Long time!!!

It has been a hectic year for me. I have written two books (manuscripts) but where to publish them has become a dilemma for me. This time, the books are not for children but one is about the way christian women are to live within the confines of the church in order not to encourage infidelity among married couples. The other one is about my work with ActionAid and my frustrations about African leaders.

I worry about how Africans would survive this economic meltdown going on in the world when our leaders are busy consolidating their positions and their little dictatorships instead of helping the people who gave them the mandate to lead.

As it is now, it's like every country is struggling to survive, perhaps except China! So if we Africans are counting on foreign aid to see us through, I think it will only be in our dreams. Some people say "God help those who help themselves" (even though it's not categorically written in the Bible) the idea behind it is very sound. How can someone who does not care very much for your plight (except if they have something to gain from you like oil and raw materials to feed their own industries)if you do not really care about putting structures in place yourself to lift your country out of the doldrums?

Africa is being left behind; those who are succeeding in their economies continue to plunder our rich resources for only peanuts. Others are using the "carrot and stick" approach whereby if you do not tow their line of thinking, the carrot is brutally snatched from your mouth!

Who is going to help Africa? It has to be we the people ourselves. I wonder if there are anymore ideas out there to help Africa. If you do, let me hear from you.

Cheers!