The face of Africa's future |
Despues de todo Africa tiene un camino lleno de esperanza. Su poblacion es jovencisíma, su fertilidad tambien. Sus riquezas son enormes. Mil millones de personas para 30 millones de kilometros cuadrados, es el futuro. ¿Donde está el problema? Posiblemente en estas sarcásticas reflexiones del Arzobispo Desmond Tutu, "Cuando vinieron los misioneros a Africa tenian la biblia y nosotro la tierra. Nos dijeron - vamos a rezar, cerramos los ojos. Cuando los abrimos teniamos la biblia y ellos la tierra." Si no fuese una gran verdad parecería un buen chiste, lo dicho por monseñor Tutu. En sí la gran tragedia de Africa es las inacabables guerras tribales. Una de las más sangrientas fue sin duda la que ocasionó el exterminio de la poblacion Tutsi por parte del gobierno hegemonico Hutu. Al indagar sobre este suceso siento un escalofrio pensando como pudieron masacrar a 800,000 personas de una manera tan atroz.
Africa desde siempre ha sido gobernada por una élite corrupta al servicios de las grandes multinacionales. Un ejemplo lo tenemos en como el dictador Mobutu era agasajado cuando viajaba a Paris. Africa ha padecido 186 golpes de estado, 26 guerras civiles o tribales. Solamente el conflicto de los grandes lagos provocó en los años 90s la aterradora cifra de 4 millones de muertos, sencillamente un holocausto. El gran handicap de este continente es que su riqueza llama demasiado la atencion de los buitres acechando para su trozo de pastel.
Aunque en mi opinion el problema principal de Africa es su carencia de verdaderos lideres. En el pasado tuvieron grandes pesos pesados como un Julius Nyerere, Kwane Nkrumah, Patricio Lumumba, pensadores como Frantz Fanon. Lo más esencial es el concepto de unidad reflejado en el Panafricanísmo. En fin Africa como siempre dependerá de sí misma y la honradez de sus gobernantes. Si se lo creen habrán ganado esta batalla.
Lumumba lives in the hearts of Africans |
After all Africa has a path filled with hope ahead. Its population is very young, its fertility is high. Its riches are enormous. Thousands of millions of people in over 30 million sq km, this is the future. Where is the problem? Possibly the answer lies in the sarcastic reflections of the Archbishop Desmond Tutu, "When the misssionaries arrive in Africa they had the bible and we the land. They told us - let's pray, let's close our eyes. When we opened our eyes we had the bible and they the land." If this were not true it would have seemed like a joke, that which had related Monsignor Tutu. As such the biggest tragedy of Africa are the unending tribal wars. One of the most bloody was without a doubt that which resulted in the extermination of the Tutsi population by the hegemonical Hutu government. When I investigated more on this event it sent a chill up my spine just contemplating how they could massacre 800,000 people in such an atrocious manner.
For the longest time Africa has been governed by an elite few, corrupted and at the service of the big multinationals. An example can be found in the dictator Mobutu, who was smothered with attention during his trips to Paris. Africa had suffered 186 coups, 26 civil wars or tribal wars. Just counting the conflict of the great lakes that was provoked during the 1990s, the result was the terrifying statistics of 4 million casualties, a holocaust by any measure. The great handicap of this continent is that its riches attract too much attention from the vultures who are circling for their piece of cake.
In my opinion the main problem of Africa is its lack of true leaders. In the past there were great heavyweight figures like Julius Nyerere, Kwane Nkrumah, Patricio Lumumba, thinkers like Frantz Fanon. The most essential is the concept of unity that is reflected in the idea of Panafricanism. In the end, Africa like always will have to depend on itself and the honesty of its authorities. If they truly believe, they would be able to win this battle.
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