The Black Satellites Victory: The Case Of African Unity.

BLACK SATELLITES VICTORY

Fellow African,
On the Friday, 16 October, 2009, Africa witnessed what some football fanatics called “host and win” of the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt. Though not an avid fan of football, I had to stay glued to a television set provided by “Odo Rice” of Akuafo hall – a place were those of us who could not access a television near-by do resort timely.

I witnessed what some football fans do experience. A lady nearby had to weep and cast insinuations when one of our defenders Addo was red carded. This experience may not be predominantly peculiar to Ghana because upon monitoring a radio station, I overhead one of the presenters saying that some people in Kenya were disappointed upon seeing the red card waved by the Referee. South Africa, Zimbabwe, Tanzania among other African countries had terrible nightmares upon fending off with fate after seeing the red card. To them, largely, our bid (Africa) to annex the cup in Egypt is fading into oblivion.

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f there be any lesson that the FIFA U-20 World Cup held in Egypt has taught us, it is that, we cannot walk on the pavement of international politics if we are divided.

The tears shed by people in countries like: Tanzania, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya and Zambia among others after Ghana was down by one man, show that, the African Unity project of old, is still alive with vibrancy as never before.

I doff my hat out to the Black Satellites for reinvigorating the spirit of togetherness in Africa – a land rich in best of the world resources yet its people are dying of commonly curable diseases and also for dealing us the terrible blow that; it is only in our united front that we can champion the cause of our impoverished people.

Africa must indeed unite. Let us unite to bring poverty down. Today and every day, we shall stand up and speak out and take action against extreme poverty, illness, inequality and will vehemently hold our leaders accountable.

This is why we must be FIERCE in our bid to unite. It must be URGENT. It must be NOW! It must be THE FIERCE URGENCY OF NOW!

By: Auxtyn Atta-Brako (Powers)

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