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Leadership
Re- Education

CRABS-IN-A-BUCKET SYNDROME

A VIRUS THAT IS DESTROYING AFRIKA

Samuel Phillipss

t’s a beautiful thing to see common goal is a negative one, it cause someone close to them sold
brothers (biological or not) will still work. God Himself spoke them out. We know these stories,
working together in common concerning men coming together so I won’t speak of them. But the
Iunity (community) to achieve in one accord to build; He said, question now is this, how did we get
a common goal. Thriving nations, “Indeed the people are one and they all ourselves into this proverbial bucket
communities, corporations and have one language, and this is what they that we keep fighting each other to
whatever else, have all been built begin to do; now nothing that they propose prevent our escape from, and by
using this principle of unity towards to do will be withheld from them.” (See that destroying the very things that
a common goal and many more Genesis 11:6) should have built us as a people? In
to come will be built on it. But fact, why are we in a bucket at all?
when brothers, instead of working It’s not news that one of the pre-
together in unity and building for dominant reasons why Afrika is Before I go further with this article
a common interest, decide that the way it is right now, is because and before I share my thoughts on
in-fighting and acts of sabotage are we have more Afrikans who are the topic, let me quickly share with
the way to go, then their destruction comfortable and willing to sell the you a post I copied from a Face-
and the destruction of their com- common good for personal gain, book group. I believe the post clear-
munity is very near. For, while they than those who will give their all ly gives a live illustration of what
fight among themselves, strangers to make change happen; even if it this article is about. It was written
use the distraction to take over includes their lives. Great leaders by someone about the pain they ex-
their wealth. The bond of unity is who emerged from Afrika have perienced in setting up a production
such a powerful tool in the hands been killed and what they stood for company. I think it speaks of much
of a people that, even when the was destroyed by the West, just be- of the frustration that many across

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