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Could nationalism help Africa?

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We look at most developed countries worldwide & the one consistent pattern is that they are either: 1) nation states or 2) speak one language . Perhaps this looks almost meaningless to us Africans but I hope to explain to you, the reader, why it is almost fundamental to have a unified identity for a country to prosper. The oldest example of a land that fell apart because the residents spoke different languages is in the Bible, where the people wanted to reach God's heights in Babylon & God made them separate by making them all speak different languages & scattered them. For the religious, this may be enough to lay them off multiculturalism but I think I'll need more to convince those who do not read the Torah or Bible. A unified identity for a country means everyone has a way to express themselves & find their place in a land, compare this in contrast to South Africa where white South Africans refuse to unite with black South Africans citing cultural differen

12 December 2020

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Maybe people still think I believe in secession  but I can assure you now that I'm preoccupied with other things in my life than this utopian dream that will simply never happen. The online pages are still there but serve no purpose except as a reminder of what could've been.  Even though there is a KwaZulu-Natal Independence political party now, I do not think people who are benefiting from grants are interested. I also want to debunk this stereotype that Zulu people are warmongering & are criminals. Perhaps some Zulus want to live up to this archaic stereotype but the thought of jail & death will deter those wise enough from doing so. Today, on the I.Y.I.L.E. Facebook page, we woke up to find an Afrikaner man frothing at the mouth claiming that they are going to "take over the municipalities". Frankly, I couldn't care... as long as they run things better. I'm way past this fighting for black people & "black pride" nonse