Activating a Thought Leader In Me

  The South African education system is not failing because the teachers are bad or that the students are slow. The problem is the curriculum. In a country that has a majority that is African, using the Western and colonial education system, which the majority of the students consuming it have no relation to, is problematic. The government of South Africa is still one that is colonized, therefore it is difficult for them to teach anything outside their colonial master’s ways. Looking at Africa’s best education system Zimbabwe (with the highest literacy rating, according to The African Economist), we notice that its curriculum is Afrocentric, the students are taught with examples and context that is relatable to them, of cause the country does have European langue’s that are used in teaching, such as Germen and English, they also have Latin and use Native languages in township and rural schools, Shona and Ndebele.   South Africa is the only country in Africa that ...

A friend asks me why i spell Afrika with a "K" and no a "C": First and foremost, the original way to spell the Black and beautifully endowed continent is “Afrika” with a “K“. However, following the invasion of the continent and enslavement of the people several years ago by imperial colonial thieves from the western world, a new name was given to the Black continent and that name is known today as “Africa” with a “C“ For many Africans and most especially Afrikan activists, the spelling of Africa with a “K” symbolizes our struggle and attempt to come back together again in unity, peace, and love – towards rebuilding the continent and our conscious mindset for the better. In other words, to return to our original (ancestral) glory – living more in harmony prior to colonial thieves invasion of our land, colonization and dispersing us across diaspora.