Eric Mensah Kumeh
“Ours is not a call to violence … but to breakout from the bondage of bad governance and move towards an open, prosperous, free and fair Africa truly worthy of our resource endowments”
The world, as we know, is changing and very fast. Population growth, irresponsible food production, fossil fuel consumption and its resulting climate change imperils humanity in its entirety. If we work hard enough, we can save humanity from the impending doom. Meanwhile, our capabilities to adapt to current climate change impacts are different. Africa still lags in building its adaptive capacity as well as harnessing the potential climate change mitigation presents for its much needed economic development. Bad governance remains pervasive and corruption deep-rooted. Even today, most ordinary African youths are not guaranteed access to basic human needs such as food, shelter and health care. But we African youths are a big part of the problem.
For far too long, we have sat in silence, anticipating the older generation to make the world a better place for us. But the facts prove that this has not always worked out. Ours is not their world, for they have but a short while to live in the present world. If we are to build the world we envision, a world where the African youth is not reduced to fighting for survival but liberated in his mind to innovate, work and thrive, then we need to act. Now more than ever, we need to rise and say, enough is enough!
“Ours is not a call to violence. But for us, as youth to breakout our Home from the bondage of bad governance and move towards an open, prosperous, free and fair Africa worthy of our resource endowments”
Ours is not a call to violence. Rather, a call to step up and ask the right questions. A quest to challenge the status quo. A quest for knowledge, creativity and sacrifice. A quest to build a better, brighter Africa for ourselves and generations to come. If you thirst for this quest, then join me so that together, we can breakout from the bondage of bad governance and move towards an open, prosperous, free and fair Africa truly worthy of our resource endowments.
You can start by reading and contributing to our Blogs. Our Open Letter, Resources and Polls sections also allow you to make specific inputs towards resource governance and development discourses on Africa. Our Changemakers section is a great way to share the hidden stories about people who are risking all they have and beyond, and are worthy of emulation in pursuit of the Africa we want agenda.
We acknowledge that the road that lies ahead is not an easy one, but with your help, we can build for ourselves a Movement, a Community that breaks us out, and moves us closer to the Africa we truly want.
Breakout today and now!