Africa
has been politically backward and naïve throughout the last century with so
many atrocities, anomalies and injustices. Its children thought that, one day,
things will be better, but since the era of independence dawned, the situation
has remained the same, if not worst. Ills, evils and self-destructions of all
kinds continue to plague the African continent. Africa has lost its natural,
human and material resources to wars and massacres of innocent lives for no
just reason. Coups and counter-coups have continued to play havoc with African
society, take a look at it now and you will see. Should confidence have been
reposed in the statements of the likes of Kwameh Nkrumah, Thomas Sankara and
Patrice Lumumba, to the effect that Africa's problems will turn to brightness?
Is there any optimism for Africa? Will African children live to see this
happen? That is for renaissance.
We need “United State of
Africa”, we need young Africa. We need youths that can drive new Africa and the
search for you is on. Are you they one? The one to be asked; why Africa has
remained underdeveloped. So what would be your answer? If not intolerance and
lack of respect for one another;
combining to invite trouble into Africa? Africans are killing each other and
destroying the continent's resources all because of these thirst for power. It
is enough to mention the gun rule and slaughtering of people in Liberia and
Sierra Leone, and killing of innocent civilians in Cassamance (southern
Senegal) among others. This indicates what is wrong with our leaders, as manifested
by underdevelopment and political mayhem. With this era of political ignorance
and naivety, there is more need for us, indeed the world, to rise up with one
voice and see how we can rebirth Africa. It is possible.
As we entered the dawn of
the new millennium, intellectual sycophants have started howling and trumpeting
that it will be a millennium of African peace and development. One renowned
intellectual was quoted as saying that "in the next millennium, Europeans
will come to Africa as refugees." Is it not during this prelude stage of
the millennium that floods occurred in Mozambique, killing hundreds of people?
That hunger and starvation entered Ethiopia? That thousands died in Nigeria as
a result of needless religious wars? That mass religious suicide occurred in
Uganda? That the senseless land dispute heated up in Zimbabwe? And the wars in
Rwanda, Cassamance and Burundi intensified?
With these madness’s in our midst, only the insane would predict a
bright future for Africa. Until socialist politics is introduced in Africa, the
gloom of this "Heart of Darkness" shall continue. It’s a thought.
Written by – (Guest Blogger)
Saidina Alieu Jarjou
Founder/ CEO
Dr.Saja Taal Memorial Foundation
Banjul, Gambia.
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