Has Africa got an excuse?

Q: Who is a slave?

A: A slave is a person who is the property of and wholly subject to another; a bond slave. (Dictionary.com).

Q: What is slavery?

A: The condition of a slave; bondage. (Dictionary.com).

I (Naa) am is asking who you think a slave is? (ponder over this and let's move on).

In simple terms, a slave is a person in bondage, that's my definition though. Slavery can be physical (just like the slave trade was) and mental. Mental slavery is the worst kind of slavery than can ever exist, but unfortunately it seems that is the new kind of slavery now. 

Q: What is colonization?

A: It is an ongoing process by which a central system of power dominates the surrounding land and it components.(Wikipedia).

Now let me say this, slavery and colonization in the olden days was when a powerful government tends to rule over less powerful states in their own favour, hence they do whatever pleases them including taking them into bondage(slaves,slavery) in order to work for them under harsh conditions.

History has it that Africa, North and South America, Asia and Australia underwent some sort of slavery and colonization. But it seems like every other continent is doing well apart from Africa, and that is because Africa is under mental slavery and colonization. 

Africa is made up of 54, yes 54 different and independent countries. Africa is rich in natural resources, African countries can be better than they are right now, if we will only acknowledge the fact that we are under mental slavery we will be able to kick that mentality away. We do not need to beg for anything, we are too BIG for that. We produce most raw materials that are sent to other countries for their development. Yes, we were once colonized and our resources were stolen from us, so was South and North America, Asia and Australia. Life handed them lemons and they chose to make lemonade, what about us? Life handed us lemons but we chose to throw them away because they were just too sour. We are the reasons why other countries look down on our continent, we are the reasons why our life seems to be threatened! No one is going to fight for us except ourselves, well, I am a proud Ghanaian, from Accra, my tribe is Ga and I will hit my chest and say my name is Naa Laryea, and some day, Africa as a continent will surprise the whole world.

So my question is, has Africa got an excuse?

Remember that we are a unique set of people, we have kinky hair,that is not all though but that alone is unique and makes us stand out. Love your roots.

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Life....

At one point in time, it was shorter days and longer nights.... At another time we experienced an Equinox and yet other times were longer days and shorter nights..... We have different seasons in the year, and every country and its season....

Nevertheless, let's move on... I stared as the sun rose at about 4:30 am in the month of July and all I did was simply smile, I was caught up in so many things that I hardly noticed the time till I saw the sun... "My! See how I started today" was what I thought... Ah, I simply decided to retire to bed, after 30 mins I was still wide awake, sleep had refused to visit, so my thoughts set in, and I started thinking about life... Just as some countries experience harmattan between December to early February that's how some countries experience winter between the same period...

Don't compare yourself to another person.... Truth is, you don't know what that person goes through on daily basis but all you can see is the person's outer look and that is the smile... I was once told of a story where a lady complained bitterly to Jesus Christ for all the bad things she's goin through in life, what Christ told her was simple, "go to that room over there, the room is filled with crosses, pick any cross of your choice and come out" was the instruction of our Lord, the lady obediently entered the room and tried every single cross there, she finally got a cross she could carry, Jesus then told her to check the name on the cross since every cross has a name..... Lo and behold, it was her name printed on the cross 

Truth is, we all have crosses to carry at one point in time, just as we write exams in school at every stage... And just as we have different seasons in the year, some people detest winter but adore summer and vice versa, if u love summer and its winter in your life right now, just smile cos it's a cross you are bearing, summer will soon come... Cos joy comes in the morning... Be of good cheer, God's got you...

Ps, I'm sorry for been MIA .....😊😊