Oct 16, 2026 · 48 min · 13 segments
For half a millennium, a singular, unyielding logic dictated the course of human history the West decided, and the rest of the world adapted.
The old world was built on hierarchies, empires, institutions, and even bureaucracies, as it were.
And the new world for many, or how many have come to perceive the new world, is that the new world is built on networks and connections.
How can young people across the Global South, especially Africans, leverage these networks and also transform them from not just spaces of conversation, but into vehicles for political and economic power?
We have the same story in Asian country and we in Indonesia or we in ASEAN countries, I can say with as simple as we change our language, using our native language, try to emphasize more on this is our capability, then it helps us to grow.
It helps us to change all of this, you know, I can say empire, etc., Even though sometimes when we are talking about the political influence, it's still happening where some particular country, you know, still using or like still following other country regulations or still using it as their own guidance.
So I think this is one simple thing when we want to change this policy We want to change the future.
But we are trying to, you know, like change and work together and show to the world that we can do it.
Sometimes it requires more than just talking, but putting in the work and putting in the time it requires to ensure that you walk the talk.
So I would find out from you, as the founder of the ASEAN Youth Organization, What is your organization doing in its own capacity to ensure that the narrative the world has of Global South is rewritten?
As our tagline said, by youth, for youth, and with youth, we make sure that we involve all of the young people to be part of any movement, any projects, etc., Yes, of course, we still have to listen and get the guidance from the elder generation.
And again, when we are solving an issue in our community, we cannot solve it ourselves.
The old world was built on hierarchies, empires, institutions, and even bureaucracies, as it were.
And the new world for many, or how many have come to perceive the new world, is that the new world is built on networks and connections.
How can young people across the Global South, especially Africans, leverage these networks and also transform them from not just spaces of conversation, but into vehicles for political and economic power?
We have the same story in Asian country and we in Indonesia or we in ASEAN countries, I can say with as simple as we change our language, using our native language, try to emphasize more on this is our capability, then it helps us to grow.
It helps us to change all of this, you know, I can say empire, etc., Even though sometimes when we are talking about the political influence, it's still happening where some particular country, you know, still using or like still following other country regulations or still using it as their own guidance.
So I think this is one simple thing when we want to change this policy We want to change the future.
But we are trying to, you know, like change and work together and show to the world that we can do it.
Sometimes it requires more than just talking, but putting in the work and putting in the time it requires to ensure that you walk the talk.
So I would find out from you, as the founder of the ASEAN Youth Organization, What is your organization doing in its own capacity to ensure that the narrative the world has of Global South is rewritten?
As our tagline said, by youth, for youth, and with youth, we make sure that we involve all of the young people to be part of any movement, any projects, etc., Yes, of course, we still have to listen and get the guidance from the elder generation.
And again, when we are solving an issue in our community, we cannot solve it ourselves.
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