Who once wandered, now gaze in wonder at his magnificent continent.
Looking at the continent with the natural features of landscape and its natural minerals and when it was all wild, lying between the beautiful seas, vallies, and standing between the rocks and mountains and looking at the stars would be scary.
We didn’t even know that beneath the rocks was gold, diamonds, iron, bauxite, and many more. Beneath the sea was oil and Gas. There was plants and animals, woods, vegetables, fruits, many colourful birds and animals, rivers and lakes were smoothly managing floods.
All these were under the control of the mysterious force of the mystic law, and nature’s own reservation for every African to rejoice in it.
AssumptaGH: But did we defend and protect it?
Tsasi: In Africa, the momentum that eventually led to independence started to take shape after the
Second World War. At that time, only a handful of countries in Africa were independent: Ethiopia had never been colonised, despite multiple attempts of the Italians, Liberia, founded by formerly enslaved persons, declared itself independent in 1847, and Egypt achieved independence in 1922.
South Africa officially gained its independence from Britain in 1910, but European settlers retained white minority rule After the war, African people wanted change, and inspired by Indian self-rule, the mood was hopeful for establishing a new society free of European control. On a global scale, America supported an end to colonialism for reasons of free trade and political influence, and the Soviet Union wanted the same for reasons of ideology and to increase its sphere of influence.
The 5th Pan African Congress, held in Manchester in 1945, is seen as a major landmark in the achievement of A future African independence leaders attended, including Hastings Banda, later President of Malawi, Kwame Nkrumah, later president of Ghana, Obafemi Awolowo, later Premier of the South West Region Nigeria, and Jomo Kenyatta, later President of Kenya.
In the following fifteen years, the majority of African countries gained their independence, with a peak of 17 countries in the year 1960.
The year 1960 is always referred to as; The Year of Africa. During this year, countries on the continent became independent. After years of continuous struggle following World War II, during which Ghana and Guinea had already been successful, in 1960 the “wind of change” really started to take effect in sub-Saharan Africa. A key driver in French colonial Africa was the 1958 crisis in Algeria, in response to which France held a constitutional referendum. In this referendum, most French territories, except Guinea, accepted a new French constitution.
This constitution paved the way for independence, which was granted to most French territories in 196o.
Britain wanted to avoid a colonial war like that occurring in Algeria, and began to speed up the process of decolonization, Somalia and Nigeria became independent in 1960. The Belgian Congo achieved independence on 30th june 1960.
AssumptaGH:
Where would the enthusiasm for gazing at his continent with wonder come from?
Tsasi: Our Determination Creates the “Time.” Our Inner determination opens the way forward.
In other words, from the standpoint of: Where would the enthusiasm for gazing at his continent with wonder come from”?
We can interpret “that time” as indicating the time when the 5th Pan African Congress, held in Manchester in 1945, is seen as a major landmark to commence a great struggle to save all Africans. And it can also be said that “that time” indicates the time when all African leaders stand up in concert with determination to realise peace and prosperity for Africans.
In terms of our efforts, therefore, I would like to stress that “that time” exists only when we pray and take action and manifest determination and awareness of our mission for Africa’s prosperity. We have to make a determination, pray and take action. Unless we do so, Africa will not change in the least; though 40 to 65 years of independence may pass, “that time” will never arrive.
Our single-minded determination for peace and prosperity for Africans, and that alone, creates the “time.” “That time” is when we set our lives in motion, when we stand up of our own volition and by our own will and strength. “That time” is when we summon forth strong faith in one another and take our place on the grand stage of peace.
AssumptaGH:
Goethe writes, “The moment alone is decisive; Fixes the life of man, and his future destiny settles.” “That time” is the moment you resolve from the depths of your heart, “Now I will stand up and fight!” From that instant, your destiny changes. Your life develops. History begins.
Tsasi: This is the spirit of the mystic principle of the true cause. This is the principle of three thousand realms in a single moment of life. The moment you autonomously determine to accomplish something, not when you do it because you are told to, is “that time,” the time of mission.
Also, a set of common goals for a peace and prosperous future for Africas should be inherited with the goals of alleviating the distortions in our global society generated by poverty and income disparities, and should also address the full range of human security issues.
As can be seen in the massive earthquakes that struck Turkey and Syria (2023), reconstruction efforts in the wake of disaster are long-term and often lag far behind expectations. The struggles of individuals to rebuild their lives and regain some sense of inner wholeness are difficult and ongoing. This is why it is so important that we not forget these suffering people, and that society as a whole support reconstruction, fostering the kinds of overlapping connections and bonds that enable people to live with hope.
The determination to continue to encourage African people until smiles return to their faces never abandoning them and sharing every trial and joy empowers them to meet and overcome life’s successive challenges and guides us through the seemingly capricious obstacles life throws at them.
It is through persistent efforts to defend that which is irreplaceable and to bring forth our own and others’ dignity that the inequalities of society can be rectified and the unshakable basis of social inclusion be established.
. Thank you Tsasi.
