The african struggle for indipendence and survival is marred by so many obstacles which is constantly leaving behind terrible situations in the continent. From high level corruption, goverment incompetence, social and civic unrest, human rights violation, civil wars, disunity within countries, and many more.
But who is to blame, who is to be held responsible.
The one question is, "Africans are we truly independent" Independent to handle our affairs, to make the rules, and face the challenges, why do we always run to the developed countries when we have problems that are created by us, and we can credibly solve. We compromise our situations, and we still have little or nothing to gain.
In the continent we face a race against poverty and corruption, while the people are having difficult times, and trying to make ends meet, our goverments embark on unpopular projects for reasons best known to them, the middle class in certain african societies seem to have disappered leaving only the rich and the poor, then they go all over calling for investors to come down, but do we think that when these investors come they have the communities at heart, i think it is a game of come, grab as much as you can, then you go. I am not trying to blame the business minded men and women, but the various african goverments, whom are so lost in there duties that they are not even able to tell that 1+1=2 not 1+1=11. They can not even make laws to protect the market and the community, let alone the enviroment. If they do, they are so helpless in enforcing them. In the international scene, we are faced with the term "diplomacy" where we are sometimes left without choice but to accept the rules set by our developed (colonial masters) countries.
Are we helpless, what can the youths do?
Our goverments seem to enjoy support from these our very developed brother, who know and expect our leaders to deliver to them the things that are in their interest.
I think there is still hope, for our true independence.
I am convinced that Africans have to unite and love one another, and try to thrash out our problems, and we should learn to be a moving force in the world, not mere observers and yet we all belong to the international community, one world.