How i wish the "Africa" I'm a part of today is the Africa of my dreams..I believe a wake up call is what we need, and this #Covid-19 pandemic sure reveals a lot about our current situation. I hereby charge us Africans( about1.4 billion) to:
1. Realize and accept that we are in the dark/stone age while the rest of world is in the information age. They got there by using and after using their personal resources(brains, minds, hands etc), things we were equally equipped with by our creator.
2. Realize and accept that our dependence on foreign nations/continents for things as small as match-sticks puts us in a very vulnerable position to any and every negative elements these our "helpers/more advanced nations" decides to throw at us. We depend on foreign nations/continents for everything we use, do, consume etc and they offer us what they also think we need too(good and bad) like technology, social system, health system, government system, language,culture, VIRUSES, DISEASE, WARS, HUNGER, TERRORISM, RELIGION etc.
3. Realize that we're an irresponsible bunch(thanks to colonization and enculturation)and until we go back to being responsible for everything that has to do with our lives and well being, we would suffer and keep suffering. If the children and citizens of these foreign nations work/study/manufacture in various fields to provide their needs and ours, what are we living/studying for? If all we do is consume what they bring forth then we're leaving ourselves to be mere followers, puppets and hooligans.
4. Stop depending on our government and politicians to make our country/country/lives better, they are equally(if not more) irresponsible. We as a people have all it takes to steer our continent to advancement in all spheres. Let me use my "ship and propellers" analogy to illustrate something.

IF AFRICA WERE A SHIP THAT IS EQUIPPED/POPULATED WITH ABOUT 1.4 BILLION PROPELLERS/PEOPLE, IT WILL BE REALLY STUPID AND IMPRACTICAL FOR 98% OF THOSE PROPELLERS/PEOPLE TO LEAVE THE JOB OF PROPELLING AFRICA TO ADVANCEMENT/INDEPENDENCE IN THE HANDS OF 2% OF THE PROPELLERS/PEOPLE/POLITICIANS. DOWNSIZE TO A COUNTRY LIKE NIGERIA, WITH ABOUT 200MILLION PEOPLE/PROPELLERS THE POLITICIANS THERE DON'T NUMBER UP TO 2 MILLION YET 198 MILLION PEOPLE/PROPELLERS DEPEND ON THEM TO PROPEL THEM TO BETTER DAYS. WHY HAS 198 MILLION PROPELLERS/PEOPLE LEFT THIS JOB OF CORRECTLY PROPELLING TO JUST ABOUT 2 MILLION PEOPLE? WHY HAS 198 MILLION PROPELLERS/PEOPLE ENTRUSTED THEIR JOB WHICH IS LINKED TO THEIR BRIGHT FUTURE TO A FEW PERSONS WHO HAS PROVEN TRACK RECORDS OF BEING IRRESPONSIBLE AND BAD AT THEIR JOB. THEY HAVE PROVEN TRACK RECORDS OF FAILURE BECAUSE THEY'VE BEEN IN EXISTENCE, OR RATHER THE SYSTEM UNDER WHICH THEY AND WITH WHICH THEY OPERATE HAS BEEN IN EXISTENCE SINCE TIME IMMEMORIAL. LET'S BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR WELL BEING, LET'S UTILIZE OUR STRENGTH,PERSONAL RESOURCES AND OUR SYNERGIZED INFLUENCE TO PROPEL OURSELVES TO A BETTER TOMORROW.
TO DO THIS WE NEED ONLY CHANGE OUR MINDS AND ACT PROGRESSIVELY, WE NEED NOT RAISE OUR VOICE, HANDS OR ARMS. WE NEED ONLY TAKE RESPONSIBILITY TO THE PRODUCTION AND PROVISION OF THE THINGS WE LIVE WITH, FROM OUR FOODS, TO OUR CLOTHING, TO THE OTHER THINGS WE USE TO MEET OUR DAILY NEEDS. WE NEED TO WALK THE LENGTH THAT WILL TAKE US FROM BEING IN THE DARK/STONE AGE TO OUR VERY OWN INFORMATION AGE. WE NEED TO DISCOVERER AND USE OUR RESOURCES, MINDS, BRAINS ETC TO CONQUER OUR IMMEDIATE ENVIRONMENT, WE NEED TO DISCOVER FOR OURSELVES OURSELVES PRINCIPLES & THEORIES GOVERNING SYSTEMS, LIFE, PROCESSES AND ALL. WE NEED TO INVENT THINGS AND UPGRADE/IMPROVE THEM BY OURSELVES. For example, I feel we should make our our calculator/computer in such a way that power transmission will be by metallic conductors and information transmission by anything that can transmit light(fiber optics kinda thing), that will make the device very light and flexible..
IN ESSENCE I'M SAYING THAT WE NEED TO DEVELOP EVERY DAMN THING WE USE, SO WONT AGAIN IMPORT VIRUSES, WARS, HUNGER AND ALL OTHER ILLS FROM FOREIGN NATIONS..

AN APPEAL FROM EPSI.