“Why I blog about Africa?” – my response.

Why I Blog about Africa?

What a wonderful question.

I will have to rephrase this question. This is to enable me  go a little bit further than the demands of the question.

I would simply ask; “Why do I Brag about Africa?”.

Having spent quite a bit of my teenage as well as some adult years growing up in the United Kingdom (19 years) – honing my skills and dreaming of how to leave my foot-prints on the sands of mother Africa, I voluntarily chose to come back to the soil of Africa.

I chose to take the risks by relocating back home with my children. As confusing and confused mother Africa may appear, the blame cannot be entirely ours. Baby Africa had been passed on from one ‘mother care’ to another. Everyone, except the founding fathers had the guts to stand up enough to scream no more. This is why I am blogging about Africa.

My children, up until now, had believed all the negatives CNN, FOX, SKY and BBC had insinuated through cartoons. In jest, Africans live amongst animals, they broadcast. Many children have therefore formulated their strong opinions on why the African accent is anything but shameful. Many of our children still believe Africans live with Animals. My children were not only shocked to see for themselves, the beauty of Nigeria and Africa, the scales from their eyes which could have led to a distorted view of the continent due to glaucoma have now been cured forever. This is why I blog about Africa. This is why I brag about Africa.

I blog and brag about a continent I am so proud of, in colour, in accent, in humour, in passion, in intellect, in skills, in audacity, in ingenuity and in our meaningful names. This is why I brag and blog about Africa.

If by one word written and read from my blog – JideSalu Diary, a misconceived view about Africa is aborted, then I would have, in my tales about my family, achieved something and then I know it would have been worth it all.

So,Solomonsydelle, Theophile Kouamouo does this in a minutiae way give you a glimpse as to why I am passionate about bragging about Mother Africa?

This is why I blog about Africa!!!

Olu Alake (Snatch)

My man snatch,

Look we need to put our thinking filas on and put something together. Yes, I saw your comments and thanks for that “Jay-Z” info. I know that talents and minds such as yours are desperately required on this side of the equation. I am not saying, all is rosy, but you will get a sense of belonging, a sense of ownership, a sense of contributing to the development of a country and most importantly, a sense of importance. Obama is only 47, by the way, I am an Obamaist (a believer in the hope of change), Fashola  (Governor of Lagos state, Nigeria) is 45, so that makes us in charge of our destiny. We are in charge. In my little way, rather than wait for that big financial supporter whom I would have to fast and pray for first, before my proposal and dreams are even checked out, I have decided to just start. Just do it.

 

If Obama had listened to his friends who had well coined advice for him, history would have been delayed. Yes delayed, because It had been written that a black person would one day rule the most influential and powerful nation on mother earth. It was Obama that applied for that coveted and ridiculously ambitious position. It was Obama that dared all. It was Obama that said “YES WE CAN” and it was Obama that just did it.

 

Obama has single handedly, by his blindness in his beliefs and actions, eradicated the word “I can’t” from MY DICTIONARY. I don’t know about you. I am talking for myself.

                                                                                                                                                                       

So my brother, enough talk, let’s just do it. The clock is counting down…