Revolutions grow from the seeds of persistence
As a young African I made it a mission to learn and understand my position while also reflecting on my continents history. What I still can't comprehend is how my lands hold the largest amount of natural resources on the planet yet my people are the most impoverished and uneducated population on the face of the earth.
The truth is something every African considers but doesn't have the courage to accept. As a continent we gained our independence from the colonial powers that shackled and tortured us for centuries only to rush into another form of slavery, namely corporate democracy.
Today we are at the mercy of three main factors that directly or indirectly control every aspect of our daily lives. The first is the economic imperialism that takes our precious resources in exchange for crippling interest loans and the promise of infrastructure. You can pretend that this is not the case, but reality is something that shows itself to you on every corner of this continent.
The second is the composition of our leaders, we are plagued by weak intellectuals who only see their own advances. Majority of African leaders are subservient and live as cronies with fake crowns. They have no understanding of their own individual sovereignty let alone that of the people they pretend to serve.
The third and final factor is the one I consider the biggest and most potent factor of the African situation. The mental erosion of every man, woman and child on this continent. We have been degraded to the point of self loathing and lethargic existence. Each and everyone of us is just waiting to pass from this world without the slightest will to stand up for our rights. Even those who consider themselves as educated have been programmed to hate his or her own kind. They don't consider themselves as cotton picking slaves. Instead they have attained the higher status of a house servant.
In fact in my humble opinion the latter slave is the most hateful and unintelligent organism in the milky way. We can no longer afford to exist in this manner, it is our responsibility to unite and formulate a safe passage out of the abyss they call globalisation. To all the Africans that can relate to anything or everything I say, my door is ever open.
The truth is something every African considers but doesn't have the courage to accept. As a continent we gained our independence from the colonial powers that shackled and tortured us for centuries only to rush into another form of slavery, namely corporate democracy.
Today we are at the mercy of three main factors that directly or indirectly control every aspect of our daily lives. The first is the economic imperialism that takes our precious resources in exchange for crippling interest loans and the promise of infrastructure. You can pretend that this is not the case, but reality is something that shows itself to you on every corner of this continent.
The second is the composition of our leaders, we are plagued by weak intellectuals who only see their own advances. Majority of African leaders are subservient and live as cronies with fake crowns. They have no understanding of their own individual sovereignty let alone that of the people they pretend to serve.
The third and final factor is the one I consider the biggest and most potent factor of the African situation. The mental erosion of every man, woman and child on this continent. We have been degraded to the point of self loathing and lethargic existence. Each and everyone of us is just waiting to pass from this world without the slightest will to stand up for our rights. Even those who consider themselves as educated have been programmed to hate his or her own kind. They don't consider themselves as cotton picking slaves. Instead they have attained the higher status of a house servant.
In fact in my humble opinion the latter slave is the most hateful and unintelligent organism in the milky way. We can no longer afford to exist in this manner, it is our responsibility to unite and formulate a safe passage out of the abyss they call globalisation. To all the Africans that can relate to anything or everything I say, my door is ever open.
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