Page 10 - Msingi Afrika Magazine Issue 21

EDITOR's note

et’s not be distracted. Afrika’s lost glory
is not her gold, silver or precious stones.
Neither is it her kings or queens of old. It
Lis not even her ancient economic prow-
ess at trading across the continent or the seas.
As good as it is to know that Afrika was con-
ducting trade and military expeditions in far-
flung places, or that Afrika had clean cities with
excellent sanitation and fortifications, all that
does is bring us to the same level of compe-
tence and even mediocrity that the rest of the
world lives at. If we do this, we are still compar-
ing ourselves with the standard of civilization
that the west claims and trying to prove that we
are as worthy as them to be called people, hu-
man, equal. Neither is the quest to try to prove
some form of superiority of the Afrikan race
worthwhile. These are all distractions that will
keep us spinning around and around in their
web of logic and seeking their approval or our
own glory as juxtaposed against their standard
of futility.
Afrika’s lost glory is her lost identity as the
womb of spirit and soul, and her purpose,
which is to incubate life as the cradle of hu-
manity. This means her role is to be an estab-
lishment of a standard for life and living that is
not bound to the physical aspects of this world,
but seeking those of the realities spirit of God,
the Creator of all.
Could that be the reason why every effort to put
the pursuit of money and economic gain above
that of love, brotherhood and Ubuntu keeps Af-
rika going around and around in circles? And, Chioma Phillips
that if we simply shifted our focus to lift up our
hands to God (meaning we cannot move or do
anything in our own strength or wisdom, but as
we seek Him and His will we are led and guid-
ed) and sought to find our life’s essence from
Him once again, that we would automatically
align to what we had lost? Emphatically I say,
“Yes.”
Think on these things.

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