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In recent times, it has been noticed that the society in which we live is plagued with terrible happenings that make us wonder about God's concern for us. From a local perspective, we find backwaters increasing in an alarming rate to the extent that our thought about the future is void of hope. This short coming can be handled from the political, social and economic levels of our continent Africa.
From a polical perspective, we realised that, our every day life is characterised by conflicts which are either caused by civil or tribal factors. These conflicts usually lead to unnecessary wars which bring about massive killing of innocent souls as well as massive destruction in various countries. Examples of such countries are Angola and Rwanda where the chaos became the world's concern. In a nut shell, most of these uprisings are caused by the masses who are fighting back the power mongers of Africa who want to graps everything for them selves. It is worthy to note that our society of today is void of democracy which is preached every day. There is no freedom of speach which is closely linked to the fact that one must be in the ruling party in order to have a share in the national cake. With this, one begins to wonder whether Africa will ever be at peace with itself when our own brothers treat us as sub-humans.
From a social view point, the African society is morally bankrupt. Corruption of all forms have eating in to the fabrics of our society to the extent that, we feel it, breath it, and even smell it. It is so common in some African countries like Nigeria and Cameroon who have proven to be torch bearers of this negative phenomenon. This idea of bribery and corruption is very normal in institutions like schools where the very dull ones progress at the detriment of the very bright but poor students. This is also common at police stations where criminals bribe their way out when caught in horrible crimes like murder and rape.
One other painful social issue is the problem of unemployment which is linked to prostitution, which leads to a high rate of HIV/AIDS and other STD's. When I look around us, I feel very disappointed with the authority that be. This disappointment is so strong that I feel like dropping out of school for fear of the unemployment disease. Though much money is being spent on going to school, at the end of the academic journey, many citizens are rendered jobless. As a result, citizens are bound to be underemployed which is very discomforting. This makes the citizens feel a void of not belonging which explains why must African leave for the Rich North in search for greener pastures. With this, most of us curse God for being unfair towards them.
While others are underemployed, others especially the female population finds solace in prostitution. This can be defind as selling your body for financial gains. Girls see prostitution as the fastest, the easiest and most reliable source of income. This high rate of prostitution leads to the contracting and spreading the killer disease AIDS as previously mentioned above. Promiscuity has become the order of the day, as old men run after girls young enough to be their daughters. Human beings debase themselves as they become lecherous as animals. Reports show that, more than 1 million Cameroonians have HIV/AIDS with 540,000 diagnosed cases. Most of which are of ages ranging from ages 15-26. Looking at this statistic, we can actually foresee a Cameroon or an African Society without youths.
Of recent, a certain Dr Anomah Ngu, who was once minister of Health in Cameroon, anounced that he had discovered the vaccine against AIDS. This report was thanks to a Cameroon news paper, "The Herald". However, it most be brought to mine that his break through has been challanged by Laurent Essoh, Cameroon's present minister of health and Robert Lecy, the World Bank representative in Cameroon who doubt the efficiency of this vaccine. To me, I see this as some kind of marginalising against African intelligence. If the research of other people around the world have been accepted, why should his own research be condemed and over looked upon. This makes us realise that, the world looks at the Africans as people who cannot contribute any thing good to the world.
Economically, one realises that there is alot of dependency of the African countries on the Rich North. The Europeans suck dry the resources of the Poor South, rendering them poor and helpless in their eyes. Most of the economic decisions of the African countries are being inspired and masterminded by these Europeans. As such the economic decisions are always in favour of them. The African products are sold at give away prices while the imported finished products from Europe have "cut troat" prices on them. This shows that Africans are working at their detriment.
When one looks at the world, one sees danger and fear in the horizon in almost every aspect of life. This is in relation to the massive killing which charecterise the present day Africa as a result of war. Even though leaders of African Unity(AU) pleadged to make 2000 the year of peace and security,the African continent in still plagued with internal and cross-boder conflicts that show no signs of ending.
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Martin's Wager? Derek Martin | Nov 26th, 2001
Pascal's wager went like this: If God and heaven don't exist but I do believe in them, I've lost nothing and my future is dust. If God does exist and I do believe in Him then as long as I live well, I'll go to heaven. However, if God does exist and I don't believe in Him then I'm going straight to hell... so the safest bet is to believe in God and either go to Heaven or turn to dust, either of which is preferable to going to hell.
Now, let me create "Martin's Wager":
If God does exist and we, as his children, are compassionate and help one another, we will live happily and go to heaven.
If God does exist and we aren't compassionate and helpful and good to our brothers and sisters, He will not save us and we will not go to heaven. Living a 'good life' by yourself, in a vacuum, without positive impact on others is not enough.
If God does not exist and we are compassionate and good and helpful to one another, then at least we will have pleasant lives while we're here on earth together, unhindered by war and destruction.
If God doesn't exist and we are not compassionate and good and helpful to one another, the world cannot survive -- there are too many weapons of mass destruction.
Therefore, the best choice, regardless of whether or not God exists, is to live a life of compassion and helpfulness towards one another. Non-compassion is not an option.
God cares for all yufanyi Akembom Bernard | Jul 7th, 2004
The African society has never been forgotten by God nor by whosoever but we have to realise our projects and try to make them come to be what we expect.There is a problem in the African society which is becoming an epidemie to most African youths and countries the fact that in most part of Africa, people are less concious to work for the commmunity,they lrey on direct liability of the western world.This is not my continent as my ancestors made it look like, the fourth for their independence but the lazy onces had to betray what the had for each country , and this has passed from father to son and this has brought in corruption,the west Africa conflict and east African conflict,depletion of African resources relative to no concrete and tangible development.AIDS os a phenomena today and most African Doctor's research has not been approved because the donot have the white skin.What has the black skin leaders done to help those who really have a look on societal issues,how do u expect to win when you have no support from those you believe to be your leaders.Every African show be conscious to develop his portion of the continent ,be concious of the future,be conscious to be communal, don't wait for orders,strike when the Iron is hot; I think with this we can have a small change and with other opinions we can get a big change towards African problems.
Jesus crys Ruth Gonzalez | Oct 6th, 2006
To me, Africa is a beautiful continent so rich with it's beauty and culture. Unfortunatly, there have been a tainted history of coruption, mass murders, and indifferences. The tragidies of Rwanda, Somalia, Uganda, and now Sudan's Darfur region have added so much heartbreak and despair to it's people. For much of the first world like the US, Africa is just a huge problem that they rather avoid. I know in my heart that God crys for those voiceless souls whom need love and care. If all of us unite together, we can make a difference in Africa.
Ni ryari izuba, Rizagaruka, Hejuru yacu,
Ni nd' uzaricyeza ricyeza.
[When will the sun return above us?]
[Who will reveal it once again to us?]
-From the song ''Million Voices'' in the film ''Hotel Rwanda''
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