Daudi Were wa Mental Acrobatics aliongea kwenye Digital Citizen Indaba na kuangalia suala la umiliki wa blogu za Afrika: Who Owns the African Blogosphere? Katika kuangalia suala hili alitoa mfano mmoja unaoonyesha jinsi suala la umiliki linavyotofautiana kati ya tamaduni za Kiafrika na za kigeni.Anasema kuwa wakoloni walipokuja Afrika, waliuliza nani anamiliki ardhi yetu, wakaambia hakuna anayeimiliki. Wao wakadhani kuwa haina mwenyewe, kumbe sisi tulimaanisha kuwa hakuna anayemiliki maana ni ya kila mtu:

Colonialists would often turn up at an African community and ask, “Who does that land belong to?” pointing to the vast fields around the village. Many times the reply from the villagers would be, “It does not belong to anyone.” The colonialists would then promptly set about fencing and craving up the land amongst themselves, which would enrage the Africans, which, in turn, would confuse the colonialists as, after all, they had been told that this land did not belong to anyone.

These exchanges highlight the differences in the cultures involved and the different understandings of what initially looks like a very simple situation. When the Africans tell the colonialists that this land does not belong to anybody, the colonialists would take that to mean that the land is unoccupied. “It does not belong to anyone” is taken to mean it is ownerless.

Bonyeza hapa umsome mwenyewe akijadili suala hili la umiliki.