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The New Afrikan Union

on and say to our Afrikan brothers, let’s move on from this
painful legacy, and begin to now deliberately build for our
future. That’s what our children and the next generation
really need. Obviously, we have wasted too much time cry-
ing over the spilled milk of Afrika’s oppression, it is time to
wipe away those tears, take a relook at our Afrikan strength,
brotherhood, talent, resources and then build a better Afri-
kan narrative for ourselves; a narrative whose central point is
a reconnection back to our God-given purpose and destiny.

This may not be the popular position and yes, a few billion
dollars ‘repayment’ to put to projects here and there wouldn’t
hurt - were they paid into the right hands… but the truth is that
whether we like it or not, what was stolen from us can neither
be restored using money, nor a man’s apology for what his an-
cestors did, nor Afrika continually looking over her shoulders
at the painful past she endured. The reality is that we are now
faced with an opportunity to move forward, without bitterness
and build - without making excuses about the past or about our
current leaders and their imperfections. The bigger reality is
that what we have to build now does not actually take money,
because it is not tangible, but it will result in what is tangible.

What we have to rebuild are our attitudes, identities, lives,
hearts, our boldness, determination, confidence, self-belief and
love. Maintaining focus on financial pay-outs keeps us in the
same ‘playing field’ as the Capitalist oppressors, instead of ele-
vating our perspectives to realize that our value goes way beyond
things. This is the real dialogue Afrika needs to be engaged in.

Suggested solutions
• Revisit the recommendations made by Kwame

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