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The Truth - 39
The Truth, The Whole Truth and Nothing But The Truth
A time was in the history
of the World when Europe under-devloped Africa by forcefully taking away our
able and agile men and women into slavery to work on their plantations and
other developmental projects and help them to move faster on the plane of infrastructural
development.
They forced themselves on us, they created a schism amongst us, they divided us along ethnic lines, they ruled us with the hammer and pestle.
Many were docile and accepted their fate, some others who didn't want to accept their fate paid the supreme sacrifice.
It was such a dark time in the history of Africa
Somewhere along the line, they said they had abolished physical slavery but that did not mean much to us because we had imbibed their culture and traditions, their religion and educational system as our own.
We were no longer physical slaves to Europe, we have become mental slaves.
Mental slavery abounds in us and they show up in the choices we make - our travel destinations, our professional destinations, our cuisine choices, our garment choices, our written and spoken language, our mode of governance, the way we walk, the way we showcase ourselves and all that.
Is it not time that we took a good look at these things that have divided rather than unite us and do away with them?
As the Songwriter and iconic Singer Rastafarian Robert Nesta Marley alias Bob Marley, once sang - "emancipate yourselves from mental slavery, NONE BUT OURSELVES can free our souls"
Our fate is in our own hands.
And only us can change the narrative of our times
Now, that is *the Truth, the WHOLE Truth and nothing but the Truth*
--------------------------Jerry
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How do we free ourselves, then?
ReplyDeleteHe is not free who is still dependent on another
DeleteHow Europe underdeveloped Africa, I want to ask, was it actually our fault or just our environment? One's mindset can contribute but sometimes situations and environment can also contribute to that. Thank you for sharing.
ReplyDeleteA very good question #Chukwuebuka
DeleteThe people of those times had no choice but to follow the white man's rules because he came with the Bible and the Cane but after he left, those of us now should be able to read in-between the lines
BUt no
we are still as divided as they the white man left us
Tremendously true!
ReplyDeleteIt should be individually done as well as nationally.
Coz our leaders haven't yet, else they'd have improved the standard of our nation.
Ghana, Rwanda and South Africa are growing at a magnificent pace bcos their leaders have gotten to know this truth and they're working effortlessly towards such an emancipation.
I agree with you #Paschal
Deletebut the challenge is that everyone is trying to be like the white man that nobody actually wants to be the spare goat