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Africa spells a lot of names in the
global history. Perhaps its hypothetical invisibility in prehistoric bed rest
is what most transpired to the continent’s widely spread denotation: dark.
Surely as current times disclose, the
Dark Continent has more light to its alleged darkness which could have been an
infantry conclusive idiom to a people whose language they found to be way below
the ‘primates’ league.
Yes there is a lot of darkness in
Africa, and yet in the shadows of darkness we see riches. We see a lot of
colours in darkness. Reflections from objects, shadows, contours, all these are
representative of just what to expect in darkness.
With over 200 million in youth
population (world’s largest youth population in a continent), one can only
imagine the synergy that is inclusive of this darkness. But if you thought that
these 200 million are in ‘darkness’ then you are wrong. What these African
people see is a future as bright as the sun rays that grace their mornings
every day of the year.
There is this part that we however
overwrite. We, every one of us, seems to turn a blind eye on what is and can be
the turning point in Africa’s history. And yet the treasure lies right in our
eyes and we do nothing about it. It is innovation at stake here.
With such initiatives as the Chandaria
Business Innovation and Incubation Centre, some of us are beginning to
understand what the gifted need. Considering there are countries in constant
hunt for persons showing remarkable skills in intelligence, Kenya can only as a
country accept what predicaments fate has for us if we continually and
adamantly create barricades against our own gifted souls. Insecurity could be
just the least of what is expected.
It is time our visual art, both literary
and fine art spoke of us at the mountaintops, time we accepted ourselves for
who we are rather than what history has always thought and brought us to be.
The answer lies within ourselves. The Pyramids of Egypt and the Great Zimbabwe
could have signed us but for all that is good Africa cannot continually dwell
on her past glories.
Could we just for a minute or so pause
our daily routine and for a moment think of what is there but is literally
lacking in our overall design? Could the government look back to see what
happened to an earlier proposal of having some schools in the country specifically
for the gifted?
We might think that sieving our young
with the ultimate test of examination is a big step that always leads us to
having the best of them- the gifted. One doesn’t need to be a genius to notice
the mighty overflow of wasted talent that goes back to the walls of our
dilapidating towns. Small wonder our young, some of them probably gifted, are
lost to the death pangs of illicit brews.
Enough said, none done. We are facing
one of the most sophisticated ages of civilization in human history. Whether or
not our art and literature as a continent, Africa, shall be a subject in this
history rests on the sole factual reasoning and revolutionary ideas—products of
upholding and constantly nurturing our own gifted minds.
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