Why I Blog About Africa
It’s only fitting for me to get back on the blogging bandwagon with a “Why I blog about Africa” post, as I was tagged by Kaushal in a blog meme. The simplest explanation of a meme that I could find was: “An idea, project, statement or even a question that is posted by one blog and responded to by other blogs.” This particular blog meme was started by Théophile Kouamouo, a blogger based in Côte d’Ivoire.
So why do I blog about Africa? Africa is a continent of extremes - extreme good and extreme bad, extreme hope and extreme disappointment, a roller coaster of emotions and a complete spectrum of the human experience. Sometimes I wonder just how smart aliens are, for traveling many light years across the universe and landing in the least important places. The most succinct introduction to the human race can only be found in Africa, not New Mexico!
With all this in mind, one realizes that enough can’t be said about Africa. I was lucky to be born on a continent so diverse in culture, climate and a thousand and one other things - Where the earth finds it difficult to contain its treasures; treasures that perhaps, have been the source of Africa’s pain.
I want to write about a continent struggling to find its place in a far less interesting world. A continent that has been maturing like a fine wine in a dark cellar waiting to be uncorked. Why would I blog about anything else?
Poignant
David,
Two things
- I finally subscribed your blog to my RSS feeder and its been lonely for a while
- I also finally added you to my notifications list. So when you post an update I get is as an email.
A few people have this privilege in my readers list. I decided to make you one of the few once I realized you can TEMBO with me he he he.. That said please make this updates consistent we need more readership.
I don’t blog about Africa, I blog about a country in Africa that I had the pleasure of growing up in. I blog about the people in that Country, I blog about the challenges, the triumphs. I blog because I can, because I have the tools to broadcast my voice. I blog because its time. I blog about a country in Africa because I don’t know much about any other part of Africa - we are all so different yet so the same.
But most of all I too Blog about Africa because I am African.
I’m not sure what happened - I completely stopped blogging, but I’m changing my ways.
Africa is undoubtedly a very beautiful country and its good to see that you havent forgotten… In many ways your interest in Africa and the fact that you constantly try and create solutions for africa is very inspiring. As Mwangi said, very poignant.
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