Our leaders stand accused and guilty of all the woes in Africa today. These woes are by no means limited to corruption and decay in infrastructural development; they encroach unwittingly into issues bothering closely on morality and collective existence of Africans. A non African reading this on the prisms of his/her society, may be tempted to call it balderdash, but the oppressed amidst the world would rather I continue.
Love, you will agree with me is complicated. Even though there exist in the dictionary, definitions of it, we still feel what we feel about it. And sadly, these feelings are very difficult to capture in words. Some see it in the context of shared perspectives, others in chemistry, and some even assess their partners in terms of physics. In Africa, it use to be so, but nowadays, it’s simply co-existence for the sake of it, and nothing more.
In Africa today, there exists deliberate clogs placed against the identification and/or expression of true love! Couples are so strange and lovers so stiff, to such extent that love is expressed only in the context of the “expected”, the “normal”, etc. Have you ever stopped to wonder why lovers no longer express their feelings for each other openly, be it in the confines of their four walls? Or ponder on why newlyweds are not on honeymoon in Africa? It’s quite simply; they are busy thinking of their tomorrow, which tastes and feels so sour and bland today. This is not in any way unconnected with our governments’ complacency about the welfare of its citizens. Everywhere you go; Africans are busy thinking of the mundane, fighting to catch up with what other nations have ceased thinking about. – Lack of food, shelter, security, jobs, rule of law, wars, etc. All this has eaten deep into the space that Africans have to exude love. How sad.
Rather than the high profile approach to governance, enunciating policies that will end up in shelves, African governments should worry itself more with issues that will enhance the living standard of its peoples. Such activities that will bring pride and ownership to Africans should be the immediate concern of the leadership. Africans no longer believe in their continent, our proclamation of the words “black and proud”, “proudly African”, “black is beauty”, etc were made when we still look onto Africa and the leadership with hope. We have waited so long and so much, and the tiny fuse has blown. If you hear Africans alter these words, they are done in search of identity or as a whitewash against their adversaries to enable them gain an upper hand. They truly don’t believe in it deep down. In Africa it’s all about denials, even for love.
This might sound fatalistic, but the fact still stands that most Africans today, even if desired, have been denied the expression of true love. We have been so weighed down with bags filled with woes, leaving little chance for love and ultimately, activities that leads to self actualization.
Our leaders, please wake up before it’s too late. As the saying goes, “govern well”, to help your citizens realize their dreams.
Love, you will agree with me is complicated. Even though there exist in the dictionary, definitions of it, we still feel what we feel about it. And sadly, these feelings are very difficult to capture in words. Some see it in the context of shared perspectives, others in chemistry, and some even assess their partners in terms of physics. In Africa, it use to be so, but nowadays, it’s simply co-existence for the sake of it, and nothing more.
In Africa today, there exists deliberate clogs placed against the identification and/or expression of true love! Couples are so strange and lovers so stiff, to such extent that love is expressed only in the context of the “expected”, the “normal”, etc. Have you ever stopped to wonder why lovers no longer express their feelings for each other openly, be it in the confines of their four walls? Or ponder on why newlyweds are not on honeymoon in Africa? It’s quite simply; they are busy thinking of their tomorrow, which tastes and feels so sour and bland today. This is not in any way unconnected with our governments’ complacency about the welfare of its citizens. Everywhere you go; Africans are busy thinking of the mundane, fighting to catch up with what other nations have ceased thinking about. – Lack of food, shelter, security, jobs, rule of law, wars, etc. All this has eaten deep into the space that Africans have to exude love. How sad.
Rather than the high profile approach to governance, enunciating policies that will end up in shelves, African governments should worry itself more with issues that will enhance the living standard of its peoples. Such activities that will bring pride and ownership to Africans should be the immediate concern of the leadership. Africans no longer believe in their continent, our proclamation of the words “black and proud”, “proudly African”, “black is beauty”, etc were made when we still look onto Africa and the leadership with hope. We have waited so long and so much, and the tiny fuse has blown. If you hear Africans alter these words, they are done in search of identity or as a whitewash against their adversaries to enable them gain an upper hand. They truly don’t believe in it deep down. In Africa it’s all about denials, even for love.
This might sound fatalistic, but the fact still stands that most Africans today, even if desired, have been denied the expression of true love. We have been so weighed down with bags filled with woes, leaving little chance for love and ultimately, activities that leads to self actualization.
Our leaders, please wake up before it’s too late. As the saying goes, “govern well”, to help your citizens realize their dreams.
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