The greatest pleasure we all share is that we are all
Africans and dare no one say otherwise. The first step to happiness is to
acknowledge your being, accepting the past and looking forward to the future.
A few days ago we celebrated Africa day and what better
way to celebrate the day than to be proud of beings Africans, is it you are
green, yellow, and white, black and navy we should all be proud of beings
Africans
Our former president Mr Thabo Mbeki delivered a speech entitled
“I am an African” This speech is one that helps us understand where we come
from. One thing that saddens me the most is that we as Africans we would rather
forget our roots, I can gladly say that I am proud to be an African, not just
an African but a black young women
leaving in such a diverse country like ours. If we could all accept and learn
to tolerate one another we can achieve great things.
While some young people are not proud, they would rather
forget their roots and some wish they can change their ethnicity, i say take a
moment and reflect on your history, use it to enrich your knowledge don’t use
history as a tool to suppress others. Let’s rather learn from the past, and use
it to brighten and better our futures.
Mr. Mbeki said... ......“I owe my being to the hills
and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the deserts, the
trees, the flowers, the seas, and the ever-changing seasons that defines the
face our native land”......
This speech is the one that motivates me and reminds me
why I am an African. I wouldn’t want to change anything about me, i am me
because im unique born and raised into poverty but that does not define who I
am, I AM AN AFRICAN
“I am the child of Nongqause; I am he who
made it possible to trade in the world markets in diamonds, in gold, in the
same food that my stomach yearns”
I AM AN AFRICAN
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