"The Irresponsible Attitude of Africans to Africa's Problems"
Agitating about negative trends only to resort to the pray-shun strategy is a bad habit of Africans. We are mystically minded, and we have a mysterious orientation about most and maybe all challenges we caused and now face. We have made a slave out of God; reducing His essence to our most efficient servant. All we have to do is nag and bicker relentlessly until we sense His humming in the near distance as it approaches. We have unconsciously created, learnt, taught, modeled, encouraged and worst of all enforced this pray-shun attitude.
We have made a marsh of it that it now soils our appearance in the league of continents and colors. In the words of P. W. Botha, "Let us all agree that the black man is the symbol of mental inferiority, laziness and emotional incompetence." He futher said, "They are good at nothing but making noise, dancing, marrying many wives and indulging in sex." It shows therefore that if we continue to do this, we are portray ourselves Africans and our continent- Africa as a race given to animalistic tendencies as a follow up to our traditinal exercises of prayer. Botha was right; or do you say he's wrong? Don't we pray in Africa? Don't we make noise? Do we dance? Do we marry many wives as men? Don't we indulge in sex?
You say other races do them too. I agree with you but i say that Africa's problems are the problems of Africans and it will take Africans to solve them! Even if you must share similarities with other continents, why the degrading, inhumane and undignifying things? Why not forward thinking, value for human life, respect for fellow humans, patriotism, value-adding commitment, passion for defending our valuable heritage (because we have useless ones as well), and lifelong commitment to learning and development?
If Africa must get transformed, rescued and revolutionized we must take the bull by the horns and tackle it till it weakens so we can slaughter the pray-shun attitude that keeps us mystifying our problems, praying to the servant we have made out of God, and then shun progressive corresponding action to engage in all Botha listed in his description of the black man's itinerary.
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