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AFRIKA IS GOD'S

boldly to anyone who cares to negative space of hatred for the ing that instead of sitting where
listen that, even though this vi- white man and malice between they are, enjoying whatever they
rus crawled into Afrika from Chi- ourselves, running away from think they are enjoying and com-
na, Afrika will not fold her hands Afrika to the supposed greener plaining about how degraded Af-
helplessly when natural medi- pastures, complaining about rika is, they should give a lend-
cine, which we have in abun- how Afrika was exploited by co- ing hand to those who are here
dance, can help? Should Afrika lonialists, talking about the old trying to fix things.
not be bold enough now to tell days of Kemet and the never
the world that she is capable of ending story of how great the The Boldness of Tanzania
taking care of things and then go days of ancient Egypt were. We Truth be told, this magazine
ahead to take care of things? should be tired by now, if you would have folded up some time
ask me. In fact, the modern day ago, but God kept it alive, either
I am tired of the weak Afrikan sto- Egyptians are claiming they are by a word He gives or by the
ry that is being pushed here and not Afrikans. That we have sub- provisions He makes available.
there, all over the world, by the Saharan Afrika should give you A few times we had thought
global media. Much more than a hint. So I think it’s time we stop to shut it down because of the
that, I am tired of the never-end- this nonsense about going back pressure of funding, but when-
ing slave story and the colonial- to the ancient Egyptian civiliza- ever we get to such crossroads,
ist nonsense that is not helping tion and create a new reality for He gives a word for the next is-
Afrikans make bold moves con- ourselves. It is time to embrace sue, and when that happens,
cerning their lives. Slavery hap- the positive side of our pain. It's we know the next issue must
pened, colonialism happened, time to sit down and relearn the come out, so we work towards
but should other things not hap- lessons of the past sixty years it, as though we have the funds
pen because those things hap- of independence, take a look in hand. For instance, concern-
pened? We have learned over at what we have been missing, ing this particular issue, some
the years to avoid our pains or stop blaming the so-called ‘white weeks ago, the words "Tanza-
to complain about them, but we man's religion’ for our woes and nia, the boldness of God" woke
won't make the decision to face start to put stone upon stone to me from my sleep. The moment
them and then conquer them. I build a new Afrika. For if Afrikan I got that, and having realized
was watching a movie recently nations have been under self- that the word was about the
and a conversation between an rule for sixty years and we still magazine, I knew that this is-
Abbot and a fearful boy caught have the same issues we have sue would be published. It was
my attention. I wrote down what to date, does it not show you strange for me at first, because
the Abbot told the boy, slightly that the problem is not from out- the emphasis on boldness as
paraphrased. He said to the boy side of Afrika, but the problem is regards Tanzania was quite pre-
"Face the heaviness that is stop- from here? You may say the for- cise and real, but I had never
ping you and name it. It is not eign powers still have influence made any prior connections of
the pain which ruins us, it’s the in Afrika and over her progress. any nature about Tanzania.
things we do to avoid them that Well said, but through whom The truth is if the things com-
does. If you are afraid to break, are they influencing Afrika? The ing out of Tanzania concerning
then break. Let spirit crack you same Afrikans who are blinded the issue of Covid-19 are true,
open. Let yourself be forged in by foreign money and who we then that's a lot of boldness that
the crucible of your own agony, continue to vote into leader- Tanzania is manifesting, which
transformed into the most per- ship positions. We can bring out other Afrikan nations should
fect instrument of destiny. For if positive things out of our woes, emulate. I am not advocating
you can embrace the fullness of if only we try. For instance, the for recklessness of any kind, but
your pain, then you can embrace black Afrikan Diaspora we have rather that Afrika must begin to
the fullness of your power." right now, members of which are face things head on and make
doing amazing things wherever decisions that will give us the
To add to this, I will say that, we they may be outside of Afrika, needed changes that we want.
as Afrikans have done enough are part of the gains of slavery, Meaning that even after this
of embracing our pains from the if only they can see themselves pandemic and after the lock-
in the light of such gains. Mean- down, Tanzania as a nation, and

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