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AFRIKA IS GOD’S
to preserve life and Ma'at in the broken Afrikan system that was on the "sand" and in the minds.
community and not about taking lopsided in all its parts towards
life. They believed that as long the continuation of the enslave- The way forward for
as humans practice good, there ment of the Afrikan people. Afrika
will be life. As long as humans The supposed independence
We live at a time when Afrika
practice harmony, there will obviously has not done much to
has completely lost her bear-
be life. As long as they prac- set Afrikans free from their new
ings both locally and interna-
tice true justice, equity, love, colonial masters who now work
tionally. It is sad that Afrika is
brotherhood etc, there will be hand in hand with their Afrikan still suffering under the weight
life. Life to an Afrikan is sacred leaders to keep the narrative of
of neocolonialism and the bul-
and must not be undermined Afrikan backwardness going.
lies of her failing heads of state
for anything. The modern day But for how long should Afri-
and AU; there has to be a way
man with his so called civiliza- kans be subjected to slavery?
to move forward. The solution
tion and technology kills babies How long till Afrikans them- for Afrika lies here in Afrika and
through abortions, poisonous selves know that the leadership
must be as seen from our own
vaccines, weapons of mass of Afrikan countries have failed
eyes and not for what we are
destruction. He has no value for in their duties to the Afrikan
shown it is. For where poverty
justice, he dishonors God and people and thus the way for-
still prevails over many, where
by all these evils, chaos and ward may just be without them? a few live in luxury and plenty
disharmony dwell in our lands. I read an article a while ago
leaving the majority under the
A pastor in the US said that about some white tourists who
weight of poverty and diseases,
prisons in the US were started were doing a road trip across
where conflict, drug abuse hap-
by the pioneers, who would west Afrika. Crossing through
pens, Ma'at offers a solution.
keep the errant ones away from the Nigerian border into Cam-
society and actively engage in eroon, they were surprised to
Afrikans must understand that
rehabilitating them using the learn that the Cameroonians in
1.2 billion Afrikans must no lon-
word of God and teachings the villages around the borders
ger live under the failed minds
about how to interact with other actually used the Nigerian cur-
of a few who call themselves
members of the society. And it rency for trading instead of the Afrikan governments. Afrikans
worked. These people would be Cameroonian currency. They
must rise up to the challenge to
released back into their com- also noticed that these villagers
work with one another to create
munities successfully. But when didn't even realize that there
an Afrika that is safe, whole,
the government saw how well was any difference between
prosperous, innovative and real.
it worked, they took over the the government of Nigeria and Certainly, this article is not a call
system and the result is what that of Cameroon. That got me
for anyone to rise up against
you see today. thinking. For it means that, if
their governments, but for all Af-
the people that live around the
rikans home and abroad to truly
Afrikan borders do not even
Restore the Afrikan recognize a difference be- now rise and come together
Harmony tween countries on both sides in harmony to help each other
rise. It is not difficult, I believe, it
In this particular issue of the of the border then the issue of just needs one Afrikan to raise
magazine, the theme of respon- Afrikan borders is not real. It’s another Afrikan up and by the
sibility and brotherhood stand just some signatures on some law of multiplication, all will be
out on almost every side. This colonial papers only recognized raised in no time.
is quite deliberate, even though by the governments involved.
how it all came together into But how can a people live their Give your Afrikan brother and
one stream of thoughts must be lives based on the rules of the sister a helping hand. Let each
a miracle. We strongly believe very people that enslaved them person see the good in other
that Afrikans have come of age and then claim they are inde- Afrikans and together we will
to know what is good for them pendent? We must restore the rise. Together.
and to deliberately go for it. Afrikan harmony and brother-
The colonialists left us with a hood by removing borders both
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