It's our Time, Africa.
- Jun 26, 2015
- 2 min read
Alright, we talk of international integration. Must it exist? It is your time my fellow African. Think about it critically....
A certain Swahili proverb says, ‘mgeni njoo mwenyeji apone.’ Ideally we tend to believe that is true and obvious once we get visited. Fine, that is what I usually note every time I come across a white man who tours our country. We welcome them with songs and delight; we entertain them with our rich cultural practices such the traditional dances of the Maasai community.
We give them high consideration in our most valuable ‘Five Star Hotels’. The kinds of treatment we restrict to give our fellow Africans, perhaps, in favor of the white man. True to the say,‘Rafiki yako ndiye adui yako.’ Funny enough; we regard them as precious when for them at times describe us as b…..
Alright, we talk of international integration. Must it exist? But we surrender for the interaction purposes-one language. After all, will native language bring in international integration? Will it promote peace? Or, Will it give way to international development? Let us take it from a local perspective; could we be interacting in a common language as people of one country or rather one continent- Africa. What of business activities? What of the exchange of lifestyles?
The enemy of your race is your race itself. You are the only problem to your problems and the only solution to your problems. Take an example of the great Patrice Lumumba, a Congolese who was assassinated because of his struggle to fight for the freedom of the Congolese people against the Belgians who were up to taking control of Congo.
As much as these so called international languages have eased communication it has challenges trooping behind it. Is the White Man up to dividing the African Unity? Distorting it? Ruining our peace? Misusing our welcomes? Exploiting our rich and resourceful land? Be rich at the expense of the suffering African?
It is your time my fellow African. Sit down and think critically what kind of ways we can come up with to tactically, intelligently and diligently to curb this uncertainty of unacceptable agonies and the masquerading nature of these imperialists. The balls are in our coats. If we sit and wait for bait; we will always be seen as none other than slaves.
Africa got people who can make it a better peaceful place for every African without employing ideologies from outsiders. Together we stand. Divided we fall.
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