Are they not just fragments of former colonial implant-States—with some exceptions, of course? Are people satisfied with these? Do people, everywhere here, have a subjective consciousness of belonging to a Nation? Is what Soyinka calls ‘national space’ organized by a national consciousness?
Sehemu ambazo hazikuwa na jadi inayounganisha makabila, hasa sehemu za pwani kama vile Lindi na Mtwara, ambako watu wake walitokana na vikundi vingi vidogo vidogo vya makabila tofauti toka sehemu mbalimbali za bara, walitafuta kile kilichowaunganisha wote na kuweka utaratibu huo kama utawala wa sehemu hizo.