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A People Called Afrika

ion over the fish of the sea, over the birds of the air, and over
every living thing that moves on the earth;” and He was speak-
ing to the first man that walked on this planet who was Afrikan.

In other words, what Afrika lost in the past and what she must
fight to regain is her identity as a womb of life, a carrier of
God’s Divine covenant with the earth and a fulfiller of the same.

The way forward for Afrika will not be hate and the evil
that comes with it, but a heart that is set free by love. Afri-
ka must recreate within herself the mindset and the out-
er platforms that give room for that which strengthens love,
mindfulness, compassion, brotherhood and peace. All Af-
rikans must give priority to loving one another, for there is
no difference between a South Afrikan and a North Afri-
kan, a West Afrikan and an East Afrikan. We cannot take
back the past, but we can take a stand for a better future
backed up by covenants that do not have the ability to fail.
Afrika must begin to appreciate and reward, with love, those
who create things that give hope, positivity and strength to
the Afrikan people and stop celebrating thieves and syco-
phants, immoral entertainers and the like that are corrupting
our children. We are simply what we appreciate and love.

One of the most challenging issues we have in Afrika right now
is corruption. But, as we mentioned earlier, the fight against
corruption is vague and at best, futility. Why? Corruption is
a huge industry and the proceeds of that industry feed the
system that tries to put everyone under bondage. For, those
that say that they are fighting corruption, and at the same time
are the leaders of the system that corruption feeds, are sim-
ply deceiving themselves and the truth is not in them. Cor-

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