THE IDIOTIC AFRICAN

Who is an idiotic African?

Is an African that has been brainwashed to hate and look down on the African people, culture, food and music because they found themselves in a different place far away from Africa. More to that, an idiotic African can be one that uses chemicals and other substance to change they beauty and identity of the motherland by bleaching of skins so that they can fit in their new found area. Even though, the above horrors might be done it is important to understand that our darkness or black beauty must be preserved since this hostile world seems to hate the black man with a passion.   The following are some of the thoughts of an idiotic African and hostile world:

Black is ignorance

Black equals poverty

Black equals undocumented

Black equals slavery

Black equals crime

Africa is corrupt

Africa equals war

Black is a curse without cure

Black is inferior

Africa equals cannibalism

With the above thoughts of an idiotic African and hostile world, you would discover that ignorance plays a big part though brainwash is one big aspect that most African are subjected  to before there are made to believe that being a black or African is a curse and inferior. And with my stay in Europe, I can testify that being African or black is a statement that gets you an automatic pass of being called an undocumented immigrant, drug kingpin or just an uncivilized barbarian taught civilization from society and that’s why most Africans end up bleaching their skin in a bid to fit.

Africa is our home while being black is our identity, let no one belittle or brainwash from taking pride in being a proud African, and it is of great significance to understand that Africa as a continent has not fared well in terms of social-economic and infrastructure development, but that does not mean we all have to disrespect and belittle our motherland to others like the idiotic African,  Africa is just a 'dark continent', but to patriot Africans 'Africa is a paradise' and home to many unique cultures and tribes.

Reminder

'Black is beautiful ‘is not just a random statement, but a reality to those that choose to see and believe the beauty that lies in the black complexion and the African continent. And for those that choose to see the negative in the complexion and African continent, I respect they chose and I believe they opinion is not subject to any debate because if debated upon then we shall give room to ignorant concepts that are motivated by hate and pride. African indeed in the past has had its short comings, but we cannot judge or enslave they people based on the past.

 

Conclusion

To sum-up with a statement by a blogger who said, ‘the biggest ignorance that the world has faced is its ignorance about the African continent and its rich culture’. Quiet well the world seems to know about the mineral resources Africa possesses, but yet underestimates its people. I believe the world can learn a lot of lessons from the Africa continent. For Africa is the real deal.

THE AFRICAN PRESIDENCY: THE END OF LEADERSHIP, THE BEGINNING OF BUSINESS

Africa’s determination to self-governance through independence was seen in the rise of leaders who were driven by a passion to see a revived Africa and almost 50 years after the first steps of true leadership was laid down, today's Africa seem to be in a crisis that we cannot describe. The true leadership and patriotism that led to self-governance and independence has long been forgotten and replaced by pot belly and pocket styled form of selfish business now called leadership. Dear readers it is a known fact that Africa’s current copy of leaders are something we can liken them to predators that prey on the helpless poor majority and this is seen in failure by most leaders to account for national wealthy which they audition to foreign multinational cooperation for personal gains.

If am not mistaken, African and leadership in general is always characterized by serving through the provision of services that satisfy needs and wants of the people, but that seems to have faded with the 1960s and a new 21st century type of leadership has just been adopted mainly in Africa. This 21st century type of leadership is self-seeking and business-oriented, all it does and longs for is making a personal wealth at the expense of the poor majority while laying a blind eye and deaf ear to their needs and wants.

Furthermore, the presidency has lost its value due to the controversial that surrounds its selection in the sense that, the choice of the majority is never respected and the power of a vote is usually made valueless. As shown by the above idea, it can further be illustrated with a common situation that has been seen in most African countries were leaders have  preference for foreign investors without voting rights to its own citizens who possess the right to vote and hold citizenship.

At this point, I believe if our founding leaders such as Thomas Sankara, Nelson Mandela, Nalumino Mundia were asked to air out they views on the directions of the continent, I strongly believe regret, anger and shame would characterize they reaction because Africa is still the same with high unemployment and corruption rates not forgetting, foreign aid dependent economies while our leaders seem too focused on getting credits such as euro-bonds,  but failing to put up a road map on how the monies will be repaid hence signing auctioning off the youth's future through petty deals. And truth be told, the continent’s economies are not growing at all, what I see is a 'Mary-go-around' economy meaning the economies of the continent are stagnant because most of Africa’s economies are controlled and styled for countries like China, Russia, United States, therefore I wonder how growth can be experienced if African economies lack an African identity.

In a nutshell, Africa’s next generation will live in debts because by the time we realize that our own leaders are our greatest enemies, our land and our tradition would have been sold to the Asians or Europeans by our leaders. Africa's leadership needs a revival and its time the youths showed interest in their future.  

Written & edited by
Sishumba Musanda