Have you ever
noticed how some other things you do never seem to change no matter what you
seem to do? One would have hoped that all the African children would taken an
example from their leaders who suffered a lot for the liberation of Africa.
These leaders are Patrice Lumumba, Kwame Nkrumah, Laurent Kabila, Robert
Mugabe, Nelson Mandela, Muammar Qaddafi, Sekou Toure, Samora Machel,
Oliver Tambo, Henrique Nzita Tiago, Eduardo Dos Santos, Jonas Savimbi,
Agostinho Neto, Steve Biko, Julius Nyerere, Jomo Kenyatta, Robert Mangaliso
Sobukwe, John Nkomo, Abdelaziz Bouteflika,
Hosni Mubarak, Albert Luthuli, Omar Bongo, King Shaka, Sam Mujoma, Martin
Luther King Junior, Kenneth Kaunda, Gamal Abdel Nasser, Marcus Garvey, General
Yakubu Gowon, Abdulsalami Abubakar
Jean-Bedel Bokassa and many more.
Jesus Chris died
on the cross for the people of the world to be liberated from sin. Jesus paved
the way and many of African leaders followed in the service of the people. Today, it is easy to find people complaining that
life is hard whereas they have not taken the cue from their selfless leaders
who have through hell to safeguard the African history.
The African
leaders stood firm for the education of the children of revolution because they
have learnt that education is the best provision for old age according to
Aristotle. What has happened to our youth? Why are they disrespecting the elderly?
When will they learn to deal humbly, respectfully and courteously with the
older generation? How will they learn from the elderly if they continue
antagonising, abusing, insulting and alienating them in their lives?
We should learn
from the conventional wisdom or “common sense” that our problems are stem from
ignoring the African values, philosophies, customs, beliefs and traditions. As
children of revolution we need to change the status quo but not at the expense
of the African people and African wisdom.
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