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MY AFRIKA

issued forth. The clear picture it all paints How many times have Afrikans criminal cash must stop. You are
is that, before anything was made on earth, told themselves, with all boldness, making a mess of the hard work
there was God (The ALL) who made the that we are the mother or the cradle and creativity of the Nigerians that
initial primordial water (the Deep Space of Humanity - and rightly so. But are doing great things both at home
of the universe). Then He, God, or the how many times have we as Af- and abroad. The darkness and the
Great Supreme Spirit, called forth land rikans sat down to think through dust you leave behind your selfish
out of that water, made man out of the what it means to be the cradle of acts of criminality creates problems
earth that He called out of the water, humanity and the mother of all and pain for others. And mind you,
breathed into the nostrils of the created continents? How many times have I am also a Nigerian, but I will not
man and that man became a living Soul. we looked inward to truly think shy away from saying the truth,
through what is expected of us, with the hope that we will make the
What this means is that, the first man both as individual Afrikans living in changes that are required to make
bears the same material of the earth Afrika and outside of it and also as our land the best it can be. I believe
that was called out of the great Deep a continent of fifty five nations? so much in Nigeria and the Afrikan
and why the Eve Gene, which is present narrative, but when we live life just
only in the Afrikan woman, is the only It's not enough to live in the theory to satisfy our selfish inner tenden-
Gene that can give birth to all forms of who we are as kings and queens cies to gather possessions, especial-
of race and color found upon the earth. of the earth and then live like ly illegally, we smear mud on the
slaves both in our minds and how face of the forefathers and make a
The Afrikan Eve Gene we deal with life and ourselves. mockery of the image of God that
The above reality of the name Afrika If life began with us and if we we have been blessed with.
as it pertains to the womb of life, from carry the life-seed that birthed the
the cradle of humanity even unto the en- entire nations of the world, why Every Afrikan, small or great, owes
tirety of the world, is not just a spiritual are we living below the standard of it, as part of their responsibility, to
reality as recorded in Genesis, the first that which gives and also nurtures uphold the beauty and wisdom of
book of the Bible, but is also evidenced life? Should it not be that wherev- who we are as the cradle and moth-
in science. Two separate articles on live- er we find ourselves in the world er of humanity. We can do better
science.com, say that geneticists have long as Afrikans; life, blessing, beauty, and we must do better or there will
known that humans originated in Afri- wisdom, creativity is what we are be no future for those coming after
ka, and… that the mother of all women known for? We cannot say we are us.
likely emerged from East Afrika. Find- Afrikans and then live like fools We must live as true Afrikans who
ings by Rebecca Cann, Mark Stoneking who do not have a clue of what bring life and goodness to wherev-
and Allan Wilson in 1987, who pointed their true identity is about. er we find ourselves in the world.
out that the root of human origin was in Enough of the fights and the strife
Afrika, and pointed to an Afrikan Eve. I am particularly unhappy with the about which Afrikan country is
This, as you can imagine, generated much Nigerians, however few or many better than the other, it is very
heated debate in the scientific commu- they may be, who get involved in childish and unwise to say the least.
nity, which is still causing ripples today. any form of crime both home and
According to Wikipedia, the matrilin- abroad. Some of the narratives may God bless Afrika and God richly
eal most common ancestor (MRCA) of be over-exaggerated, but believe bless every Afrikan. Let your true
all living humans or the Mitochondrial you me, the whole world cannot light and goodness shine, that by
Eve is the most recent common woman be wrong at the same time. The you, the world will be a better place
from whom all living humans descend image you guys (those in crime) are to live. We are Afrikans and wis-
in an unbroken line through mothers… creating is not fitting for a great dom lies within us.
until all lines converge in one woman." nation and a people called Nigeria Let us live as people with wisdom.
and which is so blessed by God. Hotep!
Now what? This madness and quest for quick

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