“Peace You Have My Word” is a platform for learners to think creatively, critically, and reflectively about Peace in the world, and particularly on the African continent. This year, participants from Ghana, Senegal, Nigeria, Zambia, Cameroon, Burkina Faso, Switzerland, Germany, the United States of America and more, shared visions of peace that ranged from provocative to poetic and transformative. Many expressed deep concern about the state of the world and a strong call for justice, unity, and real change. Let's all open our ears to the wisdom of our learners, and follow them as they model advocacy and reflection.
-Estelle Baroung Hughes, Founder of Peace You Have My Word
Category: Ancestral Intelligence Is the AI of Peace
Ancestral Intelligence Is the AI of Peace
My father once told me a story about how our people kept peace without violence but by listening and understanding. Our elders sat beneath trees and delivered judgments no software can replicate. That wisdom can’t be downloaded. It lives in community, culture and memory.
Today, the world turns to AI to solve conflicts but AI can't resonate with your story, sense emotions or remember the words of our ancestors. We need to remember the culture running through our veins- a culture that carries peace in the blood.
I once forgave someone who didn’t deserve it - not because I’m a pushover, but because peace lives in me. That moment wasn’t weakness, it was inheritance. It was all my elders taught me about respect and strength.
Now, I understand: he who forgets the wisdom of his elders will ask Google for what his grandmother already knew.
Read more student submissions in the category of Ancestral Intelligence Is the AI of Peace
Andrea Tamakloe (SOS-Hermann Gmeiner International College in Ghana)
Edwin Jonah (Tema International School in Ghana)
Matteo Vecchi (Enko Schools in Senegal)
Read more Peace You Have My Word selected submissions from the category Africa Unite , No Justice No Peace, and Peace Starts Small.
Anuoluwapo Zahra Onabanjo is a student at Start-Rite International School in Nigeria.
