THE AFRICAN NATION

Our deepest fear is not that we are inadequate, our deepest fear is that we are powerful beyond measure. It is our light  and not our darkness that mostly frightens us. We ask ourselves, Who am I to be so powerful, ambitious, perfect and talented? Actually who are you not to be. Life was never meant to be easy-its a constant struggle with extreme lows and highs............................................................................. till next time....

Every morning in Africa, a Gazelle wakes up. It knows it must run faster than the fastest Lion or it will be killed. Every morning a Lion wakes up. It knows it must outrun the slowest Gazelle or it will starve to death. It doesn't matter whether you are a Lion or a Gazelle..........when the sun rises, you'd better be running. Its just a matter of out smarting death.....

Life in Africa is a struggle for anyone, but the life of a girl child is far much worse. The thought of being brought up into a world full of misery brings so much pain. Imagine a life where you lack every basic necessity, food, clean water, shelter, good health, education, the list is endless. Growing up on its own brings about different problems, but growing up in some parts of Africa as a girl child is a struggle beyond imagination. The only wonderful part in the life of a girl child is the first eight to ten years of their life. By the time a girl child reaches maturity age, they begin to feel the scorching heat of the African sun and pain that surround the girl child. The girl child is expected to engage in different chores that affect her ability to get  educated while the boy has the freedom to go to school, play and be a normal child. An African girl child often finds herself at a crossroads between cultural norms that work against her and the demand to survive in society...