SOCIAL MEDIA ACTIVISM

It is common knowledge that our cultures have abused the element of

respect to silence young people. The youth are seen and not given an

ear to be heard. Elders want young people only to speak when spoken to

and this systematic oppression squeezed youth to some mute corner.

Well, the landscape is fast changing and if views posted on social

networks like facebook and twitter are anything to go by then Malawi

is breeding a political revolution. This verbal revolution depicts

patriotic young Malawians from all corners of the globe debating and

demanding accountability from those in power with naked openness.

Social media activism is life in the country, thumbs up to the youth

for that! If the same spirit could be practiced in real life that

definitely youths in the country would be graduating from passive

observers to active participants in the democratic political dialogue

and progress of mother Malawi.

Most definitely, freedom of expression is flourishing via the social

networks. Social networks are key in the dispensation of information

and youth are proudly championing this. Freedom and access to

information at its best!

Fellow youngsters, it is high time we apply the same energy depicted

in social media activism to practical reality and help fuelling

engines of the country’s democracy with our fresh dynamic views as

well as ideas.

Youth, let us have the humility to see the greatness that lies within us.

Watch out… most of these indigenous political leaders are scared of

proactive, intellectual and morally upbeat youth, and they resort to

abuse the youth that could be persuaded with the least.

Lets us not be silent anymore about the state of our nation, democracy

as well as leadership and government.

More fire to social media activism e.g. on Facebook: My Malawi My

Views, Malawi Freedom Network and In Defence Of Democracy Among

Others.