Activating a Thought Leader In Me

First published Oct 13, 2011 Young, Black and gifted. I do not need to cross the oceans to live my dream, lead by those who died and where imprisoned so I can dear to dream and succeed.  I grew up in this land  I grew up by this land  And I have roots of this land  There is an African dream  I have the South african dream  Of flying high above the land my forefathers walked  To go above the limits that man has set on me  Young Black South African woman  Claiming my life of independence  From those who have imprisoned me in their minds  Free from all chains of limitations  I hold back nothing  And set foreword everything  No boundaries hold me back  From the tribe that seems to be losing its face  I unveil my own face  Reviving the beauty of the Hlubi tribe  Carrying the beauty of a face of dreams  Africa awaken by the flood of dreams  That we young black and gifted ...

Did you even know it's Africa Month? I keep twitting about the United states of Africa. A few of my twitter followers laughed at that concept. This is where ignorance kills, it killed and injured many of our own African brothers and sisters. While the idea of a United States of Africa may sound ridiculous and hilarious  for those individuals who do not understand where it comes from. Africa needs to redefine itself and understand the boarders that were put in place by colonialists. Cape to Cairo, Morocco to Madagascar, these are not concepts that just popped up. Dr. Kwame Nkrumah spoke of this vision. Sobukwe and many others in the Pan African Movement tried to forward this Agenda. We buy 60% of our food from export, we buy the gold, diamonds, oil etc. from American and European Companies,  who STOLE those resources from Africa. 70% of the WORLDS resources come from Africa, but we are the poorest continent. The United States of Africa, was not just a dream, it was continge...