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EDITOR's note

ngola is blessed, and as the part, so is
the whole. Afrika is indeed very blessed.
ANot because of her rich resources in land
and mineral wealth, not because she has the
youngest population in the world and therefore
nurtures some of the greatest future poten-
tial... Afrika is blessed because of her identity,
role and purpose as the custodian of life. Life
being more than the physical embodiment of
beings moving upon the face of the earth - but
being the spiritual dynamic that causes every-
thing around to be touched and transformed
by the knowledge, understanding and wisdom
of the Divine, that connects it back to its origi-
nal identity and purpose.

When you consider the wealth and depth of
Afrikan proverbs, as captured in Norbert Mpo-
roto’s article in this issue, or the compassion
and communality captured in both Mporoto’s
and Abel Merawi’s articles, you understand
that these gentlemen drew from a well of deep
wisdom that emanates from a past and a his-
tory that is both rich and true. A history that
is much needed in Afrika’s present in order to
steer a course away from the dangers that we
face in what has been called a ‘modern and
progressive’ world. One that seems set on its
own destruction.

Ladies and gentlemen, Afrika is at a cross-
roads. The multiplication of social ills points
at a sickness within the individual and collec-
tive that if not remedied with urgency, will de-
stroy us - as has been illustrated amply. But,
if we draw on the reservoirs and deep wells of
our blessing, we can, in no time, turn things
around and emanate life for the continent and
those outside it, to restore life as it is intended.
Chioma Phillips

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