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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

lives, as is Afrika as a continent. Meaning that right within the
heart of that man who looks unreachable, is a spark of light
that if given the right wind will blossom into a huge furnace
that will give warmth on the cold days of life. The Afrika that
we need now is not the one that is complaining about the
past years, but the one who is not afraid to step out in bold-
ness, to face the fears and make the changes that are needed.
Afrika is truly blessed, but like the Garden of Eden, we as
Afrikans must tend and keep this gracious blessing God
gave us. For no one else will or, at best, they will do it for
their own selfish gain. True happiness comes from the re-
alignment to the true purposes of God for a man, which
then builds a platform for creativity and flows on from
how that creativity is used positively for the good of all.
For to create is to give life, not to create is not to give life.

So, for Afrika to rise to her true potential, she must first un-
derstand what she is to rise into, understand her fall from the
original plan, and see clearly without biases the difference be-
tween where she is to rise to and the place where she has both
fallen from and fallen to. For until a man begins to see the
future or what is higher, where he presently is will become
for him a bed or comfort even if it is a bed of thorns. Afrika
has sat on her bum in a seeming comfort zone for too long,
where, in reality, she is wallowing in the filth of her fornications
and it is time that she shakes off the very garment of shame
and walk tall once again in her palace of glory and strength.

The true Afrika
Many things have been said about Afrika. Much evil propa-
ganda has been unleashed on and against her for a long time,
but the time has come for her to break free from such bond-

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