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Sun, 08 Dec 2024 Feature Article

Africa: hear the heavenly trumpets of glory

Africa: hear the heavenly trumpets of glory

The counting of the ballots is underway to determine the next President of Ghana (Dr. Bawumia accepted his unofficial defeat). No matter which person and party will win JD Mahama (NDC, already 4 years as President) or Dr. Mawumia (NPP, old man) the question remains unanswered who could follow them after the coming four years? Neither parties have ideas for a fundamental positive transition of the nation Ghana only different colors to be used by their paintbrush labeled as manifestos.

Smart Ghanaians and Africans at large look over the Atlantic convinced that Donald J. Trump will promote his Vice JD Vance to follow in his shoes and continue his work for eight more years from 2029 going. This will deepen and widen the internal conflicts between Trump's followers and haters. The divide in American society under the reign of potentially JD Vance will be made rock-solid with no turning back. The Bubble Gum election campaign slogan "Make America Great Again" like any bubble will implode and stick to the ground with nasty after-effects under everyone's shoes while walking into the sun of tomorrow.

No superpower or Empire existed since Adam and Eve. The Empire of the Pharaohs lasted for 3500 years, the Roman Empire collapsed after approximately 800 years, and the Holy Empire of German Descent about 900 years; the Osman Empire, Ashanti Empire, Ming Dynasty, Persian Empire, etc. are history for good.

America grows Walnuts in big quantities. Walnuts are strong and resilient on the outside. It takes a nutcracker or bodybuilder to open them and bring them down. As time passes by the nut inside gets rotten from light brown to dark brown and finally to black with a shrinking nut. This is due to time and the life inside the walnut, not the effects from the outside as while the nut inside dies the walnut from the outside still looks intact until the time comes when spots on the outside can be seen cracks observed.

Any caring and professional farmer knows no walnut tree lives at all times. Wise eyes can spot the moment when the walnut tree is going to be old and sick planting at the right time a new plantation to substitute the old trees and cut them down for a third generation of walnut trees.

The wise and professional farmer does not set up the second generation of a walnut plantation anyhow but uses his observation of the time of the first generation to avoid mistakes by setting up the second generation plantation and cooperating in wisdom from outside pointing to a brighter future for the farm and his successors.

Preparedness for an unseen time to come is key to Africa's glory or once again failure as it is now God has ordered his angels to blow the trumpets as loud as they can!

Karl-Heinz Heerde
Karl-Heinz Heerde, © 2024

PD Dipl.-Pol. Karl-Heinz Heerde (Political Scientist and Historian, Hamburg University 1980-1985), married to Alberta Heerde born Mensah, Ashanti from Kumasi with Ewe roots from Volta Region, Ghana, Entrepreneur and Author of several novels, the new constitution draft for Ghana and various Articles.Column: Karl-Heinz Heerde

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