Dear Africa, European And American Ideas Cannot Save Us - Only African Ideals Can
October 05, 2020 532
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It
is a shame that the Black people of Africa have lost so much faith in
themselves and ideas, that they believe that only the white man's ideas can
save Africa. This particular thought pattern has kept Africa behind and blinded
for decades.
How do you expect people who killed your
ancestors and stole your resources to ever want the best for you? How do you
expect people who still cause death, starvation, and poverty in your country to
want the best for you? It can’t happen. It won’t happen.
If Africa must rise from the Ashes, we must
reduce the influence the West has on our politics, governance, social, and
cultural ideologies. We must reduce their advice and most times blackmails when
it comes to issues between our various ethnic nationalities. This is important
because Africa's politics and policies are often a subject of our various
peoples, languages and ethnic nationalities.
One of the problems with Nigeria today, for
instance, is the problem of ethnic nationality. Every ethnic
nationality wants to sit on the throne. And when they do, they want to
fill all the positions with their people and then subjugate others, with the
help of the British or other foreign advisors. Although the Fulani have done
this more.
But if African nationalities reduced their dependency
on the West to solve their differences, we would be a better continent, with
every ethnic nationality having their own nation and respecting the other. We
would not be trying to hold together nations that were created by the Western,
on Europen ideologies and aspirations. If Nigeria was to be divided into
smaller nations, there would less oppression, more respect, and progress.
There are various aspects of human life where
European and American ideals can't be imported by Africans. Some of these aspects
which have hurt Africa so bad in the past and present are: politics
(Democracy), religion and civil relations, among others. Below we will have
discussions on these aspects and propose how best to save Africa from the brink
of total anarchy.
POLITICS
The idea that democracy is the "right
and perfect" system of government for Africans is wrong. From our
experience for the last 100years, it is a fact that democracy has failed
Africa. And this is sole because of how Europeans demarcated the various borders
of various African nations, and how they merged various ethnic nationalities
into countries, without negotiations and agreements between the peoples
concerned. So, no matter how beautiful democracy is for the Europeans, it will
never work in Africa, as the nations are currently constituted.
When one looks at Europe, it is clear that
most of the nations there has a single ethnic nationality. Ireland is for just
the Irish. England solely belongs to the English. Scotland is a country to the
scots. This is what you will find all over Europe, except for little
exceptions. But in Africa, you will find a great number of ethnic nationalities
bundled together as one nation. So how will a system of government that works
for a mono-ethnic European nation be the only option for a multi-ethnic African
nation?
Therein lies the stupidity of the African
educated elite. Their education has not offered them the wisdom to understand
that Africa as presently demarcated needs a different system of government. The
Chinese have a system of government that works for them. The Saudis have a
system of government that works for them. And these nations are world powers in
their own rights. We don’t see America and the British trying to force their
imperfect democracy down the throats of these Asians and Arabs. But daily
Europe and America are dictating to African nations what system of government
will suit Africa best.
But many of us see through their lies,
deceit, blackmail, and imperfect systems. All they want is for Africa to continue
to be dependent on them so that they in turn will continue to milk us dry for
their unending services.
Africa's system of governance should be
unique and should be agreed upon by the various ethnic nationalities that make
up every nation. African elites and leaders must reduce how much influence
their diplomatic ties with European governments have on their decision making.
We are Africans, and we should coordinate our
nations and governance in an African way.
RELIGION
We are bold enough to say that "If
European and Arab religions didn’t enter Africa, Black people would have a
different and a better understanding of life and how to solve their
issues."
Today in Africa, we have millions of people
who pray to and wait on the European gods or the "white God and
White Jesus" to save them. They pray to the Gods of their
oppressors to come to their rescue.
Africans, for thousands of years, solved
their spiritual and personal problems with their own form of religion. But even
at that, not every issue was a spiritual one. Some problems were solved through
other means. But today, we have Africans who see prayers to the European Gods
and deities as the only way to solve certain issues.
Africans have been so brainwashed that we
even pray to European and Arab Gods to come to fix our social amenities.
Politicians who should do better are bold enough to call on these deities in
front of the people when issues of incompetence arise.
Every day we keep seeing new churches spring
up in different corners of Africa. Every day they shout and call on the
European Gods and deities. But nothing changes. More people are hungry. More
people are in poverty. More and more young Africans are losing hope about their
future.
If praying to European deities was enough to
solve Africa's issues, then the millions of prayers and supplications for the
last 100 years should have made Africa a paradise.
This is the sad situation we have found
ourselves in Africa, and what is most painful is that African pastors are
feeding on the gullibility of the masses to paint a false picture about an "all-knowing
and all-saving European God."
Africa must move away from the lies the
Europeans brought about their God. Africa's problems should be solved through
African ways.
The Caucasian man and his gods can never
solve Africa's issues. Instead, they will and have added to our woes as a
people. The day Africa abandons the European's religion, that day, Africa will
wake up from its long slumber.
CONCLUSION
No foreign idea or principle can solve
Africa's issues. We are a great and ancient people, and only our ideals can
help us in these trying times. Let our political, religious, educational and
social elites pay more attention to the ancient principles and wisdom of our
people. Only Africa can save Africa.