Killings of African leaders

As many of you may have noticed by now, Africans well the black race in general, has lost many leaders. These leaders are not just any leaders. They were the leaders who had Africa’s interests at heart. They were prepared to fight and die for their cause. If these leaders were not castigated, then the black race would not be suffering at present. For the rest of this article I am going to elaborate more on our leaders and their accomplishments before they were removed from power.

Kwame Nkrumah was the first president of Ghana. He was a visionary leader, who aspired for all Africans around the world to unite. Kwame Nkrumah had the foresight for a United States of Africa. Under Kwame Nkrumah governance Ghana’s economy rose rapidly, and Ghana was tipped to become a rich nation. However he was unable to achieve his dream because he was ousted from power by his fellow African brothers who were being helped by western powers such as the CIA.

Patrice Lumumba, the first president of the Republic of Congo was a leader who envisioned for Congo to become a powerful and rich nation. He was a man of respect and dignity, who wanted respect and patriotism to flourish in Africa, and also supported Kwame Nkrumah’s idea of Africans Uniting. Congo’s economy also grew under its good leadership, however you can guess what happened next. He to was betrayed by fellow Africans who were again being supported by western powers. So as a result Congo is in a worst state now than it was when Lumumba was in power.

There are also many more African leaders who were ousted from power by the west who used Africans as their middle men. I have often asked myself, why did the west do this? Do they have a grudge against the black race? Or is it simply because they do not want the black race to prosper? You see many years ago Patrice Lumumba said after Congo gained independence, that “Now is the time for us to show the world what the black man can do”. By this Lumumba meant that independence not only marked the turning point for Congo, but for the whole of Africa. So it is evident that the west didn’t want the world to believe that Africans can develop by themselves without their help.

All of this could easily have been prevented if Africans stuck behind our true leaders, instead of turning on them. How much would the west have paid the Africans who helped them oust our leaders from power? I assume it wasn’t much but as they say you give an African money and he is prepared to do anything even if it leads to the detriment of his country. Today Africans have never recovered from the loss of our leaders, and as a result we are suffering. Although I do not think the West is fully to blame, we are. We are the people who didn’t stand by our leaders. Instead of emulating the Cubans who stood behind Fidel Castro when assassination attempts were made at him by the west,  African's cared more about their own greed. Cuba today is a good peaceful nation. I wish we could one day follow their footsteps in terms of supporting great leaders. I do not agree with Africans or even black people in general who consistently blame "the white man" for  all their troubles and problems in recent times, we need to stop finding someone to blame and take responsibility. As if not for our cooperation none of this would ever have happened. So what do you say people do you agree or disagree?

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Patrice Lumumba -Congo's first president

Kwame Nkrumah - Ghana's first president

 
Written by Aaron