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Let’s now bring this back home to Africa.

My brother John Wills shared an article in this issue which I
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found very interesting. When he shared the article with me, a
statement he made instantly caught my attention, he said:

In our agricultural sector, we often cultivate what is deemed
marketable— farm products we cannot consume but are meant
for export. When droughts occur, we lament the consequences. FATHERS OF
PAN-AFRICANISM

This is one of the many problems of Africa. We tend to get
things upside down and then complain of lack of progress in in By PD Lawton and Samuel Phillips
the continent.

So instead of planting food in our open farmlands, we plant
flowers for export and then complain of food insecurity. Instead
of growing vegetables and fruits in our home gardens, we plant
grass and flowers. Are we supposed to eat grass and flowers?

But this is applicable to every sector of our African lives.

How can Africa be the poverty destination of the world when

the natural resources from Africa power and enrich the world?
It does not make sense.

What makes sense right now is to do what Ibrahim Traoré
of Burkina Faso is doing. Kick out all the agencies that are

working for the imperialists who undermine Africa’s progress TO PURCHASE
and then turn back and call Africa poor and backward. We need
to prioritize what will bring solutions to the African continent PAPERBACK

and not babysit the various colonial systems that are bent on info@arkhiveafrica.com
keeping Africa down.

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We need the power of mindfulness to pay critical attention to
how things are happening in Africa, why they happen, and who EBOOK VERSION

gains from what is happening. We cannot be a continent of
people who are afraid to make the decisions that are required to
shift the African narrative. kobo.com

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