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you know i was battling today as i was
preparing for this conference or rather
this
speech um not exactly on the message
but on my outlook and how i would be
perceived today
uh as we speak of africa especially
so i was advised to put on my african
attire
head to toe and i i actually decided
against
it because i realized that
our problems as african people goes way
deeper than a dress code
right here in 2021 it's vital to be very
pragmatic about the real issues that are
pertinent
hence i wanted my dressing today to be
politically incorrect if i must say
to accentuate the subject of discussion
for today
because i've noticed that right now as
african people
we are living our lives and making
decisions based on perception
and not reality
like our father coming through i am
freaking not because
i was born in africa but because africa
was born
in me so my africanism is very little to
do with my dressing
although we cannot be arrogant and
ignore the fact that
we have to dress very decently as
african people
and portray the queens and kings of
africa
my africanism is hugely defined by my
ideologies
by my mindset by the power that i have
by my spirituality by my vision
by myself awareness and by my
subconscious
mind i've encountered some people who
look very african from a distance
because of their way of dressing but i
realized that they are in actual effects
perpetuating the western agenda
so in actual fact um they don't have
or they may not have the big bond or the
current of a true african
why i'm saying that i'm driving towards
the point of discussion today
as we celebrate the history month of
africa
such a powerful powerful initiative but
we must also
not delude ourselves to think that the
conference or this
this particular event should be our main
focus
towards the future we want for africa or
should not
be the only focus
there is a great need to reflect deeply
on the fundamentals
that got us here to start with
if we are not cautious this could be
just another month
on our calendars just like africa day
we still have people we don't even
understand what africa day is about
they dress up in a regalia in african
attire they take pictures for social
media and then at the end of the day
they hang it back in the closet
or the wardrobe let's stand reminded
that we had vision 2000
and we also had vision 2010 then we had
vision 2023 before that we had vision
2020
and now we're talking of the seven
pillars of 2063 and it
may go on after that but i'm going to
ask a very
prevalent question we should ask
ourselves as well as african people
how much have we achieved so far towards
the african agenda
how far have we gone to separate
ourselves from our history
since how many years 50 60 30 years
depending on the country
that we've gained independence as
african people
how far have we gone post-colonial era
to divert or is to extinguish the
western
one-sided narrative if you want to look
at our history between 1881 and 1914
the scramble of africa that was brutally
imposed on us
as early as 1840 after that european
powers had already established
trading posts along the course
i know in zimbabwe where i come from i'm
zimbabwean staying in south africa
uh zimbabwe then was rhodesia in 1892
thomas mickles had already opened a
trading business
in then fort victoria which is now
machingo
and in 1915 he opened a hotel in harare
which still exists
right now in zimbabwe in
as early as 1914 kotama college
was established i said it was then
sent francis savia it was established
in jimba so now so far more than 20 30
40 to 50 years of after independence
do we have anything measurable any
measurable progress
towards the african uniting the african
agenda
i hold the few that before we speak of
the future of africa
let's look closely at our past with no
blinkers
let's accept that we are damaged
physically economically
psychologically spiritually
and beyond and we should be pragmatic
yes but until we flush out the garbage
we may not encounter challenges beyond
what mr eye africans
need to heal i believe that healing will
come with subconscious and psychological
change to the people
and also to our leaders and our
societies
this will assist what obtain the true
freedom of
africanism the likes of pixie has
kaizaku
thomas sankara samora masha
julius nirei mohammed al-qaddafi
robert gabriel mugabe and mom
they all had a vision for africa but the
mindset of our society was the same then
as it is now if not worse
a place of brokenness is where we are
damaged so no sense of self
lack of confidence enough lack of
identity
we have allowed the west and to define
who we are for hundreds of years
practicing leadership it's said by the
same as
attempting to detox ourselves from
that is just being us being very highly
delusional
it is with great sadness so right now to
say we have allowed the colonizers to
create what i would like to call
educated vegas
social political economically and
mentally
with all that knowledge we must not be
of the illusion that the same system
that colonized us
is the system same system and that will
emancipate us
we will be lying to ourselves professor
patrick loch lumumba
said to me in an interview i held with
him
in october 2020 africa
is to involve policies that are in the
best interest of africa
and it should be done on an equal 14 so
that they can be mutually beneficial
and i personally hold the view that it
is underway
and we will get there but at first value
it looks easy to create a one africa
and we are all hopeful of a new era for
the african people
we must know and i we must be
under no illusion that given the vision
everyone will be
in agreement because that is not going
to happen it will still
different in perspectives and perhaps
resistance from the beneficiaries
of the current setup of africa right now
there is need for removals of the
shackles
of the mind like what doctor are
canadian body quality
and i also must say that we must be
fully aware and prepared
for this journey of evolution and not
just talk about it
the psychological economic and
educational oppression as i would like
to call it is further proven by the
current decisions our african leaders
have been making
pre-colonial era we trusted the dutch we
trusted the english
we trusted the spaniards just to mention
a few
surprisingly to the to add to the list
of oppressors that we haven't gotten rid
of
yet uh we have also added chinese people
to my surprise we have allowed them to
penetrate africa to the
security levels in some african
countries
at this moment in 2021
in kenya in 2018 a chinese coordinate
a man an african rather a baboon
i would like to use the word aptly
because i really
i refuse to be called black because my
color
the complexion is not black my
complexion is not black and a lot of
us is african people we're not black and
black was
used to actually make us hate ourselves
so i use the word earthly because
we have so many complexions and we are
italy beings
so in zimbabwe you also have a man who
was shot by a chinese
or by salary dispute unfortunately in
zimbabwe the chinese man is in jail as
we speak
but what could have happened in a
country like zambia where they have
taken
a chinese people to be police officers
well fortunately of course the the whole
community made noise about it and they
had to
um let the chinese police officers go
and imagine the penetration to the state
security of the country
i must say the chinese policies and the
poor
the chinese police officers were
um actually let go but let's be reminded
that china provided billions of dollars
of loans for infrastructure projects
to sub-saharan africa so zambia was now
leading it was leading to a recent
pressure for zambia to hand over to the
utility company of the country to the
chinese
zesco imagine what could have happened
or what would happen because they are
still in tools
but it's because we have allowed so many
visitors to come into our space and
allow them to do
to have a party all these are
illustrates
that us as african people have not yet
activated
at the apertures of thoughts we have a
wealthy business gurus in our
enemies in african countries we are not
being given who are not being given the
platform
to develop our countries fully
but we have literally handed over the
keys and our wealth to visitors
or should i call them colonizers we have
the likes of strive mercy what from
zimbabwe aliko dangote from nigeria
we have damala badara akon
tiam from senegal best known as aikon
who just started the construction
project of the city in western
senegal i hold to the belief that
everyone is born with the power of
choice
and what we do with that power is
entirely up to us
and it's the rule of what exactly are we
talking about
do we define ourselves based on our
circumstances or do we define ourselves
based
on our vision we have allowed the
western media to define
and control us robbing the world of the
opportunity
to experience our true selves due to the
crippling fear of
being called primitive we must remind
ourselves that africa is not primitive
we have technology now on unique ways
since we had technology since
pre-colonial era
and most of the technology that we see
now and experience is just a duplication
of what we already had
the question stands do we even see what
it is that we possess
in its fullest splendor um africa
african story has been one-sided for
centuries and
the western media has been duplicating
fictional stories about
africa for their own benefits africa
media is not going through
going doing enough to exhibit the status
quo of the origins and history of africa
and i believe the honors is ours to
start today
the state media and independent media
must started to work
together in one accord to build the
powerhouse we are
all hoping for we must understand that
we are creating history daily
a legacy that we will leave for our
future generation
and that legacy should be of power of
proactiveness of heroism
and not of victim approach
a senegalese journalist khalido
said in his journal africa is the
richest continent
in the world the surface of the cradle
of humanity has been blessed with
infinite beauty
africa has about 20 precious and unique
minerals and more
a paradise inhabited by the most
beautiful souls
nevertheless the richest continent has
not been a blessing but a curse
that has turned into an underdevelopment
continent the underdeveloped continent
in the world i remind you that africa is
the largest continent
in the world i believe that success
begins in the mind but the fundamental
question is
are our minds prepared to fund the
change
for hundreds of years we have been
subjected to an unbalanced
social setting to further erode the true
spirit of africa
from our cultural perspective we were
taught and prepared for good and also
for adversities
african warriors our children prepared
for whatever life throws at them in this
road to african
emancipation so some of our visionaries
may not witness the changes that are
coming in 2063
but have we prepared our future
generation to propel that vision
are they not overwhelmed by a fallacy of
a world that is non-existent
a world created by our very own media in
the western media houses
that manipulates the mantra
and it also manipulates the mental
freedom
to that is deterring us from observing
things
beyond what we are subjected to
i commend the need for incentivized
research
innovation and pharmaceutical hubs and a
new educational system that promotes
self-actualization self-motivation
and not idealism
speaking of pharmaceuticals i believe
africa does not need a vast
pharmaceutical research
hubs hubs are there already we do have
them
i'm not under the illusion that
technology is not essential but i also
hold the view that our medication is
right at our doorsteps
fresh raw and free of toxins
that do not compromise our health and
our life expectancy
i must also mention that uh
that from our earthly people scientists
and researchers
that are africans are scattered all over
the world right now in western countries
who are willing to come back to africa
given a political stability
so the onus is on us to create that
environment for our
most educated people to come through
africa is being bullied into
administering the covet 19 right now
the covet-19 vaccine rather that has not
been proven to be safe
a fallacy promoting fictitious ideas
that our oppressors have become our
liberators
how many african leaders have supported
madagascar
which publicly announced through its a
innovative president
andre rajoylina who as we speak
how they have our best cure not a
vaccine a herbal
based cure how can we
unashamedly stand out and declare that
we are africans when we do not support
our own initiatives
and our own innovations i can list 10
countries right now that have already
adopted the western
nano best vaccines with an ability to
alter our dna
but nobody's asking those questions some
african leaders have already embarked on
forcible vaccinations
threatening essential workers of
expulsion if they don't vaccinate
so there is no choice eventually people
will be vaccinated
but at what cost
we must not be deluded to believe that
induction indoctrination is education
and tyrants are heroes
everything around us is designed to make
us think and behave in a way that is
beneficial to the white societies
in conclusion how is africa going to
stand among western giants
and be counted in the league of nations
where we'd like unity
our own inventors we victimize our own
remedies
we discard our own ideologies we despise
our own religion we shun our education
our education system we disregard and
our very own being
we improvise who are we
who are we and who do we really want to
be
let me remind you that the power of the
oppressor
is in the oppressed i thank you if you
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