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lately regarding South Africans wanting culture says that tomorrow is not given to
Nigerians deported out of their country, not anyone, so do what you must today. And
ones do you hear them talk about deporting this is true even though its not learned in
the Nigerian medical doctors in the South class. Personally, I do not fancy pushing to
African hospitals, or the Nigerian professors tomorrow what I can do today and those
in SA Universities or the Nigerian CEOs who know me know that I can put off
or bankers in some of the big banks in SA. sleep to achieve a goal. So if its this zero
Its always about the poor South Africans tolerance for procrastination that is found in
asking for the poor Black foreigners who are many Nigerians that other nationalities call
hawking on the streets like themselves to impatience, then thats a good impatience. For
be deported. I find that very curious though. of a truth, tomorrow is not guaranteed for
But it points to something really deep in the anyone and why transfer todays problems to
psyche of the average African. Its like we tomorrow when tomorrow has its own.
have allowed the system of this world to spin
this massive narrative in our heads that those Back to the true culture of the African people
that look like us are our problems and not which is based on Life and the Nurturing of
the system that created the divide that makes Life, the Nigerian or any other nationality
us see our ourselves as the problems while in South Africa that is peddling drugs on the
exonerating the system. I am not that guy that streets of SA; the SA police, the customs,
makes excuses for myself, even though I do the immigration and any other government
not mind excusing others when they come agencies that are part of the evil scheme,
short. So this is not me pointing fingers at are not expressing the true culture of Africa.
the system and not at the individuals who They all are anti-life. The drug peddler kills
run the system. That will be foolishness. The with his trade the very young people Africa
system is just a term used to paint a picture needs to sustain the future. The prostitute on
of the many hurdles that man has created and the streets who gets pregnant in the course
trapped himself in. Only he can unstrap and of doing the trade and then aborts the baby,
free himself if he decides to. so as to continue “working” and the male
pimps who make all the runs happen are also
In conclusion and just as an example, if guilty of undermining the purpose of Africa
you ask another African nationality about as a life-giving spirit. There are no sacred
Nigerians, some will say “oh yes I love cows in this one. We all must return back
Nigerians. I love their music but they are too to what makes us Africans. We can trade
impatient”. blames all we like, but until we deal with the
I am a Nigerian, so I can speak freely foundation of our hearts, nothing of note will
about these things. Now, there is a whole change on the outside.
lot of difference between impatience and
zero tolerance for mediocrity. An average Let the change begin! ASE!!
Nigerian was raised in a society whose
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