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Africa In Crisis and The Crisis of Africa.

Has Africa got a crisis or is Africa in crisis? The world now faces the Corona Virus crisis and Africa too. But every crisis in Africa is an added crisis. Whatever the case, a Crisis is a time not only for action but above all for reflections. We ask ourselves; how do we get out of here? …because we are in danger. But there is a question that intelligent people in crisis must articulate in due time, how did we get here? How do we prepare for a similar crisis, either to avoid it or to defeat it? In this light, a crisis represents an opportunity. The permanent critical situation of Africa in every crisis is an opportunity to ask ourselves so many questions. Shall we always be the suffering people? Shall we always beg from others? Are we always going to be the laughing stock of the world? Shall others always decide for us and direct our destiny? For some strange reasons, Africa seems an orphaned people. We are a people orphaned of their wise fathers because they either went home to