Towards Emancipation

As an African, one is born into a world where their conception of the state of affairs and their view on the global society is quite unnatural. The ordinary African is born into a society where poverty and want is the order of the day. It is a fact that the ordinary African experiences inadequate food, shelter and clothing. It goes without saying that Africans find themselves in a world that offers them nothing but ignorance and disease. But perhaps most saddening is the fact that the ordinary African is born into a world that places him at the very bottom of human society, that despises and mocks him for his misfortunes, physical appearance and his sorry state of affairs. The human mind is designed to find answers where there are questions, and no doubt the people of African descent everywhere have numerous questions in the back of their minds as to whichever ‘curse’ that befell them, its origin and the possibility of a way out. Foremost, Africans need to be acquaint...