🌍💖 The African Child 💖🌍

The typical African child is born with an innate drive to survive, provide, and thrive — even in the face of overwhelming odds. 🧒🏾 From a young age, many of us aren’t even given the opportunity to simply be children. Parents begin early, teaching us about the necessity of survival. 💬👨‍👩‍👧

Fathers tell stories — not just of survival at all costs, but of survival as a necessary path to dignity and strength. 💪🏾✨

It’s important to remember: our ancestors thrived. They were men and women of integrity and willpower. Back then, every man could provide for his family. 💼🏡 Children learned strength by helping their parents in the farms or workplaces — be it as hunters, blacksmiths, or traders. 🌾🔨

💔 The impact of colonization reshaped us. It introduced a survival mindset that often came at the cost of our identity. The consumption mentality, and the loss of self, are wounds we inherited from that experience. But even in that pain, colonization brought some new knowledge — a different kind of education. 📚⚖️

❤️‍🔥 Now, the responsibility is ours — to align ourselves with our core values and rich cultures. We cannot continue pointing fingers or expecting those who once held us down to now lift us up. 🛑🧭

Let’s reflect on our languages, our religions, our traditions — they are not inferior. 🗣️🌺 Ngũgĩ wa Thiong’o said: “When you learn another language, you become empowered, but when you abandon your own, you become enslaved.” 🧠🔗

My African brothers and sisters 💞 — let’s build our continent, not out of rivalry with others, but out of love for our people. Our children deserve better. 🧒🏾👧🏾 Let’s not forget Animal Farm by George Orwell — the colonial masters are long gone. But if we still see ourselves as outsiders, we become our own oppressors. 🪞🚪

We are insiders. It’s time to embrace our identity, our culture, and most importantly, support one another. 💕🌱

Why can’t we have thriving industries again? Great schools? Hospitals — even traditional ones that heal through herbs? 🏭🏥🌿

Too many of our children are falling into criminality, gangsterism, and cultism. These were not our ways. We are not naturally violent. We believed in “Onye aghana nwanne ya” (Do not leave your brother behind), and “Onulu ube nwanne ya agbana oso” (Do not run away when your brother cries out). 💔👣

💫 The change starts with us. Let’s begin by choosing leaders based on merit, not on tribe or religion. We need leaders, not dealers. 🗳️🔥

🌟 Let the change start with YOU.

💌 I remain your friend and brother,
Onuora Obodoechi