[FrontPageAfrica] Our Elders of Africa say that to walk on the new mat, any person has to sit on the old mat. The old mat is the mat on which the elders sit. Some people think that the Elders sit on the old mat and just talk but do nothing. Nothing could be farther from the truth. The Elders sit on the old mat to get wisdom to use in taking peaceful actions to solve societal problems. It is this wisdom that tells people to sit on the old mat before sitting on the new mat.