How can Africa be more united and stable? The answer lies in having the right political system.
This has been our wrong footing from day one. Do we adopt democracy, socialism, or communism. Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah wanted a Communist path as the best way to secure Africa politically. Tanzania's Julius Nyerere tried Socialism but he failed. Francophone Africa has yet to find a formula. But not all blame goes to our leaders. Our countries were artificially created in Berlin in 1884, and members of tribes that had not interacted with each other suddenly found themselves in the same country. Had African countries united through a slow ethno cultural evolution, we would have been more stable as compared to as at present when our countries were forced union of tribes.
For instance, Robert Mugabe, though a Pan Africanist, drew his support from the Ndembele tribe, rather than the Shona tribe. The age old rivarly between the Hutu and Tutsi of Rwanda, with the support of France, led to nearly a million people being killed in the span of 100 days. Such instability is what we do not need if we are to prosper.
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