There are concrete evidences pointing to the fact that inferiority complex, colonial mentality and mental slavery constitute the core problems of development in Africa. They have completely destroyed and poisoned the minds, the souls and the thought processes of most African leaders and elites to the point that the only thing making sense to them is a total destruction of their own people. Below are the evidences:
One indisputable evidence is the shameless, mindless robbery of the struggling African people on a daily basis just to enrich foreign countries (even though those countries consider Africans worthless, and in some instance, the "most corrupt" species in human race). Consider, for instance, the Abachas of Nigeria, continuing their atrocious robbery of Nigerian people as we write. Consider the Mobutus of Congo, continuing the wicked loot in that country.
Another indisputable evidence (of how inferiority complex, colonial mentality and mental slavery constitute the core problems of development in Africa) is the use of the meager resources in Africa by most African leaders to buy weapons abroad simply to kill their own people. Consider the Ethiopian/Eritrean conflict. Consider the Hutus/Tutsis's conflict in Burundi. Consider the conflicts between the governments and rebels in Sierra Leone and Congo. The list is shamefully very long.
1. To these African leaders, the starvation of African children, African youths, African civil servants and the masses [due to their immature mental construct that African money is better productive in foreign banks] is normal.
2. To them, complete neglect of education of the African youths, exemplified by acute, chronic and wicked starvation of African teachers, senseless abandonment of libraries, blatant neglect of researches, and the irrational closure of institutions of higher learning for months, is normal.
3. To them, lack of good roads, clean water, clean air, and good hospitals in so many towns and cities of Africa is normal.
4. To them, there is nothing wrong or shameful at the sorry sight of the millions of their fellow Africans dying of starvation when their own countries have some lucrative natural resources (e.g., crude oil in Nigeria, diamond in Sierra Leone, etc.) to be great nations. In fact, they are not bothered by those annoying, skeletal pictures of the dying Africans shown on television screens for the world to see [what brothers can mindlessly do to their own brothers] -- the pictures that have potential to freeze the most deadliest python with shock and sympathy.
5. To them, it is perfectly normal for a leader, a servant of the people, to have dozens of private cars, solid gold bathtubs (with money he steals from his own people) when so many of his people are unsure of their next meal.
6. To them, the current mass exodus of so many Africans to other continents to escape brutal and callous starvation [caused by their mindless robbery of Africa] is normal.
7. To them, abnormalities and aberrations are simply synonymous with normalities.
8. In fact, to them, nothing succeeds like failure.
Fellow Africans, this mindset of most African leaders and elites does not define leadership; it defines total self-destruction of Africa. In fact, mind is everything.
Fellow Africans, this mindset of well over 90% of African leaders and elites does not define leadership; it defines total self-destruction. PERIOD!
We understand very clearly that mind is EVERYTHING. That is, if "A" can control "B's" mind, "A" automatically controls "B's" money, his wife, his children and every other thing that belongs to "B." Specifically, the minds of so many African leaders have been tragically hijacked and shamefully controlled by inferiority complex, colonial mentality and mental slavery to the point that they have sold their birthrights to foreign countries. Consequently, they believe that it is perfectly normal to impoverish their own people only to enrich foreigners. To this, we say, "tufiakwa" (God forbid).
Because inferiority complex, colonial mentality and mental slavery have poisoned the minds and souls of so many African leaders, African people continue to suffer. In fact, Africa is very sick right now.
Africa is sick and tired of being ruled by so many narrow minded, egotistical, selfish individuals who find it only fashionable to rob their own brothers and sisters with impunity, with pride and WITHOUT mercy, only to feed Swiss people and other foreigners (through their investments in those countries).
Africa is sick and tired of being ruled mostly by a lot of individuals who are so PROUD and shameless to have foreign bank accounts when they know QUITE WELL that the leaders and elites of those countries [where they heap African money] have no penny in African banks, and probably never will.
Africa is sick and tired of being ruled by a substantial number of leaders who DO NOT understand the importance of education/research.
Africa is sick and tired of being ruled by a lot of individuals whose priority in life is conspicuous lavish lifestyle [tragically rooted in the mentality that my gold bathtub has more gold than yours, or "my Mercedes is bigger than yours"] when hunger and malnutrition are claiming, without mercy, so many innocent lives in Africa, when African hospitals are shamelessly abandoned, schools callously closed for months, roads filled with endless pits, graduates jobless, and armed robbery rampant.
Definitely, something is terribly wrong.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader (or any man) who hates himself and his people only to love outsiders. There is a big problem with a leader who does not understand that charity must begin at home -- his home.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader (or any man) who is totally inferior to anything foreign. In fact, inferiority complex produces self-hatred; self-hatred amounts to self-abuse; and self-abuse is a function of mental sickness.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader who is so comfortable in his "gold bathtubs," and dozens of private cars (bought with the money he has embezzled) when his own people (he sees daily) are dying of starvation, malnutrition and kwashiorkor (due to his immature mentality of piling up his people's money in foreign countries). This is pure wickedness; this is apparent sadism; this is totally insane.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader who is constantly subjecting his people, his country and his continent to pure laughing stocks. A good leader must strive -- yes, must strive -- to make his country and his people proud.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader (or any man) who does not know shame. It is very clear that those robbing Africa are never ashamed of the skeletal pictures of so many Africans being displayed on television for the world to see what brothers can mindlessly do to their own brothers. Certainly, a leader without shame is as good as a walking corpse.
Something is definitely wrong with a leader (or any man) who simply refuses to think! A good leader -- in fact, any rational being -- must think of the pros and cons of hiis actions; he must weigh the costs and benefits of any action he plans to take; he must understand the principle of comparative advantage. To this very day, so many African leaders simply refuse to think of their atrocious actions.
To the extent that most of our leaders refuse so doggedly and without shame to think of their bizarre behavior of starving their own blood only to feed outsiders, such African countries as Nigeria, Ethiopia, Burundi, Uganda, Congo, Sierra Leone, Sudan, etc., will continue to decay, all things being equal. In fact, it is this bizarre behavior of dog-eat-dog that makes so many people wonder whether all animals are [created] equal. But are they? Let us look at the evidence.
So many have asked this question, "are all animals created equal?" To better answer it, we will approach it from a comparative perspective because we believe that without sound comparison, the mind does not know how to proceed, especially on such questions as why Mr. "A" is doing better than Mr. "B" or why Swiss government is doing better than Nigerian government, for instance. Accordingly, we will compare the mentalities and behaviors of most African leaders and elites with the mentalities and behaviors of the leaders and elites of the countries we call "developed," i.e., those countries where most African leaders and elites bank (without second thought) the money they steal from Africa or where they buy weapons just to kill their own, African people.
Specifically, in most African countries, instead of the leaders building good roads, they rather buy dozens of cars only to drive them on potholes. Instead of building better hospitals, they rather use the money to travel abroad for medical checkup/treatment. Instead of sponsoring poor children in schools, they rather squander the money to secure empty, bogus titles. Instead of investing the countries’ money in their own countries to create jobs for their own people (thereby alleviating some of the acute problems associated with poverty, e.g., armed robberies, starvation), they rather invest a large sum abroad and use the rest to hire bodyguards, build tall fences around their houses, and drive in convoys to "escape" armed robberies.
Without doubt, the behavioral differences and mentalities of most African leaders and the leaders of the countries (where most African leaders pile up African money) are shamefully many. With the few considered, let us answer the question: "Are all animals created equal?"
Undeniably, the Creator created all of us equal, but unfortunately the behaviors and attitudes of so many African leaders and elites are simply non-normal. This bitter truth leads to a bigger question: How do we counteract this abnormal behavior?
To counterbalance some of these anomalous behaviors of some of our leaders, some have suggested that our governments start some joint undertakings/programs with foreign governments, e.g., fighting such problems as unemployment, poverty, crimes, pollutions, trade imbalances, dictatorship, capital flight, AIDS, among others, with some foreign countries. This suggestion has led to frequent visits of so many African leaders to the West. But how fruitful are these visits? Let us see.
Today so many African leaders frequently visit the West mostly to "learn Western democracy/political systems," to "attract foreign business/investments" or to address some of the issues we outlined above (e.g., trade imbalances, dictatorship, AIDS, to wit). It is obvious that these frequent trips have become the order of the day.
While some of those visits are useful, it must be noted that most are used to siphon African money from Africa to Western banks and/or to open more foreign bank accounts. In view of these, we ask the following interrelated questions:
How can our banks do well when most of our funds are heaped in foreign banks during most of the so-called visits "to learn Western political systems?"
How can our businesses do well when the money they could have borrowed from our banks [for businesses] is piled up in private foreign bank accounts during such fake visits "to attract Western/foreign businesses?"
How can those trips (used to suck up our money to foreign banks) lead to African growth when most of the "visitors" refuse to learn the only fact that makes the West strong, and that fact is the prudent, smart refusal of the Western leaders to open any bank account in Africa.
And, of course, how can the overall economy grow when most of our leaders and elites pile up billions of our money in foreign lands?
No doubt, there are so many Mobutus and Abachas [i.e., stealers of African money] today in Africa; it is just a matter of how much money each and every one of them has in foreign banks. Those African leaders who are destroying Africa must know that this senseless behavior of robbing their own people only to pay foreigners can never be learned from foreign governments. In fact, foreign governments enjoy the loot, and who would not enjoy free money?
Common sense, which is uncommon among so many African leaders, is the only teacher; it is the only key for growth and development in Africa; nothing more, nothing less! For details, let us examine the most important, practical solution to correct these anomalies in Africa.
We firmly believe that TRUE education -- the common sense - is the only key to the liberation of Africa. It is the only key to changing the mentalities of self-destruction, self-abuse and self-hatred. It is the only key to eradicate, once and for all, collective ignorance, inferiority complex, colonial mentality and mental slavery among so many African leaders and elites. It is the only key to the African growth, pure and simple. Africa is in dire need of that missing link, and that missing link is the common sense/true education, and we mean the kind of education that is far beyond bogus titles.
Africa is bitterly crying (and has been crying, as a matter of fact, since the times of slave trade and colonialism to this very day) for REAL leaders, REAL elites, and REAL men (who will fight for African people and stop Africa from being a laughing stock in the company and comity of other continents).
We must get rid of the number one killer in Africa today, and that killer is the mindset that African money should be banked in foreign banks and not in Africa.
If you are a true African; if you care for African people; if you are ashamed of seeing some dying Africans on TV screens due to malnutrition, starvation, inadequate health care, and senseless conflicts, please join the fight to stop this wicked, wanton and senseless robbery of Africa by a lot of her leaders and elites. Here are some things you can do:
1. If you are involved in this dog-eat-dog madness of looting Africa only to pile up the loot in some foreign countries, please stop the nonsense (for your action is nothing but an act of genocide).
2. If your parents, brothers, sisters or any acquaintances are involved in this craziness, plead with them to have a change of heart because this is not only an act of genocide, but also an act of self-destruction, self-hatred and self-abuse. The point must be very clear: a leader who loves himself and his country should have no business robbing his own people, his children, his future only to feed outsiders. It does not make sense, and never will.
3. If you know any leader/elite who is involved in this senseless sadism of deriving pleasure at the expense of the mass sufferings in Africa, i.e., if you are close to any leader/elite who is using public funds to buy private cars, solid gold bathtubs, etc., plead with him to stop (for a good leader must have some morals; he must have some consideration for his own people; in fact, he must be human).
4. If you are residing abroad, NEVER participate in helping the looters to open foreign bank accounts; do not be a part of the bloodbath in Africa. Do not participate in shading innocent bloods in Africa. Stay away from genocidal acts. Be human!
5. If you cannot beat them -- the looters -- please DO NOT join them.
To put a permanent stop to this madness (of robbing Africa by so many African leaders only to deposit the loot in foreign countries), we are suggesting series and frequent economic summits for the empowerment of Africa.
We continue to ask African leaders and elites, especially those leaders and elites in Nigeria, Burundi, Ethiopia, Eritrea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Kenya, Sudan, Congo, Uganda, etc., to hold, without delay, FREQUENT economic summits in their respective countries (instead of traveling abroad to "learn" other's political systems). These economic summits should be used to discourse and learn what Western political systems will NOT teach our leaders, namely, the robbery of your own people only to deposit the loot abroad is an act of genocide. In order words, such summits will be used to not only articulate the destructive and deadly impacts of piling African money in foreign banks, but should also be used to stop, in a collective sense and without further delay, such mentalities of self-abuse, self-destruction and self-hatred.
All told, African money must be invested in Africa by African leaders. It is the only sensible thing to do. Unfortunately, only very few African leaders (whose minds have been liberated) understand this point. As such, it is incumbent upon us, to liberate a lot of African minds in order for Africa to grow and develop.
To become an African mind-liberator, you must accept the fact that without an ideology -- a belief system -- in Africa, there could be no meaningful change in Africa. Here is the summation of the LAM’s ideology: Liberated African minds are the future of Africa. We hold this ideology sacred because enlightened minds are the builders of great nations.
To become a mind-liberator, you must dedicate yourself to the liberation of Africa, knowing quite well that the future of Africa lies completely with the liberated/enlightened African minds.
You must accept the wisdom that great men discuss ideas and therefore be willing to discuss ideas to move Africa forward.
You must be willing to discuss issues intelligently and professionally, for these are the only ways for progress and development in Africa.
You must accept the fact that with integrity, leadership, vision and imagination, the future of Africa knows no bound because Africa has lots of natural resources.
You must accept the truth that Africans are one and therefore should be willing and able to resolve whatever differences created by artificially drawn boundaries by the colonizers (whose primary objectives were their own selfish, commercial interests).
You must not be a part of the "leadership" and "elite" that are currently robbing Africa only to deposit the loot in foreign countries (for a liberated mind, as we have been saying, cannot impoverish his own people only to enrich outsiders).
And, you must boldly condemn evil and damn the consequences.
Fellow Africans, we must get rid of this destructive mindset of so many African leaders -- the mindset that "charity" should begin abroad -- in order for Africa to grow like other continents. We must destroy inferiority complex, mental slavery and colonial mentality. Frankly, there is no better choice; in fact, there is no other choice.
Please join or form groups of mind-liberators [such as LAM) or act on your own individual initiative, to teach and reeducate most of our leaders and elites (and also the general public) on how to be patriotic because if leaders do not lead well, followers will not follow well. Specifically, we often learn by examples set by our parents, our elders and our leaders.
We must let those African leaders and elites who are destroying Africa know that investing [in a collective sense] African resources in Africa, as other leaders we call "developed" or "civilized" are doing in their own continents, is the ultimate practical definition of the word, patriotism; it is the only way for Africa to move forward and for Africa to be respected in this world.
Respect is earned, and to earn respect, one must respect oneself. Those involved in the destruction of Africa must know that investing African resources in Africa is the only way for Africa to be respected; it is the only way to prove that "all animals are equal," after all. In fact, Swiss leaders, American leaders, Japanese leaders, German leaders, French leaders, among others, do not have two heads while the looters of Africa have only one head. The fact of the matter is that all of us have one head; the only difference, as we have been saying, is that some use their heads to think positively to better themselves and their countries, others use theirs to think negatively, robbing and looting their own countries only to enrich foreign countries.
Our minds must be liberated for Africa to grow and be respected.
Thanks for sharing our beliefs and thoughts, and for spreading the word about new thoughts and ideas of moving Africa forward.
We ask God to bless you for condemning evil [mostly brought in Africa by most of her leaders and elites who DO NOT know shame].
We thank you for sharing the belief that the only way to overcome evil is to do good. We must do good and be good to one another.
We also thank you for being a major part of the African mind-liberators, for true education -- the common sense -- is the only key to our growth and development.
We ask God to bless you for loving yourself, for loving your fellow Africans, for not being jealous of your fellow Africans, and for believing in Africa!
May PEACE be on to you and what is rightfully yours!