People's development indexes are based on six fundamental principles, namely:
Their theories
Their culture
Their ideology
Their paradigm
Their concepts
Their history.
This is what ensures that even after ten thousand years,
Chinese remains Chinese,
The Indian remains Indian,
Arabs remain Arabic,
Westerners stay Western...
They are,
by their culture
by their spirituality
by their languages
by their tradition
By their story
By their theories
By their belief
By their concepts...
and above all by their affiliation to their ancestors to whom they attach and celebrate.
As for us Africans, in just 500 years, we have become Arabs, Westerners, Chinese, Indians... We want to live in everyone's shoes. Except in our own skin.
Our culture is lost,
Our traditions are disappearing,
Our ancestors are denied and forgotten,
Our languages are dying,
Our history is falsified,
Our religion is demonized,
We are losing our roots,
We have lost our identity.
This poverty of spirit contributes to making us financially poor.
We are lost:
Physically lost,
Psychologically lost,
Intellectually lost,
Culturally misplaced,
Economically lost...
Our leaders are astray,
Our "intellectuals" are lost,
Our parents are aloof,
Teachers are astray,
The youths are looking for their identity.
WHO WILL SAVE US THEN?
Africa needs a saviour, a hero.
This HERO is YOU. "
This text can be printed and pasted in the African children's room. They must understand that they have a responsibility.
They have a mission on this earth...to ask questions from their elders, to read books about their cultural heritage and traditions, to practice and stay connected with their ancestors among other practical approaches of self awareness which will lead to a genuine emancipation of the mind.
Unknown author.
Edited.
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