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contained in it.
When he said READY, STEADY,
GO! Do you know what the chil-
dren did? They all held each other’s
hands, ran together towards the tree,
divided the sweets equally among
themselves, ate the sweets and en-
joyed them.
When the Anthropologist asked
them why they did so, they answered
“UBUNTU” Which meant to
them, how can one be happy when
the others are sad? Ubuntu is a
Nguni word which means “I am be- power, but there is hope in the rising our educational structures, there
cause we are” A powerful message generation of youth who could and also needs to be more Afrocen-
for our generation. should play a critical role in building tric thinking. Education is the key
Africa as a whole. to a brighter future in Africa and
The moral of the story above is The Bigger Picture will be the one through Education we can build the
that we Africans need each other paying of the debt accumulated by next generation of great African
in order to prosper and change the poor leaders, who do not have Afri- leaders.
narrative of our beloved continent ca or their nations at heart, and only
together, hand in hand. The Bigger go running to the IMF, France, USA In addition, for us to realize the
Picture in the story is the fact that and what have you. ultimate African Dream of an Af-
the children ran together to reach Africa needs ambitious leadership, rica beyond aid and in the spirit of
their destination (goal) as one. now more than ever, and that is why UBUNTU, we the young people of
We are in the 21st century and we there needs to be an African Revolu- Africa need to be a part of decision
are still suffering from Imperial- tion! making and it does not necessarily
ism through Neo-colonialism. All mean the political sphere, it can be
Africans, especially the youth, need The African Revolution in our homes or even in our com-
to embrace Ubuntu, because that There have been some Revolutions munities.
is the only way forward. We want a in Africa we can use as case studies.
self-reliant Africa, feeding ourselves For example, the Arab Spring in Finally, the Neo-Colonialists have
through agriculture, a single Pass- North Africa in the early 2010’s. no form of tactics, or any arsenal
port, a single currency and much Did the Arab Spring in Tunisia, apart from the ancient divide and
more. Libya, Egypt yield any positive re- rule or should I say divide and
sults? That is debatable, but to some conquer? People believe that Africa
Leadership extent it did show that the natives cannot unite because we lack the
Accountable leadership remains one wanted a change in the narratives three necessary ingredients for
of the biggest challenges to devel- of North Africa, in almost every Unity, a common race, culture, and
opment in Africa. Africa is young. aspect be it Social, Political, Cultural, language. We have more in common
Why are its leaders so old? This Economic. We can say that is similar than what divides us. The winds of
is a question we should be asking to many countries in Sub-Saharan change must blow through every Af-
ourselves every day. We know our Africa. As we have seen in Nige- rican and we can feel that already!!
leaders are old and out of touch, be- ria with the #ENDSARS protest The salvation of Africa lies in our
cause we see and feel the situations, and currently in Ghana with the hands, and we can achieve that only
on our beloved continent. Africa has #Fixthecountrynow movements, through Unity.
a leadership age-gap disconnect be- social media plays a critical role in
tween the leaders and the led. Most shaping events in Africa. Uniting is the best step to develop-
African leaders are 55 years or older, It is significant to note that these ing our society. As the saying goes,
with some as old as 75. events are always spearheaded by the two heads are better than one.
However, African leaders have not young populations of Africa. Let Us Make Africa Great Again!
always lived up to the expectations For Africa to catch up with prog-
by the people who put them in ress, there needs to be focus on

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