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with a note from Mwalimu Julius
Kambarage Nyerere, as he once
said, “There is no shortcut, no easy
solution which can be applied to the
problems of developing countries.
Slogans will not give our people
more to eat, and nor will blaming
our failures on any other country or
on any group of our own people.
No alternative but to apply our-
selves scientifically and objectively
to the problems of our country. We
have to think and then act on our
thinking”. It is important to dif-
ferentiate between ephemeral and
permanent matters, and to know
how to deal with them. African
problems appear permanent, for
decades and centuries we have been
crying from the pain of the same
wound. If leadership were running
in succession, then the principles
made by forefathers had all that
citizens required.

Leaders of the day are dealing
with minor ephemeral issues, as
they forget to deal with permanent
matters. Are we celebrating the lives
of founding fathers without learn-
A climber at Uhuru Peak, the highest point in Afrika ing from them? Are we waiting for
reincarnation for them to come or
should we produce other profound
education that does not train her intelligence, communication, dignity, figures to take on the struggle? It’s
people to solve their problems? Yet tranquility, gentleness and family it whether we learn or not! It’s wheth-
invites other nationalities to work in portrays, if the dwellers are soldiers er we do or die! It’s whether we fight
Africa, while the educated ones are and Army troops from outside? or lose! But Africa has everything
starving, what is the use of African Home is the place to be respected that can heal itself! Join me now and
education? and cherished in advance, not a let’s sing …
maneuvering ground for trial and
Africa can heal itself, once education error. Besides all these, incompre- Africa can heal, for
is placed at forefront with effect hensible leadership has made it African dream herb takes us deep to
to the growth of this continent! I possible. For how long will Boko forecast
believe Africa can heal itself. Haram tear Nigeria into pieces? For The centuries to come, days when African
Kenyan Professor, Lawyer and whose interest is M23 killing our identities
Pan Africanist PLO Lumumba fellow Africans? What’s wrong with Will rule o‘er the world like Messiah,
once said, “African countries have Al-Shabab in the East African zone? With African ideology n’ philosophies
standing Armies and invite foreign Where are SADC, EAC, ECOWAS Deep-seated in our fore fathers grounds
Armies to fight insurgents”, I join and AU? I believe Africa can heal With an astonishing beauty of Mama
his thoughts with effect to what itself, if her interests will come first Africa
is going on in Africa. What will before others. That kicks off self-doubt to triumph.
Mountain Gorilla in Rwanda tell
the next generation of the strength, I want to conclude my arguments

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