Whose heritage is this that we are besought to celebrate? How many of our people identify with it? September is Heritage Month, where the nation observes and celebrates all that it inherited from preceding generations.

This is the sort of inheritance that includes but is not limited to culture, traditions, monuments, knowledge, land, and belief systems. It anchors the nation. The value attached to any form of heritage is what sustains it and any inheritance that may be deemed to be of less value loses its significance with the progression of time...