Like a fairy tale, Barack obama emerged from the blues and began a journey 10 years ago that people like Martin Luther King jnr., Jesse Jackson and Rosa Park started but could not finish. As an American by birth but Kenyan by origin, the Harvard law graduate had a dream to be the best in whatever he does and he has re-written the history by becoming the first black man to clinch the democratic nomination and contesting for the top job in White House and beating top contender former first lady- Hilary Clinton.
The Obama emergence has poised serious questions for the African continent. If he were to be in Africa, is it possible for him to emerge as a candidate without a godfather? How many leaders in Africa are below the fifty year age? Can Africa ever become politically mature as the developed countries of the world? Can Africa ever conduct an election without bloodshed, rancor and violence? Can our electoral bodies ever become truly independent? When will we begin to have leaders that are focused, prudent and purposeful? Until these questions are answered, Africa will continue to be in her pariah state without strong and determined leaders as we have in Europe and the Americas.
The present state that our leaders have put us in Africa is saddening, with a population of above 600million and over 90% of the living on less than one dollar a day, Africans are under developed materially, educationally and psychologically. Save for Nelson Mandela and our first generation leaders like kwame Nkrumah, obafemi awolowo, tafawa balewa and nnamdi azikiwe, all the others are nothing but myopic power thirsty money mongers.
While I cannot but praise the giant strides of this true son of mother Africa that is representing the continent very well when some of his fellow compatriots engage in unwholesome practices abroad, I sincerely hope and pray that African leaders will learn a thing or two and from the American experience and reform this continent that has been reported to have over 1/3 of the worlds mineral resources and abundant human resources. Africa was the centre piece of civilization with the first world power (EGYPT) and the first university, therefore we have no reason whatsoever to be poor, we are blessed and we should shrug off our docile nature and start holding our leaders responsible for all the actions they make on our “behalf’.
Please as you peruse this blog,remember Obama in your prayers as he ventures into the white world of the United States.
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