AWE Media Sierra Leone

By: Ibrahim Jalloh - ( Jallomy ) There is a bankrupt truism that a man cannot be ahead of his time and generation! This philosophy draws strength from the the conflicting reality of disconnect between a generation bracket and ahead of time rationalization and behavioural patterns. Certainly, some people are far ahead of their generation, time and the dictates of the age. Often in Western Literature, this can be neatly described as " the generation gap". You think something or some direction is wrong but the greater and often gullible majority think it is right. Invariably, they will give you descriptive terms: a dissenter, a leftist, a non conformist, a rebel, the list goes on. Society largely thinks and behave in stereotypical manner with the ruthless expectations that all must follow and comply. This perhaps the cradle or that which is loosely called societal norms. Realistically, norms are ridiculous conditioned patterns of behaviour. They have the huge potential to i...