHUJA means a person of courage and dignity.
- USHUJA means the virtue of heroism, the quality of being SHUJA.

From these words comes SHUJISM: the philosophy that teaches us to live with memory, dignity, and unity.

Today’s Reflection: Memory

In SHUJISM, memory is not a luxury — it is survival. To be human is to remember. Without memory, there is no identity, no dignity, no future.

For Africa, memory has always been resistance: against slavery, colonization, and the ongoing attempts to erase our humanity. But this truth is not only African. Every people, every person, needs memory to live with dignity.

A verse from the SHUJISM Manifesto says:
“The SHUJA does not move forward by forgetting. The SHUJA moves forward by carrying.”

This means that our strength is not in burying the past, but in carrying it — turning wounds into wisdom and history into renewal.

Call to Action

As you discover SHUJISM, take one step: remember. Carry a story of courage — your own, your community’s, or your nation’s — and let it shape your tomorrow.

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