Future of Africa.(Africa's Price Tag)

As I look around me in this so called "Land of Opportunity", I often wonder how much did the founding fathers pay for such a great land. Even more troubling, I often ask myself whether Africa can afford its own price tag. Well, it is without doubt that a hefty price-tag is attached to this land that we so much love and yearn for, being an African native.

Whenever I enjoy a hot shower in the morning, a whole year with hardly any power outtage, or even, the few minutes I seem to be stuck in traffic on a 5 lane highway, it reminds me that such amenities are the backbone of this great land. These are the very same realities often thought to be impossiblities, that the great men (Founding Fathers), envisioned in their minds to be a worthy ideal, worth paying the price for.

Now, the question that seems to be looming in my thoughts is whether my native Africa is ready to pay its price. Are our leaders having the same vision for their respective countrys or do they simply shrug and hope for a sale. Have our people become blind-sided by poverty that they simply embrace it? Should they put up a fight or accept that they are Africans, victims of circumstance (poverty), which is simply part of the Human-Paradigms;Thats the way life should be;Thats the way life is.

Every other day, I read about trivial triumphs taking place in Africa that seem to be blown-out-of-proportion. This makes me wonder whether it is aimed at encouraging Africans or simply efforts to divert and suppress the vital few projects. Shouldn't all our efforts as Africans be focused on better developing our energy production, transportation infrastructure, food production, IT and the likes?

The price tag for the development of the African continent is way too big for any donor to cover. In fact, I have reason to believe that it surpasses the one paid by the Great Founding Fathers of America, if not, doubles it. Until we take a stand and make a promise to ourselves to "pitch-in" and pay the price, then will we get to see real success and triumphs worthy of being published.

Native African