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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

tion with good and positive hearts and attitudes. Sometimes we
meet those who are passionate for a better Afrika, who are try-
ing to do things about it, but from a negative attitude towards the
Afrikans that they say they are trying to change, simply because
they think about and compare Afrika to Europe and Ameri-
ca. Such are never tired of complaining about everything, and
by such wrong attitude, they never get anything useful done.

Then we meet others who think there is no hope whatsoev-
er for Afrika. They are happy living their borrowed lives in
the borrowed foreign lands that they are living in. To them,
anything Afrikan is useless. Some are just outright wrong in
their approach to the ‘change Afrika’ narrative. They, more
than is needed, use the information they have about Afrika for
condemnation, rather than for a spark of compassion. They
are constantly playing the card of condemnation and the nega-
tive attitude about Afrika. But the truth is this, no matter how
passionate you are towards others, you can’t reach them, if
the only cards you have in your bag are complaints and con-
demnation. It’s not possible. No man wants to bear the bur-
den of condemnation alongside the already heavy weight of
whatever they are going through or what they may have done.

Afrika does not need more condemning tongues lash-
ing out at her, she needs people who are bold in speech,
but who have a good spirit and attitude of love and care.
She needs people who will speak the truth as it is, but with
the intention of creating the room needed for change.

There is light in everyone
There is light in every Afrikan, no matter how dark their lives
may seem to be… we just need to find it and give it life. Sam-

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