Religion Could be the undoing of Africa.

Before the white man came we had lots of spirituality. After he came, we have lots of religion. The white man gave us the bible, but went on to plunder Africa unabated. May I argue that even slavery was justified using the bible, urging slaves to be obedient to their masters.

How can you explain the sudden rise of the prosperity gospel? That just give your tithe and offerings to the church, and you will be blessed with a happy family, wife/husband, car, and generally wealth. Yes, some, if not majority of early christians were black. Even the identity of Jesus, painted as white Caucasian, is highly in doubt. Some of the early popes were black, but history books will never record this. The much acclaimed St.Augustine, was black.

Since Christianity was the basis upon which colonialism and slavery were instituted, it behoves us to take a real hard look at it. Aren't we over religious by praying too much and wishing that a divine providence will solve all our problems, when we have all the tools to solve our own problems? Organised religion has been the source of countless wars, and we would do well take heed.

For example, in the Central African Republic, CAR, religious conflict between the christians balakas, and muslim selekas, continues to be a source of conflict. Similarly, in Nigeria, the divide between the northern muslims and the Christian South continues to make to the country unstable. This is a point for us to ponder. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Africa's Best Brains Must Remain in Africa.

There are more Malawian doctors in Manchester, England, than in Malawi. There are more Nigerian doctors in Los Angeles, US, than in Nigeria. This trend is similar in country after country in Africa.

Just as in slavery when we lost our most able bodied, today, we are losing our best and brightest to Europe and America. Just like in slavery, we are sending free labour to Europe and America.
Yes, I know some are saying that we are in a globalising world, and that we should in deed be proud that our best are working alongside the best in Europe and America. In line with this, Ethiopia has increased the training of nurses by four times, in a bid to export surplus nurses to overseas hospitals. However, this is misleading. Studies have shown that African migrants to the US contribute 40 times more to the US economy, more than to the African economies.

Even then, Africa's best and brightest brains would do well to remain in the continent. What they send as remittances is mainly for consumption, rather than productive enterprises. In the current knowledge economy, what Africa needs most are ideas and knowledge to solve the various pandemics affecting the continent. Now is the time for our best and brightest to remain in Africa, not to leave. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Let Africa be self Reliant, Aid will not help us.

Noted international economist Zambian Dr. Dambisa Moyo offers a poignant point. She argues that since the 1960s, nearly a trillion dollars has been poured on Africa. However, there is nothing to show for it. All the money has dissipated in corruption and other leaks.

Why can't Africa be self reliant? The fact is that we have got huge mineral resources that if well utilised, could provide us with more than enough to take care of us. However, this is not happening. Take Nigeria for example, it is Africa's largest oil producer. And yet, the oil revenues aren't helping Nigeria at all. Oil prices are high, and wonder of all wonders, the country experiences constant electricity blackouts, quite an anomaly for an oil producing country. Let's take an example of another oil producer- Norway. In Norway, every citizen is guaranteed an income of $200,000 from oil, thanks to the prudent management of oil revenues.

Africa can be self reliant. We don't need to depend on the IMF and the World Bank. We don't need to depend on China, which has saddled us with debts that even our grandchildren cannot pay.

What's more, the aid money still goes to the donors as the conditions usually stipulate that their companies be given the contracts. For instance, if you are receiving a loan from China to construct a road, one of the conditions is that it is the Chinese firm that must build the road. Local engineers are reduced to mere Messengers for the company with no skills transfer at all. This must stop. Read More Articles. Click Here
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Africans must be United to take on the world.

A small Europe was able to conquer the word because it was united. Yes, European states have always competed against each other, the reason we had the World War One and the Second Word war. But on the main issues, they have always stayed together.

What's more they all trace their civilisation to the Greece, a civilisation which by and large traces all its knowledge to the ancient kemet black Egyptian civilisation.

When Europe saw the potential in Africa, they stopped their wars and agreed to share out the continent, thus averting a detrimental war between themselves. There partition of Africa into the artificial states we have today is why Africa has never recovered, as previously single kingdoms and chiefdoms suddenly found themselves split. What Africa needed was a slow ethno cultural evolution of the various tribes that would have ultimately created the African super state.

Right now, realising the dominance of China and it's emergence on the world stage, Europe, through the European Union is attempting to unite with the United States in order to counter China.

Africa's key problem is a lack of unity. Our states are too small and fragmented to exert any influence on the world stage. Think about it, why are we suddenly having all these international summits about Africa? There is the China-Africa summit, the UK-Africa summit, the US-Africa summit, the Russia-Africa summit. All of them want to exploit the immense resources in Africa. It is not in their interest for us to grow. We need to come together and abolish the artificial boundaries. This is the only way we can catch up with them.  Read More Articles. Click Here

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African Leaders must Come Down Hard on China.

The Chinese are mistreating Africans in China, and yet, African leaders say that the relations with China are excellent. The AU still calls China a special friend, even after recent incidences of racism against Africans in China. Only the Nigerian ambassador to China stood up for the Africans in China. The rest were cowards.

Do African fear upsetting the Chinese because they owe them huge loans? China is the new coloniser of Africa, and there thirst for Africa's wealth is insatiable. They seem more lethal than Europe and America that have oppressed us in the last 500 years. China is not our friend, and the sooner we learn that, the better.

Look at the projects they are undertaking in Africa
 They offer Jobs only to their fellow Chinese. Even the lowly jobs like tea girls are reserved for the Chinese. We must fight. We must not become the new colony of China. We must not become their new territory where they expand there sphere of influence.  our interests? Read More Articles. Click Here


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IMF and World Bank Should give Africa a Break.

Africa has to be financially secure. It's the only way for the continent to lift itself up. By depending on the IMF and World Bank as our financiers, our economies would be crippled.

Did you know that the IMF and World Bank lend to Africa at a whopping 20 percent interest. Now contrast that with what they lend to the United States- only 1 percent.

Besides, IMF and World Bank will impose conditions that will bring your economy to ruin. They will demand that you lay off public workers in key sectors such as health and education, and render the provision of these key services unattainable. They did this to Africa in the 1990s, and many African economies crumbled.

Also, they will demand that you open up your markets for their products, therefore killing your local industry, and only letting their multinationals flourish. This is why African owned businesses are few and far between, while multinationals continue to repatriate billions of dollars in profit to their European and American owners. The African leaders that tried to get their countries off the dependency on World Bank and IMF, such as Burkina Faso's Thomas Sankara and Libya's Muammar Gaddafi were all eliminated.

It is time for Africa to have its own development bank. One that will act for our own interests and not foreign imperial powers. China formed their own- The Exim Bank, and that's why they succeeded to become position two, and now heading to position one. We need ours as a matter of urgency. Read More Articles. Click Here

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South Sudan must not go down the drain.

Having got independence in 2011, South Sudan is the world's newest republic. It was formed after more than 50 years of strife with it's neighbor, Sudan. It's leader, Salva Kiir, took over from the liberation hero John Garang after his death. 

However, like many post colonial African countries, South Sudan quickly disintegrated into civil strife. The President, Salva Kiir, and his erstwhile opponent Riek Machar, have just made peace after their fall out in 2013 resulted into a civil war. They even went to the pope to be prayed for. There respective tribes, the Dinka and the Nuer, are yet to reconcile as they jostle for power.

South Sudan has plenty of oil that could propel the country's economy. However much of the revenue has been siphoned off into private accounts, resulting in widespread poverty. This is not the path that South Sudan sought. It must quickly find peace and soldier on as the world's newest nation. Read More Articles. Click Here

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DR Congo - A classic tale of the paradox of plenty.

No country in the world has as much of mineral resources as DR Congo. It is Africa's classic poster child of poverty amidst plenty.

DR Congo has large reserves of oil, gold, uranium, diamond, and the rare earth metals. Rare earth metals like coltan are particularly important in this day and age. They are integral in the making of mobile phones and computers, and thus are essential in todays information revolution. Companies like Apple, Samsung, Nokia, Huawei are making trillions of dollars from this resource. And yet, DR Congo citizens cannot even afford a smartphone, yet their resource is churning out billionaires in Europe, China, America.

Take another mineral found in plenty in DR Congo- uranium. Uranium us vital in making nuclear reactors, something that Western powers and China are competing to amass.

Let's not even forget about river Congo. If electricity is generated from it, it could power the whole of Africa. Even if Africa industrialises and is able to consume power, this river will provide the needed electricity. Right now, New York alone consumes more electricity than Africa combined, and we need to change this.

DR Congo's problem is a problem of a failure of leadership, and interference from Europe and America. At independence, DR Congo had just two doctors and nine engineers, so may be the Belgians weren't prepared to hand over independence. Remember, DR Congo was the personal property of Belgian king Leopold, and to this day, Belgium still calls the shots.

Belgium and the United States, through the CIA were instrumental in the assassination of Patrice Lumumba, who wanted the ordinary Congolese to benefit from the immense mineral resources in the country. A puppet, Mobutu Sese Seko took over, and plundered the wealth of the country unabated. DR Congo has never recovered to date. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Africa does not need the world, it is the world that needs Africa.

The World (Europe, US and China) has been exploiting Africa’s natural resources for more than 400 years. Africans live in abject poverty. Africa’s political leaders have been complicit in this immoral activity. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Corona Virus in Africa -Lockdown will only work if their is Social Protection for the Poor.

As the Corona Virus continues to ravage the world, many countries in Africa have instituted lockdowns. A lockdown essentially means that you are not allowed to leave your home.

But can lockdowns really work in Africa? One majority of our people are in the informal sector. They survive on a daily wage rather than a monthly one. This means that if you don't go out for the day, you don't have anything to eat. How can we mitigate this?

One way could be cash transfers directly to citizens accounts. But do African governments have enough money to implement this? Where are the social protection measures for the poor. In Namibia, the government has announced that it will pay Namibians weekly so as to mitigate the effects of the crisis. In Rwanda, the government is moving door to door distributing food. What has your government done to lift up the poor. Because what could kill us is not even Corona, but the hunger that will ensue from forced lockdown. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Soft Power- Why Africa needs Soft Power to Progress.

You can use several strategies to be a mighty empire. You can use brute force through the military, you could use your economic power also. Let's look at the two contenders for the superpower position currently, China and the United States.

In all likelihood, China has caught up with the US economically, if you consider the purchasing power parity- PPP. However, it's still not the superpower. The reason is simple, it still doesn't have the soft power. To counter this, China is developing Chinese culture institutes - Confucius Institutes, all over the world. In it, the largest Chinese spoken language- Mandarin, is taught. Similarly, China has launched a 24 hours Television channel - CGTN, to counter the Western media stations such as BBC and CNN. China, like Africa, has long complained that it receives unfair coverage from Western media stations.

What can Africa do to leverage it's soft power? One, stop importing culture. When you listen to our urban music stations, it is only Western music that is being played. The talk on those stations is about sex, and nothing to further our culture. Even when local music is being played, it is often music that is copied from the West, with no authenticity in it. Funny thing is that musicians who sing authentic African music are more appreciated by foreigners than Africans themselves. I mean, you cannot rap like Jay Z and hope to outsmart him, how about playing the traditional African beats.

Next, we must develop our movie scene. We are being subliminally colonised by watching too many American movies. How about we develop movies that tell our own stories, wouldn't that be better. In this, at least Nigeria, with its Nollywood movie industry, is trying to tell true African realities. If supported, it could export African culture to the rest of the world. We watch their movies, but they never watch ours. And the effects are all too glaring. Our people believe that Europe and America is the land of milk and honey. Isn't that why they are willing to do anything to cross the Mediterranean sea into Europe, or spend endless years applying for the green card to America? Read More Articles. Click Here

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African Education Systems need total Overhaul.

What system of education will propel Africa to even greater heights. Should we focus on the Sciences or the Humanities or the Arts. This is a question we need to ponder. But first things first. Africa does not lack trained and skilled professionals in whichever cadre you can think of. We have engineers, doctors, professors, teachers, name them.

But how comes we have not progressed as fast despite having great manpower. Why do these professionals able to come up with world beating innovations when they are abroad, but not able to do so when at home?

Sure, one might argue that it is the poor pay from African governments. Or poor working conditions. But what money did Isaac Newton have to discover gravity and the mathematical field of calculus. Only insight and curiosity I guess.

If Africa is to develop, we need intellectuals to be at the forefront of fighting for change. We need both humanities people and the scientists to fight for Africa. We need to imbue patriotism in them, so that their goal is not just to look for a job, but to transform the continent at large in whatever way they can. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Did Nelson Mandela sell out Black South Africans?

Nelson Mandela is no doubt one of the most revered Africans, even more than former US President Barack Obama. However, far from the positive image that Mandela has received from the Western Media, it would behove us to look at his legacy critically.

When Mandela was in the Robben Island prison for 27 years, he was listed as a terrorist by the US and it's staunch Ally, the UK. The US President Ronald Reagen and UK Prime Minister Maragerat Thatcher designated him as a person non grata. Thus in Prison, Mandela was very much an outlawed figure by the West.

However, when he came out of prison, he did compromise. He advocated for a rainbow nation, where black and white South Africans could coexist. However, how could they coexist when the black South African is so economically marginalised. The black South Africans only got political freedom, not economic freedom. In this, the ruling party, the ANC, Africa's oldest liberation party, failed. In the so called black empowerment program, only well connected ANC bigwigs were given shares in public companies.

And we've not even talked about land. This is a ticking time bomb that will need to be addressed. Even though blacks form 90 percent of the population, they form just 10 percent of landowners. This is something that the firebrand youthful leader, Julius Malema, has capitalised on.  He formed the Economic Freedom party to fight for land rights and other economic rights.

The question we must ask is should Mandela have followed the Mugabe route of forceful land acquisition from white settlers? Did he fear that he might face sanctions from the EU and US just as Mugabe faced, leading to economic collapse in Zimbabwe? Did Mandela compromise too much, and leave blacks suffering economically?   Read More Articles. Click Here

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Corona Virus- Bill Gates Wife Suggests Millions of Africans Will Die.

Why does white person always expect the worst of the black person. This Corona virus pandemic did not go according to script. Africans were the ones that were supposed to die, not Europeans and Americans. Now, we have seen military convoys carrying coffins in Italy. We have also seen mass graves in New York, US.

We deserve some dignity. Bill Gates wife, Melinda Gates, has suggested that millions of African bodies will be on the streets. She has said that Africa should prepare for the worst. This is uncalled for. What does she know that we don't know? Why are they pushing the vaccine so hard? Is this to push death upon Africans, now that the Corona virus has not worked according to script? Did they expect a repeat of the ebola pandemic in West Africa, or the AIDS pandemic that has ravaged Africa disproportionately? It seems Bill Gates knows more about this corona pandemic and he should not go scot free. Read More Articles. Click Here

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The African Union has failed Africa.

In 1963, just as many African countries were getting independence, the African Union- AU, was formed. It was made up of visionaries and progressives who wanted to see Africa move forward. However, soon after, this was not to be. The AU crumbled.

How can your headquarters be constructed by China and yet claim to be independent? How can your budget be funded by the European Union yet you pretend to fight for African issues. How can the Presidents that constitute the AU be dictators who only look out for each other? How can they abuse human rights and jail opposition members? Just look at what is happening in Southern Cameroon. The army is butchering the English speaking Cameroonians and the AU is silent. The Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni is silencing opposition leaders like Bobi Wine and Kizza Besigye, and yet the AU is silent.

The AU must change tact. It is a toothless bulldog that is unable to fight for the rights of Africans. The European Union has already negotiated a rescue package for European Union citizens and businesses affected by Corona virus, and yet our African Union has not even thought of a rescue package for African economies. When will the AU stand up for us. When will it be the continental body to unite us, and fight for our interests? Read More Articles. Click Here

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Donald Trump is a White Supremacist- And Against Africa.

In the Mueller investigation, in which Trump was investigated for claims that he colluded with Russia to steal the 2016 elections, it emerged that Trump is a racist and a white supremacist. Trump said that he doesn't know of a single country that was run by a black person that was successful. He has called African countries shit hole countries several times.

Trump's cult followers have never accepted that the US just had an African American President. Trump's basic doctrine is to turn everything that Obama sought to achieve upside down. He has reset America's consciousness. Under Trump, America is no longer the leader of the free world it has long claimed to be.

Doesn't Trump know that it is the free labour of the black man that built America? For example, their founding President, George Washington had 250 slaves. Ironically, the US Constitution states that all men were created equal. African Americans still form 90 percent of those who are in prisons. They form the highest percentage of unemployed Americans. In sum, they haven't benefited from the free labour that their ancestors gave America.

Just as African Americans are trapped in poverty amidst the plenty in America, so too are Africans trapped in poverty amidst plenty of resources in their continent. Numerous African Americans such as Du Bois were instrumental in the fight for independence in Africa. Our fortunes are inter linked and we must look out for each other. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Bill Gates and other do gooders will not help Africa.

When will we rise up a people and solve our own problems. One thing should be very clear. No one will solve our problems except ourselves.

No matter how good hearted the outsiders seem to be helping us, they have their own interests. Take Bill Gates for example, one of the richest men in the world. Through his foundation, the Bill and Melinda Gates foundation, he has poured billions of dollars on Africa. But do you think he does this out of sheer Goodwill? No, he also stands to benefit. For example, one of his pet projects is vaccines. Yet he also a stakeholder in those vaccines. He makes billions from those vaccines. Even then, the vaccines have serious side effects and many African children have died from those vaccines.

Take another area which the Western world believes it is helping us. Provision of aid. Since the 1960s, over a trillion dollars has been poured on Africa, with nothing to show for it. This aid money fuels corruption, and only a few connected African leaders benefit. What's more it's the Western companies, and now increasingly the Chinese, that get the contracts to supply the labour and materials that the aid money will be used for. Our people are denied jobs, and all the jobs flow back to the same aid givers. 

It is time we stood up for ourselves. Africa has plenty. If we weed out corruption and greed, there will be plenty for us. Nobel Peace Laureate Wangari Maathai said that there is plenty for us to share, but not enough for our greediness. Read More Articles. Click Here

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3 Things Needed for African Unity.

Africa needs to unite now more than ever. We have the resources needed to make our continent the richest in the world. Here's what we need to make Africa united and great.

1. One President.
This would be the best unifier for the continent. We need a strong leader that will stand up for African interests without being compromised. What we have now are puppets. Our Presidents serve their own interests first, and then the interests of their masters in Europe and America. Once we fix our leadership, there is nothing that we cannot achieve. Unfortunately, our prophets and patriots have always been overthrown and eliminated if need be. I have in mind such leader as Patrice Lumumba who was assassinated and replaced by the despotic Mobutu Sese Seko, who went on to plunder DR Congo much like the Belgian king Leopold did. In Burkina Faso, a patriot, Thomas Sankara was replaced by a puppet, Blaise Compaore.

2. One Currency and Market.
We also need to unite economically. Right now, our economies are so fragmented and we depend on former colonial powers. The largest trading partner of the United States is Canada, a fellow North American country. The European countries trade with themselves in the giant European Union block. The intra African trade is just 10 percent. This is pitifully low. We are 1 billion. What if this could be one single market? For this to happen, we need grand projects. We need a road from Cape Town in South Africa to Cairo in Egypt, to ease travel. We need to abolish visas. Africa's richest man, Aliko Dangote, said that he needs 35 visas to travel around Africa. This needs to change.

3. One media.
Currently, we know about Africa from European and American broadcasters. And they have cast Africa in bad light, where we are a continent of war, disease and poverty. When a Kenyan wants to know what's happening in Nigeria, they get the news from New York Times, an American publication, instead of Sahara Reporters or the Nigerian Guardian. This needs to change. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Nigerian Ambassador to China must be Congratulated- He stood up for Africans.

Two days ago, Chinese racism was laid bare. They threw out any Africans who were staying in apartments and hotels, and forbid any African from going to the supermarket. The Chinese claim that the Africans were spreading Corona virus. Now, who is fooling who. Didn't the virus start in Wuhan China and spread to the rest of the world? Weren't the Chinese the ones who were espreading the virus all over the world?

How can the Chinese turn around and say that it was the Africans who were spreading the virus? Wuhan, China was the epicenter of the virus, and everyone in the world knows it. May be we shouldn't begrudge Donald Trump when he calls the virus the Chinese virus.

The Nigerian Ambassador to China did something commendable. He stood up to the Chinese police who were confisticating passports from Nigerians. The Chinese police couldn't be ashamed of seeing Africans sleeping on the streets.

Perhaps this is a lesson for us Africans. We give these foreigners red carpet treatment when they are in our countries yet they always look down on us and treat us as shit when in their countries. We serve them first in our restaurants. They jump queue. This must stop. And some Africans were thinking that the Chinese are better than Europeans and Americans in upholding the dignity of Africans. How wrong they were. Our self pride must be brought back. Read More Articles. Click Here

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African Leaders are sell outs- It's time to get Patriotic ones.

Africa's major issue is a leadership and governance one. We are the richest continent in terms of resources, yet the poorest in terms of living standards. We are the laughing stock of the world, even as our resources go to help other places become heaven.

In Africa, certain Presidents have been yearning to extend their grip in power. I don't know whether it's a good or bad thing that President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda and Paul Kagame of Rwanda have hinted that they will extend their terms.

Good governance and leadership is the major stumbling block for Africa's progress. Asia developed even when it did not have term limits for President. There leaders catered for their people. I'm thinking of Lee Kuan Yew of Singapore and Prime Minister Ibrahim of Malaysia. They transformed their countries from Third World to First World in a record 25 years, something that took Europe over 200 years.

If Africa is to develop, we need such leaders. It is a pity that our leaders are sell outs and only care about themselves and their masters in Europe and America. Read More Articles. Click Here

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Medical Colonialism Must End.

The Bill and Melinda Gates foundation has invested billions in healthcare in Africa. However, the motive remains unclear. Too often, Africans have been used as guinea pigs for experimental vaccine, and we would do well to be cautious. Not too long ago, two French doctors suggested, erraneously, that the vaccine for Corona virus should be tested in Africa. The two doctors suggested that the AIDs vaccine was tested on prostitutes, and the results were encouraging.

It is time that we developed our own vaccines. For instance, if malaria had been a disease that affected the first world, it would have gotten as much attention as the Corona Virus.

Former South African President Thabo Mbeki got into hot soup for questioning the origin of AIDS. There have been conspiracy theories that AIDS was developed to depopulate the black race. Such theories ring true since we are always the testing ground for these vaccines. Strangely, the diseases emanate from outside but ravage the African continent. We must reject this.
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Africans in the diaspora could offer new hope for the continent.

Africans in the diaspora could be the solution to the ills that bedevil the continent. They have interacted with more advanced economies and technology, and are thus more exposed. On the flip side, they have also experienced the ills of racism, and are therefore more suitable to erase it.

Take Israel for example. It is one of the largest aid recepients in the world, thanks to its diaspora in the US. Every year, at least 50 billion dollars flows to Israel. Israelis in America occupy important sectors in the American economy, and thus ensure that its issues are heard. In fact, sometimes, it is the US which borrows technology from Israel.

This could be a lesson for the African diaspora in the US and in Europe. Already, the remittances the diaspora send back home constitute one of the biggest foreign exchange earners for many African countries. However, we need much more than that. Let the diaspora come back home and influence change. In leadership, business and economics. Because Africa does not need just money, it needs skills transfer too.
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Africans Fail Because They Don't Know their History.

Africa's history begins when the White man set foot in the continent. The whites claim that we had no prior civilisation. That we were a destitute people that were rescued by the whites. But this is not true at all. Our history has simply been hidden, and it is our duty to tell our children about it.

One, the pyramids were built by the black man. The white supremacists try to discredit this and say that it is the aliens that built the pyramids. They claim that ancient Egypt was a civilisation built by the aliens. If not, they claim that pharaohs we're white men while Africans were underclass, much like the present day America. But this is not true at all. The ancient Greeks, to which the Europeans trace their civilisation, came to learn in Egypt. It took 40 years to graduate from these schools, and none of the so called fathers of Western Civilization graduated. Now, modern European archeologists are chopping of the noses of pharaohs and bleaching their bodies, in a bid to hide their true African identity.

The Yoruba of Nigeria have been shown that they had a computer programming language, long before modern computing languages developed. In account after account, there has been evidence that the African had a thriving civilisation even before the European came. It's time to reinforce that history.

African Intellectuals must lead the revolution in Africa.

These are unprecedented times for the world, much less for Africa. As the effects of the Corona virus continue to be felt, politicians have taken a back seat and it is now Intellectuals that are in the frontlines.

Right now, there is an all out race to develop a vaccine, and even a cure, for Corona virus. Where are African Intellectuals in this. Will we wait for European and American scientists develop a cure only for us to be mere consumers as we have done with the other diseases. How can we be sure that the vaccines will not be detrimental to Africans. Already, two French doctors have given racist statements that the vaccine be tested in Africa. This is uncalled for.

As a society, I know our Intellectuals are frustrated. They are underpaid. There are no research funds. They are harassed by politicians. Some choose to go the West and develop there continent and leave mother Africa struggling. It is time to turn back the clock. Let's come with world beating solutions for our problems. No one will do it for us. And when they do it for us, they will have a hidden motive.

Elections in Africa need not be a matter of life and death.

Picture any election in Africa. The ruling party almost always wins the election. And the opposition almost always cry foul. It happens in country after country. It has happened to PDP in Nigeria led by Atiku Abubakar contesting against Muhammadu Buhari in 2019. It happened against Nelson Chamisa contesting against Emerson M agangwa in Zimbabwe. It happened when Raila Odinga was contesting against Uhuru Kenyatta in 2017. It again happened when Kizza Besigye was contesting against Yoweri Museveni in 2016.

How is it that the situation is the same in country after country in Africa? Why are elections always won by the ruling party. Why are elections always violent?

One problem is that our elections are based on tribe rather than ideology. In Nigeria, it's the northern Muslim tribes versus the southern Christian tribes. In Zimbabwe, its the Ndembele versus the Shona. In Kenya, it is the kikuyu against the Luos/kalenjins. Its never about issues. When your man wins the big seat, you are assured that the power brokers will be from your tribe. The goodies will then follow.

I acknowledge that our countries are artificial creations, having only been created in Berlin in 1884. Many African countries were forced union of tribes. It however behoves us to transfer our allegiance from our tribes, to our nation's, and finally, to the African super state.

Let's Make Africa Heaven.

Nelson Mandela said that the African leaders should develop Africa because there will come a time when the White Man's land will no longer be safe to go there. That time is now.

African leaders always go to seek treatment in European, American, or Asian countries. They will no longer be able to do so in this corona pandemic. They will be treated in the same hospitals which they neglected.

African leaders always loot from us and store the loot in foreign banks. They will not be able to do so. That money is now meaningless.

African leaders always take their children to expensive private schools where only the British or American curriculum is taught. They think that by doing this there children will be more clever. Now, they realise even the white man and his expertise has his limits, they too don't know what to do in the present crisis. So, it's time to develop our indigenous knowledge. Let self pride from the black man emanate again.
Slavery took that away. Colonialism took that away. It's time to reclaim back the black pride.

Racism Against Africans will end the day Africans rise up.

Picture this. US President Donald Trump calls us shithole countries. Our people in China are made to sleep on the streets by the Chinese because of accusations that we are spreading the virus. Africans and black Americans in general are treated as an underclass in America, 150 years after the end of slavery. Our sisters who go to work in the Arab countries return in coffins. There passports are usually confiscated as soon as they arrive in airports, and they are at the mercy of their employers. Our footballers in Europe constantly have bananas thrown at them, and shown monkey signs even as they score goals for the European clubs.

The other races came to Africa, we welcomed them with open arms. But they abused our trust, and took advantage of us. They made us their slaves. They made us their colonies. They looted from us, and made their places heaven, while our lands remained poor and desolate.

They killed our prophets who stood for us. Leaders like Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Muammar Gaddafi were quickly eliminated and replaced with patriots who continue to plunder the continent to this day.

For how long will be taken advantage of. First of all, we must unite. We have tooany enemies for us to be divided, a divided house always falls. Our unity is our strength. If they are unable to distinguish us, why do we end up fighting amongst ourselves?

Let's restore our dignity. We built the pyramids of Egypt. We created a civilisation in Egypt that Europeans came to learn from. Our contributions to humanity can never be done away with.

In Trump's world, all African countries are shithole countries.

Donald Trump called African countries shithole countries. He even suggested that he doesn't know any country run by an African was successful. He has gone ahead to erase all the gains made by his predecessor, Barrack Obama. Trump's cult followers have never believed that America just had an African American President. It free labour from black people that made America prosperous. Yet 150 years after the end of slavery, African Americans continue to be an underclass. Their contribution in making America a superpower has never been acknowledged. And yet, America chest thumps itself as the leader of the free world.

Yes, President Obama was not perfect. Nor did Africa benefit from his leadership. In fact, our prophet, Muammar Gaddafi, was ousted while Obama was in office. However, even if you disagree with him on some things, you have to acknowledge and respect him, if not for the man, for the office that he held. This is something that Trump cult followers are yet to come to terms with.

1. Chinese evicting Africans
2. AFRICANS are 3rd grade citizens in US
3. Africans in middle east working as domestic workers return in coffins
4. Africans are in brothels in India. Suffering as commercial sex workers.
Mental shift needed. Let's fix Africa.

Trump's Comments on WHO racist.

Donald Trump ushered in an era of white supremacy in America. In fact, Trump has a cult following simply because America wants to erase any thought that there was an African American President- Barrack Obama. You may not agree with Obama, but at least give him respect, if not for him, for  the office he held. And Trump's whole premise has to turn anything that Obama achieved upside down. It's why his base loves him. This part of America has never come to terms that America has had an African American President. There are virtually no African Americans in Trumps cabinet, and it will remain so for the remainder of his term. In Trump's dictionary, a black man cannot succeed. Yes, Africa did not benefit directly under Obama, but at least, he offered hope to millions of Africans that it's possible to overcome racial barrier and succeed.

Trump's Comments that the US withdraw funding from WHO is only for one reason, that it's headed by a black man.

Africans need mental emancipation, not just material prosperity.

One legacy of both slavery and colonialism is that Africa was defiled. Not just material wealth in form of natural resources and minerals, but also mentally. While we have made quite some strides in material gain, we are still mentally enslaved.

Our thought patterns and mind is still Europeanised. Why do our females bleach themselves in increasing numbers? To make us look white. The statement that black is beautiful must ring true.

Why do our children speak English or French at home, especially children of the well to do Africans. In fact, speaking great English with an accent is a mark of great sophistication, while those who speak with a heavy mother tongue influence are derided as illiterate? The vice is especially pronounced in our media stations, where the stronger the British or American accent, the more likelihood that you will get the job.

Even our names are Europeanised, with the names of our ancestors slowly losing relevance. The legendary reggae singer, Bob Marley, warned us against mental enslavement. Yes, we have lost trillions by having our most able bodied work in European plantations for free. We have lost trillions as our minerals have gone to make other places heaven, while ours remain in desolate conditions. However, the loss from mental enslavement is incalculable. We must change.