IN TOUCH WITH AFRICA

A new page in our book has been opened, and Africa, it is now time to take the world by storm! a new day and age has arrived and we shall no longer be on the defensive but on full attack mode. This is indeed a bold statement but one only needs to stop, take a look around and realize that the ball is truly in Africa's court now. Africa has not always been as deprived as the western world perceives it to be; the times of Kwame Nkrumah, Julius Nyerere, Patrice Lumumba, Kenneth Kaunda and many others were times of peace, prosperity and great economical advancement. Due to this fact, Africa is proven to have the capability to not only govern its states but also implement ideas for the constant improvements in the Motherland. I look around and say to myself that Africans have come very far in a variety of ways: sports (Dikembe Mutombo); global associations (Kofi Annan); equality and justice (Nelson Mandela) and even the average joes who bring a little bit of Africa to those abroad through grocery stores and restaurants. We cannot remain seated in our slumber chairs and blame the world of injustice and inequality whilst there are so many opportunities available for us. There is nothing that exist that cannot be achieved! This is the moto which we must live by. Africa, lets rise up and say 'enough is enough.' Let us unite and bring our motherland to a place of prosperity and happiness that it once had. Africa, Wake Up!!