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Disempowerment - Whether Defined In Terms Of A Lack Of Self-confidence , Apathy, Fear, Or An Inability To Take Charge Of One's Own Life - Is Perhaps The Most Unrecognised Problem In Africa Today.

I'm Sure That Many People Who Are Involved In An Environmental Effort ... They Will Be Pretty Much Encouraged By This Recognition.

Sometimes When I Talk To Little Children I Remind Them Of The Fact That When I Was Growing Up Myself, I Used To Play With Frog Eggs And Tadpoles And I Used To Walk In The Field, I Used To Literally Copy Whatever My Mother Was Doing On The Land. And That May Be The Reason Why I Eventually Developed The Passion For Green And For The Earth. So It Is Extremely Important For Adults And Especially Those Who Are In Charge Of Cities To Make Sure That We Do Not Lose Touch With The Land And With The Environment. And Especially Our Children.

One Of The Reasons Why I've Written The Challenge For Africa Is To Save It. Surely There Are So Many Problems We Can Solve In Africa, But First And Foremost, We Need A Government That Feels Responsible To Protect Their Own People From The Exploitations, From The Misuse, From The Mistreatment That They Can Easily Get.

And So I'm Saying That, Yes, Colonialism Was Terrible, And I Describe It As A Legacy Of Wars, But We Ought To Be Moving Away From That By Now.