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repeatedly, and nothing has changed. Interestingly,
many Africans are also taking up their leaders’
attitude. They cry and complain, but when it’s time
to do something about what they are calling for, they
freak out, and thus, nothing gets done.
Here is something to consider
What will it take for fifty-five African nations to
sit down and make the AU work as a table for the
African people? You don’t need a prophet to tell you
how tired and frustrated Africa’s young people are
with their leaders and the AU. Nonetheless, change is
coming to the African continent.
Speaking of the UN and the global space, if you
ask me, I will say that no good global thing is done
with Africa in mind, except if Africa is the slave and
battery that powers it. So, Africa, to the rest of the
world, is just like farmland where food is grown,
a kitchen where the food is prepared, and Africans
are the chefs and waiters who are to serve in the big
grand party called the New World Order. But we can
change that, and we should.
The question remains: when will Africa build her
table and decide her destiny? It is better to build
and sit on a table made of plywood than beg to sit
on a table made of ivory but only be given access to
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crumbs that fall from it.
So, did I learn a good lesson from Dude and
Picky? Absolutely. If not for Dude, I would
not have been aware of the gap in the fence,
a thing which all Africans should be aware
of, about how thieves and pillagers enter the
continent with no one noticing.
This story of Dude and Picky is the story
of Africa. We allow every Tom, Dick, and
Harry to pillage the continent while we run
around looking for aid, grants, and loans
from the very same system that does the
pillaging. As a people, we need to pick
some courage from Dude and garnish them
with the goodness of Picky and then go
right ahead to get what belongs to us.
We need to do that. Now.
I realized that, in
this warped global
system that rules
the world, there
are no free tables
and if you want
something, you
have to go get it...
against all odds.
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