A Child who walks circumspectly will kill whatever killed his Father, but a Child who does not walk cautiously, whatever killed his Father will also Kill Him.
Thomas Jefferson said, “If a nation expects to be ignorant and free…it expects what never was and never will be.”
“And you will know the truth, and the truth will set you free”
For a European to write a book about Africa and freedom is an undertaking of precarious legitimacy. Europeans have a long history of exploiting Africans, and of getting Africa wrong, I have tried to avoid the latter but there is no doubt I am guilty of the former. A perfect stranger, I asked hundreds of Africans to entrust me with their stories without pay or other compensation, often in a detail that was indecent and at huge risk to themselves. These are not my stories, I borrowed them, even stole them, and I owe a deep debt to their true owners. My highest ambition is that I have done them justice…I wanted Africans to show and tell you their stories too, so you would hear what I heard and see what I saw, and that has required giving them space to do so. Africa is the biggest and most diverse continent on earth and to speak of it or its people as a monolith is a grand folly…But here’s the thing,…Given the dimensions of the place, most people in Africa, local or foreign, sensibly limit themselves to a corner or two…Africa is nearing the end of an epic quest for freedom that will revolutionize perceptions of it and change the world” (Alex Perry, 2015: The Rift A New Africa Breaks Free).
The AIA will explore human factors taking into consideration international IC policies, practices, and norms to keep pace with continuously adapting adversaries, while creating an environment for effective and meaningful investment attraction in Africa. Above all, use relentless diplomacy to manage the prospects for African future full of indiscriminate foreign investments across all nations of Africa.
Although some citizens of the United States of America were involved in slave trade, we must not forget the part played by the United States and the United Nations in Africa’s anti-colonial struggle. The United States championed the powerful sense of liberty, freedom, equality, and responsibility across the Atlantic to the people of Africa for anti-colonialism through national self-determination to dissolve the colonial empires for individual victorious powers in readiness for independence.
In International geopolitics, every important country is trying hard to add another country to a list of its exploits, that was why African Union was established so that African countries can unite and speak with one voice as a people.
“…it is the inalienable right of all people to control their own destiny…” (OAU Charter 1963)
Some of our children are unconsciously undergoing gradual sociocultural osmosis – assimilating foreign practices and ideas and values, disliking and forsaking African culture and its dignified values.
Why do most people surprisingly die in their homes, villages, cities, and countries? Why do a people unexpectedly perish? Why do adversaries succeed with their evil plot? Why do horrible things happen to innocent people?
Simple Answer: When accurate warnings of specific disasters or calamity go unheeded because in many cases event foretold has “never happened before”
You’ve Just Been Handed Security and Intelligence Capability
Don’t Drop It!
African people need individuation to break free from the Cage of dependency: to break free from asymmetric support: so that we can give support in return for every support we receive.
Conference Theme – Untrustworthy World: Building Security and Intelligence Capabilities for African Children and their Children…
Proposed Site: Cairo, Egypt or Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Conference Coordinators: Ms. Michelle Lemon, Ayat Muhammad
