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AFRIKA IS GOD’S

A WORD TO

AFRIKAN CELEBRITIES

Samuel Phillips

t's not out of place to say that we are living in the weirdest, most nonchalant, disrespectful, ungodly
and selfish generation. A world where fakeness sells and realness is thrown out because it does not
fit into the hyper-real world we have created. Truth is demonized while lie is given a front seat at the
Itable of the chase for futile fame.
To be a celebrity in this age and time is not such an easy feat, especially when there are lots of people
gunning for the same things. It is not a bad thing to be celebrated for whatever one does, but it has be-
come one of the worst things that have happened to our young people, especially when they are dealing
with the influence of celebrities who have become influencers or heroes to them. It was supposed to be a
good thing to be able to influence a generation of people, but such is no longer so because much of the
influence is on the negative front.
From those days where to be a celebrity was considered a position of great authority through which soci-
ety was shaped, to this modern day in which celebrities have somehow become the new face of lies, vain
glory, vanity, fakeness, lack of self-control and the many negatives that come with the stardom hype. It is
no longer an issue in our Afrikan society if a male "music star" has five baby-mamas, multiple kids even
while unmarried. No one even blinks anymore about such. In fact, it has become the new add up to the
stardom craze. It is no longer a thing to worry about when female celebrities change men like clothes and
even call some Ben Ten (i.e. boy toys).
But listen to this Mr. Celebrity, while you run around in your newly acquired foreign toy, looking for
the newest girl to sleep with and a pool of alcohol to swim in, and you Miss Celebrity, while you jump
around looking for the newest shoes, wigs and bum job that is trending, just so you look like what God

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