The Young Foundation<\/a> is inviting people to share their first political memory. The First Political Memory Project<\/a> aims to:<\/p>\n

reconnect people\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s everyday lives with politics through collecting and sharing stories of when people first became aware of the bigger world around them.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I grew up in a very political household so trying to identify my first memory is complicated. When I look back to my “politically formative years”, which I place somewhere between the ages of 4 and 7 all I see is a kaleidoscope of memories.<\/p>\n

Is my first political memory to be found in the pages of my book collection that included titles such as “Nelson Mandela<\/a> for Kids”, “Harriet Tubman<\/a> for Kids”?<\/p>\n

Or did it start with the curtain call that preceeded my role in the Wazelendo Players’ production of Ngugi Wa Thiongo’s<\/a> The Trial of Dedan Kimathi? <\/p>\n

Perhaps it is in the tune of Bandiera Rossa<\/a>; a song I learned to sing without so much as knowing what language it was in!<\/p>\n

Maybe it lies within the pixels that made up the was the framed poster of Malcolm X<\/a> in our living room?. <\/p>\n