A SCHOOL boy of Kasama in Northern Province has been denied a school place, on account of his dreadlocked hair.
Chisanga Mubanga, a son like father, was seeking to enroll in Grade eight at Kasama Boys Secondary School, but school authorities would not entertain a budding Rastafarian into the school’s master register.
Rastafarianism is a religious movement of Jamaican origin that believes that Emperor Haile Selassie of Ethiopia was the Messiah and that black people are the chosen ones and will eventually return to their African homeland.
Probably the school management imagined the school boy shouting, at break time, such Rastafarian expressions as Fiyah bun babylon kaaz dem eva deh taament people (I denounce the police because they are always tormenting poor people), yes king bless, mi deh yah (everything is good), wa gwaan or yes I and me a go (goodbye) and could not simply help it.
But Nathan Chisanga, the father to boy, has aired his grievances on his son’s hair; he believes he has offended no law and that he should be admitted into school.
Nathan wants some of the 2022 recruited 30, 000 plus teachers to start teaching his child algebraic expressions, unlike raising issues of appearance of the would-be pupil.
To sort of counter the stance of the school on his son, Nathan wasted no time but rushed to buy Internet bundles of probably K10 from Kasama’s Chikumanino market and typed down his reasoning, concerning the son’s predicament.
“Rastafarian is an organisation in Zambia that is identified in the society. We have our own beliefs, just like Christians and other religions so it’s not easy for my son to just cut his hair and they said they can’t allow him to be enrolled while having long hair,” complained Nathan.
Reacting to the story, human rights activist and Rastafarian Maiko Zulu told Diamond TV that denying access to education to someone, simply because they are Rastafarians or have dreadlocks is an infringement of human rights.
“Over the years, we have seen a tendency of discrimination in government schools and national registration offices towards people having dreadlocks,” said Zulu.
Zulu asked for clarification to be made by educational authorities, on whether or not it is an offence for someone to have dreadlocks or to belong to the Rastafarian community.
“I have seen Muslims attending government schools and obtaining national registration IDs with their heads clad in Hijabs. If their culture is respected, why can’t ours be respected too?” wondered Zulu.
By Buumba Mwitumwa
Kalemba February 15, 2022.
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