The government of Mali has ordered the closure of schools around Bamako due to the attacks of the Islamists. Mali is not the only one in this quagmire. In Northern Nigeria, Boko Haram has made education so uninteresting in a region in diehard need of learning and enlightenment. The activities of the Boko Haram sect has turned schools into fearful environmernts. DR Congo is having sleepless nights. Despite the unilateral ceasefire of the M23 rebels, no one knows what to come next.
Joseph Kony continues to recruit child soldiers, thereby creating a bleak and militarised future for these young ones in Uganda. Central African Republic is having lots of nightmares due to rebels' activities which, just like Mali, could soon totally affect education. Somalia for decades have no functioning educational system. Though Kenya is recording giant strides in learning and innovation but with the various tribal wars, it is just a matter of time before the deja vu of 2008 is witnessed and youths result into weapons handling.
Africa lost out in the heinous slave trade, became retarded with colonialism, got stagnant with neo-colonialism and now destroying itself with leadership greed in the globalisation age. Without the education of its youths, Africa can never meet up with the global pace. The leaders are not in any way interested in this.
Their main concern and issue is how to perpetuate themselves in power and keep on embezzling as if the 'thrones' are their families' properties. It is high time African youths stood up and fight this dieing future wholeheartedly otherwise we will be snail when the world becomes an eagle tomorrow. They have succeeded in infesting our minds with tribalism and carry out the divisive religious campaigns with great dexterity so our voice will never be one and united. Ours is the future and the time is now.
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