Page 14 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 18

Community

The concept of refugees, internally world. That way, we can raise and
displaced persons, homeless people sustain generations of those who
is absolutely contrary to the real know their true purpose and destiny
identity of Afrika, or Alkebulan, and who create communities that
which both make reference to her thrive based on this, and who raise
role of motherhood as the womb generations with the same heart and
of life and spirit. Wombs are de- mindset.
signed for nurture, protection and
incubation of life – not its rejection This level of access means that a
or destruction. The continent of total and complete stripping away
Afrika has abundant supply for her of the destructive ways that were
children, and, with wisdom well introduced, and their replacement
applied, has abundant supply for with life-giving norms and cultures
those who need Afrika’s help. This that resonate with love, brother-
is no lie. The great robbery that the hood and Ubuntu must be our
Europeans (Americans included), new fight for true independence.
Arabs and Chinese committed and Meaning that until we deal with the
commit against Afrika was never corruption that was introduced by
needful. What was, and is, needful Europeans when they came to our
was, and is, engagement with the continent, real independence will
continent of Afrika, as brothers never really be achieved. We remain,
indeed, for support and cooperation currently, imprisoned by chains and
to take place between Afrika and bars of futility that are fixated on
the peoples across the oceans. Not the acquisition of wealth and things
murder, genocide, robbery, trickery, and status, as opposed to being
rape, slavery and oppression. consumed with strengthening each
The decision to conveniently label other, supporting those in need and
Afrikans as monkeys, and therefore pushing together towards a future
uncivilized non-people, or to call that is filled with light, hope and
them pagans and unbelievers, and peace. We must change ourselves
to use these lies as a justification to first if really we want change in our
kill, steal and destroy was a devious continent. There is no other way to
as it was foolish. do it.
Which means any effort by Afri-
kans to keep in place the murder- Greed is a killer
ous agendas of the Eurasians will The heart that says “it’s me, myself
continue to keep us in a maelstrom and I alone” is nothing but evil
of futility and death. A condition and should be done away with. For
utterly contrary to the life that we greed, like every of its evil cousins,
represent as a continent. will lead to the death of those who
are caught up by it. It is unfortunate
Again, this is more than an arti- that, while it was the Europeans
cle about land inheritance for the that brought this evil of greed for
peoples of Afrika. And, even while land and material possessions, right
each child of Afrika should have now, Afrikans themselves seem
access to the land for its productive to be those who are now deeply
use for the benefit of all… more sucked into this dark hole. But we
than anything, each child of Afrika definitely cannot continue like this.
must have access to their true It benefits us not to persist in the
inheritance of life and spirit that ways of the ones who seek nothing
will enable them to understand who but death. We must source the true
Afrika is, and what she represents wellspring of life if Afrika is to
to her children and the rest of the thrive again.

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