Lessons the African people must learn from the "one"
Let us consider "one" as to be the symbol of smallness, of that which is tiny, of that which is insignificant in comparison to much bigger values. Let us also consider the ebony people, the world African people today as to be synonymous to that little "one" on the world scene. Now, let that people speak and let us hear his laments in Cotonou, in Fort-de-France, in Libreville, in New-York, in Abidjan, in Lomé, in Bahia, in Port-au-Prince, in Kinshasa, in Bamako, in Ouagadougou, in Ndjamena, in Johannesburg, in Yaoundé, in Luanda, in Monrovia.
What says that people? He says this: "we are insignificant" (one), "we are no economic power" (one); "we are no political power" (one); are we a super power like the others?" (one); "there are very few among us who believe in ourselves" (one); "very few among us know that Africa was a pioneer in human civilization" (one); "we are too powerless" (one); "there are very few among us who have understood" (one). Here are some statements we more than often hear.
The cell is tiny (one); Insignificant is the egg (one); ridicule is the embryo (one), minuscule is the seed (one). However, the tiny cell (one) is the basis of life. The egg (one) bears the germ of the life to come. The ridicule embryo (one) constitutes the initial stage of the human being. The minuscule seed (one) already is the potential tree.
From the embryo (one), the human being develops to his full maturity. The living organism develops from the tiny cell (one). The egg (one) will produce the adult bird. From the seed (one) the latent ebony tree will develop into a majestic tree.
If today at Bogota, Kingston, Maputo, Brazzaville, Addis-Ababa, Nouakchott, la Havana, Lagos, Amsterdam, Buenos-Aires, Malabo, Panama the world African people envision themselves as tiny, minuscule or insignificant, then the tiny, minuscule or insignificant number "one" teaches them that far from being any fatality, that "one" must be reinterpreted as the germ, the seed, the cell that carries inside the energy that must shine and burst. If in terms of importance among the nations the African world represents no more than an egg (one), let that egg be of the brass kind, and let that brass egg be a life catalyst for the Africans all over the world.
My deep conviction is that, this harp, this cithara, this vibrant energy, this giant that Africa is will rise up and reveal itself as a great power, I so mean cultural, economic, political, military power in the world. If it is true the harp or the cithara is nothing but a mute instrument (one), in the expert hands of the master harp plucker however, though mute at first (one) the instrument becomes a mighty magnet which powerful magnetism can federate the whole people with melodies chiseled in the invincible metal of a conquering mental.
