the Humanist view

The popular Luganda (language of Buganda, largest first nation of Uganda) children’s poem and nursery rhyme, “Embaata Ento” (The Young Ducklings), is on my mind. Its lyrics: Ffe tuli embaata ento, tetumanyi kubala, tubala nga tuddamu: emu, bbiri, ssatu, nnya, ttaano, mukaaga, musanvu, munaana, mwenda, ne kkumi! Translated into English: “We are little ducklings, we…