Opinion / Columnist
My Fellow Africans, please take action
19 Feb 2011 at 21:01hrs | Views
My fellow Africans,
Egypt is finally getting to a point where democracy is a possibility. The people of Egypt have shown us it takes time, courage and sacrifice to achieve what you deserve from your government.
Tunisia has shown us we can be peaceful and achieve our goals. Iranian are peacefully walking the streets of Tehran, they demand their freedom and have accepted death as a price for a better future of their children.
They are fighting for something bigger than themselves. They are fighting for their children and generations to come, they are fighting for the future of their nation, and they are fighting for their dreams. Egyptians and Iranians alike are fighting to see a dream they want to see when they are asleep and when they are awake. We own our dreams.
Together as a nation we can strive to uproot the governments that for so long has oppressed us. We are afraid to speak, we are given consequences for raising our voices, and by letting fear restrain our emotions; we enforce fear by empowering our leaders and giving them the strength to remain in power for so long.
Our parents have been told: " to be silent and acceptant." They were sat down, they were kept quiet but gave birth to us. Now is time for us to speak and reject that, which imprisoned our parents and threatens to imprison us.
Today the people of Libya are beginning to awake from their dreams and now are saying NO. They are marching the streets calling for support from and for their fellow countrymen to put an end to the dictatorship that for so long has been a stagnation and corruption within our dreams.
Over the years, African leaders have attempted to fulfill parts of this dream but have done so hastily and half-heartedly. But they don't understand the potential we possess, if only they can let us speak and listen to the heart and mind of the nation. They can't hear us, if only if they can share our vision as it exists in the minds and heart of the nation.
I stand with the Zimbabwe youth Council, the brave Zimbabwe Youth Wing and the Zimbabwe Youth Movement, efforts to organize a massive movement for a democratic revolution. The world has raised their hands in protest for their freedom. WHY HAVE WE NOT? Let us raise our hands and join them. We are not alone.
For so long we have given in out of fear, and thereby giving our consent to our oppressors. But we are capable of conscious consent; our destiny is to be the conquerors of our own fate. Say no to fear and Yes for change. SAY NO to Mugabe and Yes to our dream. President Mugabe has failed as guardian, and as proprietors of our dream, we need a new caretaker. Zimbabwe is ready for this change and it will happen only when Zimbabweans join as a nation and defend against all foes to the ascension of our future. If we don't try now, tomorrow will feel the same way and never shall we be able to withstand the fear Mugabe and other dictators alike have instilled in us. We cannot afford to let our state remain the same.
As a young Rwandan, our generation across Africa is suffering from bad governments. Education is still a huge problem in Africa, most African countries still rely on foreign economic support, welfare and healthcare system are not established and all these problems continue to persist because of corrupt government. Africa as a whole has never had an opportunity to define itself as a Nation. We have been influenced by the west, they have told us what to and how to do, they give us money and tell us how to use the money, our leaders have knelt and bowed to Europeans, Americans for their financial support and this have immensely contributed to the fate of our nations.
Our generation will define Africa as a Nation however we chose. Our history of being subdued by foreign influence and by internal corruption is near its end. We can cure our social and economic maladies if we restructure our government and invest ourselves in the fate of our government. Thus I urge the young people of Zimbabwe, my fellow Africans, and young and old, to FIGHT for something greater than ourselves; a dream that can only be stopped if we neglect to believe. Until we are determined to stand up against our leaders despite its consequences, until we accept the sacrifice it will take, until we accept to walk hungry, until we accept to shout despite dry throats, until we drink our own sweat to quench our thirst, until we accept to hold hands and run on moon light until sunrise; our dream will remain in our sleep and our fear rules our wakening.
Louis Gakumba
please spread the word
Egypt is finally getting to a point where democracy is a possibility. The people of Egypt have shown us it takes time, courage and sacrifice to achieve what you deserve from your government.
Tunisia has shown us we can be peaceful and achieve our goals. Iranian are peacefully walking the streets of Tehran, they demand their freedom and have accepted death as a price for a better future of their children.
They are fighting for something bigger than themselves. They are fighting for their children and generations to come, they are fighting for the future of their nation, and they are fighting for their dreams. Egyptians and Iranians alike are fighting to see a dream they want to see when they are asleep and when they are awake. We own our dreams.
Together as a nation we can strive to uproot the governments that for so long has oppressed us. We are afraid to speak, we are given consequences for raising our voices, and by letting fear restrain our emotions; we enforce fear by empowering our leaders and giving them the strength to remain in power for so long.
Our parents have been told: " to be silent and acceptant." They were sat down, they were kept quiet but gave birth to us. Now is time for us to speak and reject that, which imprisoned our parents and threatens to imprison us.
Today the people of Libya are beginning to awake from their dreams and now are saying NO. They are marching the streets calling for support from and for their fellow countrymen to put an end to the dictatorship that for so long has been a stagnation and corruption within our dreams.
Over the years, African leaders have attempted to fulfill parts of this dream but have done so hastily and half-heartedly. But they don't understand the potential we possess, if only they can let us speak and listen to the heart and mind of the nation. They can't hear us, if only if they can share our vision as it exists in the minds and heart of the nation.
I stand with the Zimbabwe youth Council, the brave Zimbabwe Youth Wing and the Zimbabwe Youth Movement, efforts to organize a massive movement for a democratic revolution. The world has raised their hands in protest for their freedom. WHY HAVE WE NOT? Let us raise our hands and join them. We are not alone.
For so long we have given in out of fear, and thereby giving our consent to our oppressors. But we are capable of conscious consent; our destiny is to be the conquerors of our own fate. Say no to fear and Yes for change. SAY NO to Mugabe and Yes to our dream. President Mugabe has failed as guardian, and as proprietors of our dream, we need a new caretaker. Zimbabwe is ready for this change and it will happen only when Zimbabweans join as a nation and defend against all foes to the ascension of our future. If we don't try now, tomorrow will feel the same way and never shall we be able to withstand the fear Mugabe and other dictators alike have instilled in us. We cannot afford to let our state remain the same.
As a young Rwandan, our generation across Africa is suffering from bad governments. Education is still a huge problem in Africa, most African countries still rely on foreign economic support, welfare and healthcare system are not established and all these problems continue to persist because of corrupt government. Africa as a whole has never had an opportunity to define itself as a Nation. We have been influenced by the west, they have told us what to and how to do, they give us money and tell us how to use the money, our leaders have knelt and bowed to Europeans, Americans for their financial support and this have immensely contributed to the fate of our nations.
Our generation will define Africa as a Nation however we chose. Our history of being subdued by foreign influence and by internal corruption is near its end. We can cure our social and economic maladies if we restructure our government and invest ourselves in the fate of our government. Thus I urge the young people of Zimbabwe, my fellow Africans, and young and old, to FIGHT for something greater than ourselves; a dream that can only be stopped if we neglect to believe. Until we are determined to stand up against our leaders despite its consequences, until we accept the sacrifice it will take, until we accept to walk hungry, until we accept to shout despite dry throats, until we drink our own sweat to quench our thirst, until we accept to hold hands and run on moon light until sunrise; our dream will remain in our sleep and our fear rules our wakening.
Louis Gakumba
please spread the word
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