African Youth

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               Tomorrow is the 16 of June which in South Africa it is a big day, on 16 June 1976 Youth were killed in Soweto by the apartheid regime, it was a cold and brutal killing by the minority white government regime, the young boys and girls were protesting about the language that the government was imposing to black for the learning at the school.

               By the looks of things when I check about age in Africa, I am really amazed to observe that Africa is the continent that is bless with youth and the vast population of Africa continent is the young people, however there is a problem in this, I can also say which is for Africa as a blessing it is also became a curse! Because it looks like Africa does not know what to do with his youth! When you compare what we have with others continents, Africa is the young one in the average of age, Europe, America, Asia are all old in the average of age.

               When you look at the job opportunity African young people are victim of not having job, let me put it clear, there is no job at all for the young people in Africa, this I do not understand why we are not able to create and make job opportunity for the young people in Africa, let say this the most great things to happen to Africa is not the mining or minerals that our beautiful land have but the young people, if we can know how to used them for something positive our Africa land will be magnificent, because the power of our future is not our minerals only but a dynamic youth and vibrant young people, will make our Africa great again, our energy is in the wrong direction when we neglect our young people, things need to be done for us to make them see their part of today and tomorrow, most all they are the future of our beautiful land.

              There is sad story about our youth which is going on and no one is talking about it, I can compared it with the event of 16 of June 1976, the difference is that event was and still be made aware every years in the media and by the South Africa government, however this sad story which is happening every days , even when I am writing this opinion, boys and girls of Africa are dying by trying to cross the mediterranean sea to get into Europe for better life, and all of African government are quiet about it, year after years there is AU meetings I can said I did not hear anything about this from our African leaders! Amazing, this I call it silence contribution to the killing of our young people, if it goes on like I may say it a genocide that our leaders are making against their own people. this decision we may blame them but desperation moment make people to make tough decision, because also Africa can not provide them great opportunity and for them Europe is the eldorado or a place of better life, if that is in the risk of their life so be it, because to many of them staying in their countries it is death sentence therefore trying to cross the sea is better than living an humiliation life of poverty.

            I can assure you I do have sympathy with those young people and I feel them and understand them, because it seem like only the elite minority are the one to have a better life in Africa, let us rise up to the challenge as the youth in South Africa did rise against a brutal and evil killing regime of apartheid and conquer them, yes we can do it again for our youth than letting them down and dying far away from their sacred land and without a proper burial from their love one, in Africa burial is sacred, some parent still hope and think that their children are still alive but not knowing that the child is long dead. our leaders have obligation to rise above and do the right things by using our young people which are one of our great resource ever, let us used it because they are our bright light of today and tomorrow.

                  Young people do not give up, Arise Arise Arise young people.

                                       God bless Africa.