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Leadership
Leadership

BREAKING THE TEMPLATE

That Has Kept Us In Political Bondage Chioma Phillips

is the Editor of Msingi Afrika Mag-
azine and the host of Msingi Afrika
Television. Her hope is to see the Truth
irst, they sit and strategize, expensive vehicles, waving at the shared, with all who will listen, for the
DIVIDE up the land into mobilized crowds like heroes of a
regions: friendly, unfriend- great battle returning home to the transformation of the people and the
Fly, neutral. Quantify those love and adulation of their friends continent of Afrika - and the world.
regions in terms of numbers or per- and families. Then they climb up
centages. Determine which are most onto colorful, decked out stages,
influential and RELEVANT. Then them and their entourages. Sheltered
they create a schedule based on what from the sun, while their ‘follow- shows up, they will not be able to
their ‘enemy’ is doing or not doing. ers’ amass before them, baking in dislodge them and their words with
Then they send their people ‘to the heat of the day. Loud music is ease. Then they drive off as the
the ground’ to mobilize attendance blaring from the speakers, keeping cash, flour and sugar are dished out
and to set up the venues for the emotions as heightened as possible, to the emotionally exhausted crowd
selected day. Then they send some while speaker after speaker comes and move on to the next venue in
people to mobilize the resources: forward, shakes their booties, makes the next town, or head back to the
cash, flour, sugar to be dished out some remarks designed to excite the capital city to review and plan their
as incentives for the attendees. Then gathered crowds as much as possi- next move.
they show up in grand style, sitting ble. Designed to leave an emotional
or standing in the sunroofs of their imprint so that when the ‘enemy’ Meanwhile, their ‘enemy’ is watching

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