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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

             truly are, because his sole interest is in what they can pro-
             duce for him, at the most cost-effective prices, so that he can
             maximize his profits. His interest is not in what value lies
             in a man beyond the sweat of his brow, which was clearly
             highlighted to be a cursed form of production. The fruit of
             this sweat has yielded scorched earth, poverty, disease, vio-
             lence, envy, jealousy, greed, hatred and the use of chemicals
             and other materials that bring forth more disease and pol-
             lution, to the detriment of all. It is a lose-lose proposition.


             This  book  is  not  a  proponent  of  Capitalism,  neither  is  it  a
             proponent of any other ‘ism’ that man can create. There is
             nothing that the world can create (physical things, systems,
             laws etc), outside of God that will be good or positive or
             sustainable. Rather, it will be futile, corrupt and doomed to
             destruction. It simply cannot and does not endure. Afrika,
             itself, has had great kingdoms and civilizations, which also
             did not endure, just like the ancient Babylonian, Greek and
             Roman civilizations. Just like all civilizations have or are all
             crumbling: the ancient and modern Japanese and Chinese
             civilizations, the modern British Empire, the USSR and the
             USA. They simply cannot endure without or outside of God.
             Only what God builds shall endure.

             The blessing of  Afrika

             All of what has already been written about Afrika will mean
             nothing if we do not tie it to how it connects to the reality of
             faith in God and how God has situated Afrika in His overall
             workings on the earth, which is tied to three blessings: the orig-
             inal blessing that God declared from the beginning upon the
             first parents that emerged out of the cradle of humanity, the
             blessing of Jacob to Ephraim and Manasseh and the blessing



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