South African politician Julius Malema
South African politician Julius Malema has underscored the need for leaders in Africa to address inter-relations among Africans.
The speaker was puzzled by why Africans still perceive physical borders as barriers, despite the existence of a strong bond that transcends them.
He said this while speaking at the Arise Ghana event on Tuesday, January 23 at the Ghana College for Physicians and Surgeons in Accra.
He said “It is only an imagination that was instilled in our heads by our colonial masters. We have to make sure that as a new generation, we do away with this.”
“We never determined these artificial borders. Some people went to sit somewhere and decided to divide us. And they did that with a pen and took away our brains. Because there is no wall, yet we see the wall and fence that does not exist.”
Malema urged Africans to abandon individualism and embrace a sense of unity, advocating for a shift in mindset.
“Africa must stop behaving like a drunken master who goes through a gate in a yard that doesn’t have a fence. It will never have a fence because we are one thing.
“We marry into each other’s community and families, we go to each other’s activities, we share cultures, and I know for sure that the people of Ghana dance to Amapiano.
“So why would they think that they are not South Africans, and why would South Africans think that they are not Ghanaians?”
He emphasized Pan-Africanism and economic emancipation as African countries grapple with a polarized global landscape.
