NATION IN VIEW: CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC
The Power to Overcome
If you are not speaking the truth or speaking what you believe, then it’s not you who is speaking. The you that is speaking is the one that wants to manipulate you and others to do what it wants and not what is true.
Every word we speak is both spirit and life. And because, as humans, we are carriers of the spirit of life and death, we become the very creators of what we see around us and in our societies. So, the more of life we speak, the more of life we get. In the same way, the more death or destruction we speak of, the more of that negative energy we also spread across the board. But nothing happens with the mouth that has not first happened in the mind.
This means that for there to be life in our mouths, there must be a tree of life that generates life within our minds. It means that for us to be able to speak life with our mouths to change our lives and society, we must be connected to the spring of life that flows in our mental atmosphere. That’s where it all starts. As a man thinks, so is he.
Protect your mind
I do not believe there is any magic potion out there that someone can drink to help them clean up their minds for positive vibrations. If you know of one, please share.
But one thing that I do know is that what we allow into our minds through our five senses is deeply connected to what we breed within our minds and what we end up pouring out with our mouths. And for anyone who cares to listen, the modern world system is intentionally designed and engineered to create things that serve as tools of corruption for our five senses. For as long as the five senses, which technically are five gateways into a person’s mind, are corrupted, they get corrupted, and by extension, the society also gets corrupted.
We cannot pay lip service to the things we allow in our lives, or we will just be slaves of the machinations of those who are intentionally corrupting the world.
I have heard loads of Africans talk about African spirituality, almost all the time with some level of arrogance. But we cannot be those who pride ourselves on the knowledge of African spirituality if it has no direct positive effects on our minds and how we deal with life and the people we meet in our journey of life.
So, what am I saying in general? All I am saying is that everything that happens in our world is a direct consequence of deliberate actions in our collective lives. We cannot be those who think there are no consequences for good or bad actions. The Africa that we so much love and want to fight for will not manifest because of reparations from Europe or America. It will only manifest when we, together, make it happen. And that begins with the thoughts of our hearts and the words of our mouths.
Meaning that the power to overcome any form of failure, obstacle or anything that is inimical to our progress is not found in denial of the problem but in the acceptance of what is and then the deliberate actions that are focused on the removal of that which is inimical.
What Africa needs now, just like President Traore of Burkina Faso is doing with his new prison reforms, is to look in the eyes of the problems we have been facing for decades, take deeper cursory look at the forms of solutions we have been throwing at the problems and which have not worked, then formulate new solutions that works for the African problem. Not forgetting that most problems in Africa that defy imported solutions are likely like that because they were created never to bring solutions to the African people but to keep Africans in a never-ending spin that leads to nowhere.
The person who created your problem and also benefits from it will likely not give you a solution to the problem. We have the power to overcome, so lets use it wisely.
Fascinating Facts About the Central African Republic (CAR)
Home to the World’s Second-Largest Rainforest
The Congolese Rainforest, the second-largest in the world, extends across six countries: Cameroon, Gabon, Congo, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, and the Central African Republic. This vast rainforest is renowned for its exceptional biodiversity.
A Haven for Wildlife and Conservation
The Central African Republic is home to five national parks and 33 protected areas of parkland, preserving its rich ecosystems and wildlife.
One of the Best Places for Stargazing
With some of the darkest skies in the world, the Central African Republic offers exceptional stargazing opportunities. Along with Chad and Madagascar, it experiences minimal light pollution, making it an ideal destination for observing the night sky.
A Multicultural Nation
The Central African Republic is incredibly diverse, with 80 ethnic groups, each speaking its own language. The most prominent groups include the Baya (33%), Banda (27%), Mandija (13%), and Sara (10%). Nearly 90% of the population speaks Sango, a widely used lingua franca.
A Biodiversity Hotspot
The country boasts an astonishing variety of wildlife, including rare and endemic species such as gorillas, elephants, hippos, cheetahs, lions, and rhinos. Nearly 600 species of butterflies have also been identified. The vast savannas are home to rhinos, elephants, leopards, cheetahs, red-fronted gazelles, buffalo, and waterfowl.
Home to an Impressive Waterfall
One of CAR’s most famous natural landmarks is the Boali Falls, an awe-inspiring waterfall standing 50 meters (165 feet) high and stretching 250 meters (820 feet) wide.
A Tumultuous History
For centuries, European and Arab slave traders exploited the region, forcibly capturing tens of thousands of people and selling them into slavery in Egypt, Turkey, and along the Atlantic Coast. In the 1880s, France annexed the territory, integrating it into the French Congo. It later became part of French Equatorial Africa, which included Ubangi-Shari (modern-day CAR), Chad, Gabon, and the Middle Congo.
It’s one of the poorest countries in the world:
This is always the part of African stories that gets me upset. How can the Central African Republic be rich in natural resources, including diamonds, gold, oil, arable land and timber and still be the second-poorest country in the world when measured by GDP per capita? It does not make any sense, and we need to stop this foolishness in he continent of Africa.
Prayer for CAR
There is wisdom, knowledge, fortitude and the political will that governments of every nation need to build their nations and the well-being of their people. May yours be released to you to build your nation from the abundance of blessing you have already been given by the Creator. May you be strengthened with the power to overcome every obstacle on your path to true liberty and emancipation.
