A call to preach kindness on the African continent!

I don’t know if you, like myself, read the news daily and before reading scroll down to the headlines to mentally prepare yourself. This is my daily routine that enables me to immerse myself with the happenings especially on the African continent. It has been a culture of mine to check in with what’s happening around me. However, lately I find myself dreading to read the news because it’s not getting any easier.

Everyday is becoming more difficult to read without any worry or concern. I find myself now reading and being in distress. Hence, I’ve decided to come on here and remind everyone that headlines are people. 

The ‘’afafata’’ known as the grains rejected by the farmers after processing, is what households in Nigeria are resorting to. The mass kidnappings taking place in Nigeria because of kidnappers taking advantage of the economic situation is appalling. The rising humanitarian crisis in Sudan is threatening displacement, hunger and malnutrition. This exposes women and children to rape and war crimes. It is the ongoing conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo affecting civilians and inciting countrywide violence. 

The thought of having to comprehend that South African troops suffered fatalities and two being killed after a mortar bomb is disheartening. 

Every headline is moving closer to home and has become very personal. These headlines we read about daily are our brothers and sisters. These headlines that we read about daily have an impact on lives in reality.They are a part of lives. It is difficult to embrace some of these realities however, this is where we are now.

All we are left with is ourselves as Africans. I am in disbelief that I find myself sharing that our nutrition is headed to being compromised due to the hike in food prices. The notion that we have to ration out food is mind-boggling. Yes, it has become a reality because of the hike in food prices. There are certain food items that are luxury items now. This is the Africa, I never imagined that I’d be writing about but here we are now.

We are here now and the only way out of this is just to forge forward. This is an opportunity for Africa to unite. We are united with the struggles we share. I am no different from my brother in Nigeria because if he eats afafata, I am conscious of how much cooking oil I use. If my Sudanese sister flees from the conflict to Kenya for a better life, who am I to judge? My brother is no better in South Africa because he borrows money to attend an interview that already has a candidate.

Africa must unite for us to experience change. When we are divided as an African continent it amplifies our struggles. Unity will build us. My suggestion for now as we journey to unity let us begin by being kinder to one another. Unity does not function without kindness, kindness will drive us to unite. We are similar in ways we could never have imagined.

Africans spread the gospel of kindness now!

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