AFRICAN UNITY - FROM INDIVIDUALS TO EMPIRES

When two individuals come together you get a FAMILY. When two or more families come together you get a clan. When two or more clans come together you get a TRIBE. When two or more tribes come together you get a KINGDOM. When two or more kingdoms come together you get an EMPIRE.

The world currently is ruled by clans. You hear of the Rockefeller family, the Walton Family, the Ambani Family, the Arnault Family, the Saudi family etc. Those are clans.

But do you know that in time past, especially in Africa, there were Empires. They are too many to count but I will name a few. The Zulu Empire, the Egypt Empire, the Mali Empire, the Swati Kingdom, the Kingdom of Aksun, Rozvi Empire, Paisa Land, Benin Empire, Ethiopian Kingdom etc.

The strategy of the enemy has always been to divide and conquer. Every political and historical fact points out to that. Unless Afrjca unites, we can never rule the world.

Gift J Mthimkhulu

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