Malawi has pimped its bucs to a slimmer, slender and remarkably sexy size decorated with quite a variety of faces this time around, away from the traditional John Chilembwe Kodak moment.
Views, pro and against these new notes are understandably a mixed bag. But all in all, the only option left is to handle the change exactly the way it is.
However, are these bank notes a make up for the absence of a heroes acre? Quite a number of us would be tempted to think that way if the faces printed on the new bank notes are anything to go by. Surely, Malawi boasts of bundles of heroes, alive or otherwise, and these fellows cannot all be accommodated on banknotes or else the central bank has to make up for the other ‘deserving’ faces.
By the way, don’t we have youthful heroes recognized at national level to qualify for banknote modeling? Or does one have to graduate into grey hair to win favours for a possible feature on the notes? Search me.
First things first, it is high time the country took pride in its heroes and developed a proper heroes acre or else the heroes ‘league’ will keep competing for space on banknotes.
The young generation should be equally recognized and this will as well instill an incredible amount of motivation, hope and patriotism amongst young people.
Much as all of us cannot qualify to be heroes at national level, let those that deserve it be accorded the right honour for the betterment of mother Malawi as well as preservation of our history which cannot, obviously, be just reduced to banknotes’ modeling.
Its our nation, let us recognize our people, their talent, achievements and together we can build the pride of Malawi and marry yesterday, today to tomorrow.
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