THE AFRICAN
I am privileged to be an African who lives
in Africa where we enjoy good moral practices, rich cultural activities, loaded
with all kinds and types of natural resources to grace our standards of living.
Yet it is quite sad we find ourselves at the tail end of the league of
successful people, cities, countries and even the continent as a whole.
A few individuals are contributing their
quota and working tirelessly to restore mama Africa back to the finest mother
she is.
Got struck with different kinds of thoughts
and questions at work today, and was hoping you could help me answer them.
The first was to ask why I was born in
Africa, and of all the nations in Africa why Ghana.
The second was why was I born to the
parents I have but not to some other parents.
I realised I was not consulted by GOD in
any of these situations, that is as to where I want to be born and to whom I
want to be born. I had no hand in it. NO! Not even a finger; it was all the
doing of the LORD and entirely GOD.
As a baby, I came out of the womb light
skinned. As I begin to age the skin colour started changing, for this reason
our ancestors were termed black people. The black nature (colour) of Africans
is as a result of the numerous amount of melanin we have on our skin as
compared to other people from other continents of the world.
In high school I appreciated the fact that
it was no mistake I was born black, born to black parents and born in Africa.
In my biology class I learnt that melanin is a pigment found right under the
surface of the skin, and its main function is to protect the skin against
damage from the ultra violet rays of the sun
.
Give birth to a Ukrainian, Australian, or
German, in Africa and he/she will still grow with a minute amount of melanin as
compared to a native African.
My black make up was actually planned, and
designed by GOD to fit this part of the world.
This means GOD has given me the ability to
survive as an African, the ability to rightly project as an African, the
ability to withstand harsh conditions, the ability to serve, the ability to
fight, strong minded individuals, the strength to work
and achieve great goals.
It is quite sad and embarrassing when you
look at the league of success and still see us at the tail end with all these
abilities.
GOD is overly wise and whatever thing HE
does it comes with a reason and a purpose.
You are in Africa and born an African because
GOD knows you can help make Africa.
You are an African and born to African
parents because there is a bit of Africa’s development in your genes which
needs materialize into African growth.
You are an African and live in Africa
because we are the best people GOD can entrust this continent to and they are
no two ways about that. But we are failing to recognize that.
I don’t know about you but I have been
tired for long, now I believe am sick of being at the bottom because am an African
child.
The truth is there is no need for
competition among humans because we have being strategically placed at where we
are for a reason, which is the betterment of the world as a whole. Will find it
difficult to live in the arctic because of their low temperatures, and I believe
the reverse is also the same. That does not mean there can't be cohabitation.
Be a proud African , Be glad you are an African,
work hard as an African, enjoy success as an African and together let us make
mother Africa the finest mother she is.
Am
a Ghanaian and am starting this in my small corner. like we see it happen in
diffusion processes let us diffuse positivism in our minds, programs, systems and work towards a worthy goal of making
mother Africa great.
Thank you and GOD bless AFRICA.
