Good day, my friends and welcome to another series on "know Africa". A series aimed at putting my steemit friends in the know about Africa. How we got to this state, our antecedents, the cultural heritage held dearly among others. And also Africa as a continent and not a country while ultimately making a charge to all and sundry to make the continent a better place. In case you missed the last four series. You may find them here; part1,part2,part3,part4
The secret of America’s success is its ability to put to positive uses her ethnically, racially, religiously, ideologically, politically diversified citizenry and intelligent manpower base. But in Africa, these blessings abound bountifully, but they are pangs of curses. Intelligence is chaneled towards criminal ventures while the struggle over mineral wealth is the root cause of the most wars in the continent.
If the Americans were Africans, the Sahara would have been transformed into an overflowing Greenland or a multi-billion dollar tourist paradise. The Japanese would have utilized Nigeria’s mineral wealth to banish poverty if they were Africans. For sure the Asian Tigers would have converted the abundant clay in Nigeria into cement.
The Germans would have harnessed the abundant human and natural resources to transform the continent into one huge military cum industrial colossus. If the rich oil magnates in Dubai were Africans, the flowing blood in the dreaded Sambisa forest would be gushing crude oil. The Chinese would have utilized the agricultural produces in Nigeria in order to diversify the mono-economic policy in Nigeria.
The British would have replaced Coca Cola with Kunu and Sobo worldwide. While the Jews would have devised ways to package garri as the ultimate solution to human health problems – low cholesterol, 99% fat free, no preservatives! Even the Brazilians would have built world class and big capacity stadia in the vast lands in the northern Nigeria.
If only the white man was the black man, Africa would have been the crucible of technological advancement, hub of educational innovations, nest of economic development and the aerie of mega infrastructures. Regardless of the present state of motherland Africa, I see the rays of hope which shone bright from our past and it set to illuminate our present, afterward, set a future for us.
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