Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) in the country have been urged to sit back and reflect on themselves as civil society activists. In a key-note address to a Gender Festival in Dar es Salaam, Issa Shivji, Professor of Law, University of Dar es Salaam, said reflecting on who we are, what are we doing and where we are going does not require any justification. In other words, he queried, are we contributing to the great cause of humanity, the cause of emancipation from oppression, exploitation and deprivation, or are we engaged, consciously or unconsciously, in playing to the tune set by others?