Page 223 - A People Called Afrika
P. 223
Ubuntu
apply these for the express purpose of fulfillment of
the overall purpose of the nation and the continent.
Leaders are not only those occupying seats somewhere in
public office. No. Leaders are those whose hearts are geared
towards ensuring that the current and future generations each
maximize their potential, by creating space for them to do so.
How on earth can this then fit into a Capitalist or Socialist or
any other ‘ist’ model on the planet? There is no space for this
type of narrative, even in what people have termed Demo-
cratic or Autocratic spaces. Not even in Theocratic ones. Any
system that a man has set up outside of the will of God dies,
plain and simple. This is not a complex reality to comprehend.
The sooner the men and women and children of Afrika hum-
ble themselves before the Living God, acknowledging that they
actually know nothing and begging Him to restore them to their
places and purposes and asking Him to lead them, the sooner
we can get to our position as A People Called Afrika and no
one and nothing can be able to stop a continent or a people
given over to their Maker. They will do what they were origi-
nally blessed to do and their impact will transform the world.
198