EDUCATION IN AFRICA

So I have been thinking about the African definition of education

The one that is translated into the academic curricular

Which lay the very foundation upon which we base our quest

Our quest to find lasting mechanisms for our good

But I am disappointed every time by the findings

Because there seem to be chaos everywhere but in disguise

And so I am asking the questions they have been masking

Hopefully to unravel the stories still untold in time

What do we intend achieving with the young members of society?

What should we use to drive home this package?

How best can we ensure its efficiency without anxiety?

And is there any hope for those caught in its wreckage?

I think we are the architects of our constant instabilities

Because we have explored to the point of explosion

But we still fail to utilize the most out of our little notions

And we rather end up consumed by our unlimited capabilities

I say this because of what education seems to stand for in Africa

We portray her as the precious bride from the West

But she is just part of the social mainstream

A concept that forms the basis of the thrive of the human family

Education in Africa seems to be asking the wrong questions

Looking at the opposite direction of its supposed focus

By so doing, education in Ghana, Nigeria and other African states

Keep arriving but at the solutions that doesn't solve their problems

Open your mental screens to imagine what am about to tell you

In Africa, the young are taught American and European concepts

Trained to understand how the West and the East collide

But never offered the same level playing ground

As that at the disposal of our foreign counterparts

We are being prepared for a future that is either lost or not in existence

This is because we have different resources to attain our ends

And hence we require different styles of education

If we are going to really be of any returnable use to our societies

Why then do we dominate our systems with foreign priorities?

Are we blinded by our egos so that we sacrifice our future?

For but what we so much value and yet fail to utilize?

Don't tell me it's because of colonialism

That we have come to intrinsically love everything European

What about our undying desires for the American taste?

Did America also colonized us or is it because America was a British colony?

We have minds that reflects and discern on issues

Hearts❤ that are tender and caring to the plight of others

What should it cost us to start thinking upright?

I mean to start believing in the African dream of a better world?

We are promised better incentives after higher education

But we lack the industries that can employ our graduates

Is there a line we are missing from the database?

Or our leaders are simply not telling us the truth?

I mean, I am not against what we import from the West or the East

But we should not deviate from our obvious sense of direction

The fact that we regard foreign education

Shouldn't be the reason we work hard to undermine ours

TBC…