How Many of His Kind Are We Raising?
There are people we remember today.
There are leaders we cannot forget.
And there are followers who merit our honour.
There are leaders we cannot forget.
And there are followers who merit our honour.
Today, we celebrate Kwame Nkrumah for his visionary and great leadership skills.We celebrate him for his towering legacies and his commitment to Afrika's liberation struggle.
We remember his beautiful idea of a United States of Afrika and his penchant for UNITY.
We also remember his faint flaws as a leader.
And we recollect how we collectively let him down.
But permit me to ask: How Many of His Kind Are We Investing in and Raising?
How many of the Kwame Nkrumah's are we willing to support to lead?
Permit me to ask how many great leaders are we encouraging or discouraging daily?
Permit me to tickle our thoughts on how many of these ordinary or extraordinary people do we keep betraying and stifling every now and then?
How many of the Kwame Nkrumah's are we willing to support to lead?
Permit me to ask how many great leaders are we encouraging or discouraging daily?
Permit me to tickle our thoughts on how many of these ordinary or extraordinary people do we keep betraying and stifling every now and then?
Perhaps it's fair to also ask how many of these visionary leaders are we willing to support to serve us?
How many of these uncommon leaders are we willing to sacrifice, kill or prevent from blossoming?
How many of these uncommon leaders are we willing to sacrifice, kill or prevent from blossoming?
In the traveling accounts of people,
And in the remarks of people's interactions,
One can glean a subtle erosion of the value to Care and support one another.
And in the remarks of people's interactions,
One can glean a subtle erosion of the value to Care and support one another.
And in a sober reflection, I am tempted to ask, has humanity lost its integrity to CARE?
Have we lost the ability to fulfill our Promises?
Has humanity lost the courage to do good to others and support the nurturing of great leaders?
Have we lost the ability to fulfill our Promises?
Has humanity lost the courage to do good to others and support the nurturing of great leaders?
How long are we prepared to allow these deficiencies of greed, individualism and selfishness to suffocate our collective progress?
How many Akosua's, Kwadwo's, Abena's, Kwaku's, Yaa's, Kofi's Ama's or Nkrumah's, Nyerere's, Mandela's, Marthari's, Garvey's and Marley's as well as the many silent great souls are we raising, or killing?
Can we cultivate more of these leaders?
Is it possible we can raise these selfless leaders to serve us better?
Can we still stay united even in our disagreements, in order to work together to liberate ourselves from the claws and talons of the powers that be?
Is it possible we can raise these selfless leaders to serve us better?
Can we still stay united even in our disagreements, in order to work together to liberate ourselves from the claws and talons of the powers that be?
Yours sincerely,
©KYB ✍21/09/19
©KYB ✍21/09/19
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