Africa is one of the oldest continents, but hasn’t it struck you as absolutely odd how a continent endowed with such wealth in terms of both ground and human resource, unbelievably great weather, and wonderful soil can have such unbelievably high levels of poverty? It is nothing short of preposterous.

What makes this worse for is the fact that 58 years later, Africa still grapples with so many challenges that make you wonder why it has taken us so long as a people to be emancipated in every way.

On May 1st, 1963, leaders from all across free and colonized Africa gathered in Addis Ababa with the dream of seeing the African continent become one giant regional power. It has not happened yet–but that does not take away the yearning every son and daughter of the soil has to see Pan Africanism materialize.

The purpose for this narrative by the author is to add his voice and help ignite any smoldering rubble of broken dreams and disenchantment back to a blazing flame.

It is Mwambazi’s opinion that Africa has everything it needs to become the economic engine of the entire world, and it can and will surpass both the West and the East should its citizens awaken to their true potential.

Now here is the enigma: Africa doesn’t need the rest of the world to survive, but the world needs Africa to survive. I believe the Second African Renaissance is upon us, but it will take a collective awakening of the giant’s individual components–its people!