“Darkness
exaggerates the size of a spark ”…Mokokoma Mokhonoana Philosopher and social
critic.
Here we go…
again!
In the course of this interesting lifetime in
which we currently find ourselves, we’ve been literally shown beyond any
reasonable doubt and measure that history is not just an indication of the future;
it has secrets that nature and apparent happenstance has cleverly embedded
within its bosom.
For instance, legends have portrayed an
enormous volume of superficial dramas, which are actually true events, citing
love, adventure, success stories and even wars, indicating that life is a bunch
of rotating set of principles that cannot be compromised, just like you cannot
violate the salient laws that govern the earth, like gravity, leverage and so
much more.
We mortals naturally get distracted enough to
practically take little things for granted, yet they matter, but we only
appreciate them when we hit rock bottom, ironically however, only a hand full
of people get a second chance at life.
“Good luck is
when opportunity meets preparation, bad luck is when lack of preparation meets
reality”…Eliyahu Goldratt (1947-2011) Israeli
business management guru.
Reality, and
then some
Growing up, I actually used to think that
rich folks had wealth literally fall on their laps, but my dad taught me that
they actually worked really hard to be successful. Back then it didn’t quite
make sense, but now, it is as clear as crystal, but it still baffles me though.
African countries are massively populated,
owning equally enormous landmass that are mostly fertile and devoid of natural
disasters and what have you. Paradoxically though, Africa has a record-breaking
poverty profile, whereas. Smaller countries in the western world with far less
population and various recordings of natural disasters and unstable weather
have gathered wealth and domesticated knowledge too much to quantify.
The logical question now is what is Africa
doing about it and how?
First of, Africans should take their heads
out of the cloud, or out of their behind if you may. Although Africa became
civilized not too long ago and it may indeed be hard to transition into the
culture of educational revolution so to speak, regardless of this, Africa needs
to wake up to the sunshine because reality is actually happening, and fast too.
African countries need to do what is to be
done, and pointer might as well be embracing the naturally set principles,
which physically translates to providing sustainable development that comprises
genuinely empowering the people, and providing basic amenities, with that done
all you need to do is sit back and watch the magic erupt like a volcano.
“Whoever
fights monsters should see to it that in the process he doesn’t become a
monster. And if you gaze long enough into an abyss, the abyss will gaze back
into you”… Friedrich Nietzsche (1844 -1900) German philosopher, cultural
critic, composer and poet.
Corruption!
I was definitely coming to this rather than
come for it, but we need a paradigm shift so that we don’t get lost in the
crowd sounding like everybody else. Though corruption is a problem, but it
isn’t actually the problem. It’s like having a headache, which is a symptom of
an ailment, but diagnostically there is a much bigger sickness inherent in the
body.
Lets tell it as it is, virtually everybody is
corrupt because as humans we have great tendencies to be innately vulnerable, especially
when we are stuck in circumstances that we never envisaged.
Take for instance a situation in Nigeria
where a lad was driving home late at night, he met a few policemen at an illegal
checkpoint where they ask the lad for his driver’s license.
The lad explains that he forgot his license
at home, and the officers tell him to give them some money otherwise he would
be arrested. The lad sensing that the cops were intoxicated and armed thought
to himself that the best way to get out of the situation was to part with some
cash, an act of corruption, which he did to avoid been abused of even shot as
is the norm, so to speak, what would you do?
“Yesterday is
history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why it is
called the present”…Bill Keane (1922 -2011) American cartoonist.
A peep into
the proverbial tunnel!
Everybody likes a happy ever after story, or
at least a ray of hope that may eventually alleviate a suffering, well here
goes.
There is hope, in actual fact, Africa is
being tipped to be the future, perhaps because she is still virtually a virgin
and holds a lot of future potentials as her resources haven’t been fully
exploited. This is the more reason why African countries need to come together
to pool resources and brainpower, recognize her heritage and fortify herself against
the impending invasion of the western world as their own resources wears thin
by the day.
It is truly high time Africans purge herself
of her highly stereotyped mediocrity and fully embrace excellence, part of
which telling the truth as it is and letting the best people do the work, else
doom looms like a dark cloud, luckily it probably has a silver lining which we
are wont to see.
God bless Nigeria, Africa and the world!
Thank you, and be awesome because you truly are.
Akin Abimbola.
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