International day of the African Child

Today I will proudly walk the streets as an African. I respect this continent as our Motherland. 

I am proudly African because her lands are blessed with resources,

From her oil deposits,

old as gold,

her beautiful diamond pearls,

and her elusive African curves,

her soils are fertile with foods.

I am proudly African because it is the symbol of black,

I am proudly African because of her deep heritage and traditions,

I am proudly African because her diaspora is proudly African,

I am proudly African because she is THE Motherland.

I will forever embrace my pride as an African because despite the odds against us, each and every day many of us defy the odds. Each and every day people get out of a warped mentality that faces us as Africans. I am proud that even as that happens, other people love spending their time empowering our fellow Africans and live to eradicate the poisonous cycles of poverty, lack of education, corrupt leadership and disease.

I am proudly African that despite our infested leadership, there are young people out there making a difference and exemplifying true leadership or should I say servant hood? 

I am proudly African because we continue to produce the best out there in different fields.

From Nobel Peace Prize Prof. Wangari Maathai, to writer Chinua Achebe. I will be forever proudly African because of our fallen heroes, those who have paved the way for us. This is because we are here in the present because someone else suffered/succeeded to lay a foundation for us. Be it our resilient Mau Mau fighters, budding leaders such as Tom Mboya, The great Nelson Mandela after his imprisonment and then to fight Apartheid. 

I will also appreciate the mama mboga and her vegetable stall. Our roudy touts, because they make life seem African. All the African women, blessed with that smooth black skin - You are beautiful in all ways.

And even as we continue to forge ahead, Let us all remember that we are African and we owe it to our continent to make a difference and to empower each other. Despite the fact that our roots have been uprooted, let us deeply remain bound to the true cause of our Motherland. Let us make our own definitions for being African.

Today we are celebrating our lives.