AFRICA, HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHO WE ARE?
AFRICA , HAVE WE FORGOTTEN WHO WE ARE? There is a question that has been weighing heavily on my heart: Have we forgotten who we are? When I look at Africa today, I see a continent blessed beyond measure, yet struggling to recognize its own reflection. I see people searching endlessly outside themselves for answers, validation, power, and purpose, while ignoring the treasures that have always existed within. Africa was never an ordinary place. Africa is the birthplace of humanity, the heartbeat of the earth, a land rich in culture, wisdom, spirituality, natural abundance, and ancient knowledge. Long before modern institutions and foreign influences arrived, our ancestors had already built civilizations, developed systems of governance, cultivated the land, understood nature, and passed down knowledge from generation to generation. Yet today, many Africans no longer know who they are. In our desire to become like others, we have slowly abandoned ourselves. We imitate foreign ...