We were at some point full of joy and happiness.
Our joy and happiness came from the community we had, a community without barriers, a community full of love and joy, a community that had self-respect, a community that recognised all the African languages.
Our community had a rich culture, customs and roots that were watered daily.
Today the African community seems to be a community that loses its morals every sunrise. The hidden war among the African children is scattering our African community and tearing it apart. For the fact that we were once colonised and we all had a long walk to our freedom we should appreciate one another every sunrise.
The African boundaries that are man-made have torn the African community and it has mounted animosity in African children towards one another.
The competitive markets that we (Africa) entered have made us do away with our African culture and our communities are concerned about economic power which is regarded as a tool that will better the lives of Africa.
We have found joy in the gold and silver coins that we value so much and we embrace the different notes of money scattered in our African community yet we have forgotten our morals and roots.
We respect the African communities that compete better in the international market, we respect African communities that have powerful currencies and we look down on those African communities that do not have economic power.
Surprisingly, we have forgotten that we were a community that during the buttering decades always had our stomach full.
The man-made boundaries have made us hate each other and the introduction of silver and gold coins and e notes (money) have made us be selfish.
Humanity has died in us and our communities have been riven by egotism.
The sharing of resources is perceived as anathema because we were taught to keep for ourselves.
The system made us dependent and made us sell our souls for economic empowerment.
An African man is a slave of another African man.
The boundaries in Africa did not only divide Africa they also divided the humanity of Africans. An African man has lost his culture deeply; he has lost his morals.
We need to regain ourselves deeply we need to regain Africa. The man-made boundaries should not make us enemies rather they should make us seek more relations with one another and be competitive as Africa not as single communities in Africa.
I am an African child who has gone to Algeria; Angola; Benin; Botswana; Burkina Faso; Burundi; Cape Verde; Cameroon; Central African Republic (CAR); Chad; Comoros; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Republic of the Congo; Ivory Coast; Djibouti; Egypt; Equatorial Guinea; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Gabon; Gambia; Ghana; Guinea; Guinea-Bissau; Kenya; Lesotho; Liberia; Libya; Madagascar; Malawi; Mali; Mauritania; Mauritius; Morocco; Mozambique; Namibia; Niger; Nigeria; Rwanda; Sao Tome and Principe; Senegal; Seychelles; Sierra Leone; Somalia; South Sudan; Sudan; Swaziland; Tanzania; Togo; Tunisia; Uganda; Zambia and Zimbabwe with my visions and soul.
I am an African child who was born in the community once led by an international icon, the great Nelson Mandela, who was succeeded by an African leader Thabo Mbeki who said, “I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the trees, the flowers, the seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of our native land.”
I am an African child who possesses the noble skills and the great minds of Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf; Samora Machel; Jomo Kenyatta; Thomas Sankara; Patrice Lumumba; Haile Selassie; Alpha Oumar Konare and Kwame Nkrumah.
I owe my being to the small mountains of Phokeng (village) the river of kotoko (river), I owe my being to the well-known Table Mountain found in Cape Town, I owe my being to the hot sun of Limpopo and Mafikeng (North West).
I owe my being to all the nine provinces found in South Africa and all the towns found in Africa.
I am an African child who is not appalled by my African brother from another African community which is outside my man-made border.
I am an African child who was part of all the struggles that African states went through, and I am an African child who understands the high poverty experienced by my African community.
I belong to all the states in Africa therefore I do not discriminate against my African brothers. Peace be in Africa.