Author Archives: editor

Christianity and churches are not the answer. Christians are not the answer. Christ is. And there’s a difference…. Churches are the fastest growing industries on the continent of Africa. Usually, the only raw materials needed to establish a new church is … Continue reading →

Enrollment is often confused with educating, teaching with mentoring, & helping with empowerment…. Most institutions are working harder to educate their students, not necessarily working smarter to free them from the mental chains that still hold the continent in bondage. … Continue reading →

The unfortunate tragedy in Africa is that we have allowed the chickens to lead the eagles! You know the chickens are leading the eagles—: When one’s worth, ability, & position are determined by one’s degree, pedigree, and blind agreement. When respectability depends … Continue reading →

Nelson Mandela said: “If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” Indeed, God often speaks to our hearts using … Continue reading →

It’s the lack of vision that leads many African leaders to kill any idea that they themselves did not originate. The four Cs of insecure, incompetent, or selfish African leadership are: The attempt to crush any movement if they cannot control, command, or take credit for … Continue reading →

African leaders have all too often betrayed the people they lead, because they see leadership as an opportunity to exercise unchecked or autocratic power and amass wealth for themselves, their families, and cronies. Also many leaders in Africa do a … Continue reading →

“African PHDs” (i.e., leaders with the “Pull Him Down”/”Pull Her Down” mind-set) have stifled the cultivation, development, & fruition of mature & responsible African leadership. These dysfunctional leaders are “African Black Beans”—black on the outside, but white on the inside. … Continue reading →

The African mind-set is the result of mental chains that still bind us, despite our liberation from the metal chains of colonization and slavery. We may legitimately talk about other chains that shackle Africans—chains of poverty, chains of neocolonialism, chains … Continue reading →

Africans are like the elephant in the zoo. The elephant may have the power to knock down a building, but because it believes it can’t break the chain or string, even if the chain or string exists only in its … Continue reading →

There’s nothing wrong with the African mind. Our problem is the African mind-set. It is not a lack of resources, but a deficit of resourcefulness. And ours is not merely a need for more educated minds, but also for more … Continue reading →