FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENS

Dear Honorable African Citizen and People of Good Will to our Beloved Continent of Africa,

I believe we are all called upon to envision and go ahead in our own mandates realise a Continent of Africa, Free from all mindset and material chains of slavery and imperialist, reconciled within herself, just in paying special attention to the poor and vulnerable within her own territorial borders, Peacefully Progressive and sharing the fruits of her pogress equitably to all her citizens regardless of class, ethnic affiliation, sex and race with guidance of common good, respect for human dignity and life. It is therefore through this that I reflected on our First African Father who lead The Great Country of Ghana to Independence and struggled to see the whole Africa Independent of the strains of Imperial Colonialists who looted the Resources Africa with Impunity and even currently continue to indirectly loot Africa through greedy and self-seeking leaders in the Continent.

Find below my reflection of Part of Ghana Freedom Day Speech. It is food for your thought in your day to day endevours to see this great continent blossom in the spirit of Reconciliation, Justice Peace and Development.

It is my prayer that God shall find an answer to the governance crisis in Africa through your small efforts in your specific mandates and portfollios. Lets sustain the debate and even do more than we talk in our responsible offices towards seeing A RECONCILED, JUST AND PEACEFUL CONTINENT OF AFRICA.

MAY GOD BLESS AND SALVAGE PEOPLE OF AFRICA, MAY GOD GUIDE AFRICA LEADERSHIP IN THE RIGHT PATH, MAY GOD BLESS AFRICA OUR BELOVED CONTINENT .

FOOD FOR THOUGHT FOR AFRICAN LEADERSHIP AND CITIZENS

I wish and share with Ghanaians’ a happy and prosperous Ghana Independence Day because Kwame Nkurumah pointed the following wise and courageous words of concern to Ghana and All then not yet independent countries including my own current Republic of Kenya in his book; Revolutionary Path, “Extract from Midnight Pronouncement of Independence: 5th - 6th March, 1957” London: Panaf Books, 1973, P. 120 - 121.

"At long Last the battle has ended. And thus Ghana, your beloved country is free forever. And here again, I want to take this opportunity to thank the chiefs and the people of this country, the youth, the farmers, the women, who have so nobly fought and won this battle. Also I want to thank the valiant ex-servicemen who have so co-operated with me in this mighty task of freeing our country from foreign rule and imperialism. And as I pointed out at our party conference at Saltpond, I made it quite clear that from now on, today we must change our attitudes and our minds. We must realise from now on, we are no more a colonial but a free and independent people. But also, as I pointed out, that entails hard work. I am depending upon the millions of the country, the chiefs and the people to help me to reshape the destiny of this country..."

And to the rest of the then countries that had not yet gained independence he sent the following message to the people of Ghana; being then the pioneer and the role model in Africa:

"We are going to see that we create our own African personality and identity; ... We again re - dedicate ourselves in the struggle to emancipate other countries in Africa, for our independence is meaningless unless it is linked up with the total liberation of the African Continent”.

This is the best time for African Countries' leadership and populace to reflect on whether Africa is really independent or yet to be independent given post-colonial bad-governance crises along with rent calling it faces that has deprived her of eminent human resources in the form of massive loss of human life, properties and human dignity degradation in the most of African countries. For example the case of Northern Uganda, Sudan, Ivory Coast next to the door to Ghana, Togo, Benin, Nigeria and Ghana itself in the forth coming election.

SO;

“Africa! Pick up your Pallet and Walk” (Message of Pope Benedict XVI; in Launching Second Synod for Africa 57 Propositions 2009 entitled Church in Africa in Service to Reconciliation, Justice and Peace: You are the Salt and the Light of the World; Mat.5:13, 14. We are called to be each others brothers' keeper and ensure Peaceful, Loving and Just Good Governed United Africa.

The Catholic Synod Fathers of Faith call upon Africa Citizens to embrace full freedom by uniting in the course of Reconciling, building Justice and Peace in Africa.

This cannot be achieved through institutional reform only but through individual efforts of each and every African Citizen inspired by change of Heart and Attitude in embracing total freedom from imperialist thinking in the spirit of Common Good and Respect for Human Life and Dignity at all levels of decision making process.



Ebenyo John Ewesit

ebewesit@gmail.com


Dedicated:

To the Late Kwame Nkurumah for his spirit that still yearns for total independence and Unity for Africa from direct and indirect oppression that ruins the leadership and socio-economic situation of African Affairs.

May His Soul Rest in Eternal Peace and May His Spirit Inspire all African Leaders and Citizens at large in this current situation of mixed African Governance System within the confusion of Democracy and Dictatorship ideals that spreads a culture of death instead of that of LIFE.

May God Bless Us, May God Bless Africa.