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Economy




          Afrikan countries as a whole. For,   can imagine. But this is cause – not   share these insights, seeds and ideas.
          if you look closely at the case of   for misery or begging for inclusion   Let’s actually eradicate these unfair
          Marsabit County vs. Nairobi City   from those who are determined to   and tortuous borders and visas that
          County, you will see that this is an   control and oppress us – but for us   prevent us from uniting, and create
          accurate microcosm that is repre-  to embrace more fully, the require-  an Afrikan society that is strong.
          sentative of what is really going on   ment to work together to overcome
          in Afrika vs. the west and east. A   their strongholds.               Not in the way that the New World
          country in Afrika will begin to gain                                  Order proponents are seeking to do
          traction e.g., Malawi under Muthari-  Of what gain is it for generations   which will bring even more stran-
          ka in the area of agriculture, and   of Afrikans to continue living under   gleholds and oppression, but in the
          shortly after they gain traction, they   the tyranny and oppression of the   way that Afrika needs now in order
          will face an occurrence that will   neo-colonialist imperialist agendas   to succeed.
          erode most, if not all, of the gains   of the west and the east? Are gen-
          that were made, causing them to    erations of young Afrikans destined   We need phones and operating sys-
          slide down to the bottom of the pit   to continue as slaves in a system that   tems that are not built on the limited
          yet again. Like a massive game of   claims that it is free? Let’s not fool   operating systems that the world
          snakes and ladders, where the rules   ourselves, there is no liberty here.   has offered us that they use secretly
          were created to disfavor our people.   Afrikans are an enslaved people,   and overtly to monitor and control
          Skewed to grant access and ‘success’   conquered by the economic apart-  us. We need roads and railway lines
          to those who agree to the rules that   heid that controls at the same time   that allow us to travel on the ground
          have been set… although, truth be   as it excludes us from full participa-  to the north, west, east, and south
          said, even for those who comply,   tion in any gainful economic activi-  to be a blessing to one another. We
          safety is not assured. If the game-  ties. And the liberty that is dangled   need food and seeds from across
          master has a change of heart, they   before the continent of Afrika like a   the continent to plant all over and
          too will go sliding down the largest,   carrot, will never be granted to us…   support until they proliferate. Those
          most slippery snake, to the pit of   or if it ever is, it will prove to be as   that will build our health and protect
          obscurity and shame, or worse. So,   poisonous as every other ‘gift’ the   our immune systems. We need med-
          we must live aware that it is real and   west or east have given to the conti-  ical practitioners with ancient wis-
          it is happening.                   nent and the people of Afrika.     dom to share this information with
                                                                                each other and to teach the genera-
          We must realize and understand that   We need a different strategy and that   tions so that we can keep our shield
          the case of Marsabit’s isolation and   strategy is for Afrika to turn their   up. We need to ‘see’ each other in
          socio-economic apartheid is actually   backs to the outside world and focus   the way that we have failed to in the
          precisely what is going on in Afrika.   on each other, for a change. For us   past and to help each other succeed.
                                             to face each other in brotherhood   We need our brothers and sisters to
          Kenya is experiencing the same     and love. We have been treated with   be able to come home from the Di-
          apartheid from the people, countries   the same disdain we have shown   aspora and find room to share and
          and organizations that it seeks to   counties and regions like Marsabit   implement ideas that are relevant
          please, in order to negotiate and win   and we have treated each other   and needful. We need to remember
          or to retain terms of trade or credit   – nation to nation – in the same   that we are Afrikan. We need our
          that are relatively more favorable   heartless and cruel fashion. It’s time   leaders to be courageous enough
          than those which other nations,    to stop that. It is time to recognize   to tell the truth about what’s going
          even in Afrika, are getting. How-  that Afrika as a whole is its own   on in the world system to all their
          ever, the price it pays in the terms   best chance at true liberty. In each   citizens and prepare them to be able
          and conditions attached are so high   economy lies the answers to the   to withstand those evil strategies. We
          that any gains it may perceive it has   needs of another. Let’s trade with   need to counter lie and misinforma-
          attained, are actually overshadowed   one another. In each nation are the   tion with truth and solutions that
          by the punitive requirements that   people who have solutions to the   actually work. We need to love each
          are placed on it by those it seeks   needs of other nations – let’s allow   other again. We need to be Afrikan
          to befriend. This is the same for   each other to move freely and work   and for Afrika to be Afrika. That’s
          every other country in Afrika. Eco-  freely with each other. In each clean,   how we end economic apartheid
          nomic apartheid has been levelled   healthy, organic farm lies an answer   and slavery and start to build again,
          against us in more ways than we    to the health of another nation, let’s   where we left off.



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