I’d
like to contradict Kamwanyah’s opinion. https://www.namibian.com.na/59271/read/Africa-%E2%80%93-The-Incomplete-Continent
His
view of African victimhood obscures the fact that mental and
psychological liberation is not at all an exclusive African problem.
In a globalised world these matters are driven more by the financial
industry and international corporations like Google, Facebook,Disney,
Microsoft etc. than by traditional African identity. The continent is
defined by a land mass, not mentally or psychologically. The African
mind is a very fuzzy construct.
The
core of his reflections is the desire to restore the honor of the
African people.
He
claims “true development cannot be achieved without mental and
psychological liberation first.” Is this claim daring, naive or
stupid? He doesn’t give any arguments on its validity, thus it must
be wishful thinking rather than a sociological law. He goes even
further “complete
ye first the mental and psychological liberation, and the rest shall
follow.”
This
is exactly the proceedings of the prophets from Nigeria or Mali,
the prosperity
gospel; probably
his genuine idea of mental and psychological liberation!
As
long as Africa has intellectuals and teachers that base their
proposals on faith rather than empirical observations the African
mind is in dire straits.
The
essential prerequisite for a liberated mind and restoration of honor
is to give the people back their dignity. A dignified life is based
on a certain amount of economic freedom. As long as the mind is
occupied by the tyranny of the stomach no
liberation will happen. Mr.
Kamwanyah
just
put the cart before the horse. Remember
the philosopher’s word that ‘being determines the consciousness’?
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