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Seven Reasons Why I Love being African
This was inspired by my experiences as an African living in Africa and out of the humour I derive from the things we do as Africans.
- It is amazing how Africans are very excited about Barack Obama becoming the first black U.S president. This clearly scores as the best thing happening to Africans since the end colonialism and the beginning of the era of independence. Africans have so much hope in President Obama because we expect him to solve all of our problems since he is not only black but he has his roots in Kenya
- I love the way I have known one president of my country since I was born. I love the way our presidents cling to power and claim no one else has the vision to replace them. After 22 years in power, my President recently announced that he will run for another term in office because he has not yet found anyone capable of replacing him. In Africa, the subject of life presidency is part of us.
- We blame our colonial masters for our problems even centuries after they been gone. We still believe that Africa’s troubles are caused by the world’s richest countries. The other day I read from a document where its writer was blaming colonialists for importing homosexuality into Africa. He went on to say that Africa is suffering from moral degeneration because of the values colonial masters instigated in Africans. It is amazing how we still shift blame when instead we should own up to our mistakes and recover our economies.
- Africa is the only place where 7 O’clock means 9 O’clock. We love to take our time before doing anything. In Africa, everyone is late for something and it does not bother us at all because here it is not just time, it is African time.
- Africans are procrastinators. In fact we have mastered the art of procrastination so much that it is now part of our daily living. When an African says he will do something tomorrow, he intends to do it next week.
- Africa registers the highest levels of corruption in the world. We are not greedy. We just love to earn what our jobs cannot afford to give us in return for our ‘hard work’. The motto of a certain African country in East Africa is, For God And My Country but the people of that country have cynically changed it to, For God And My Stomach because they say their leaders put themselves first before their service to the nation.
- African Heads of State met recently to discuss the possibility of the formation of a union state, the United States of Africa (USA). Isn’t it amazing that African leaders are still fighting to resolve power struggles within their countries but are now considering one union State and one President for Africa? Can African Heads of State put their political differences aside and work under one Presidency?
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