What defines a country? Is it a geographical border with the citizens who are harmonised/connected with language, food, culture, God etc or is it a jingoistic world created by the power hungry to mobilise the mass of people to fulfil the vested interests?
This is not an easy question to answer. The definition of a country is very fluid until we put it down in terms of a boundary around a land mass. So, the first look of the title here was a bit unclear because you don't know if you're talking about a country in a geographical sense or a sublime thought.
To clarify, it is about the fact that Africa is not a country like mentioned in a lot of narratives, mostly negative, but it is a mix of people/tribes/clans who own different traits and attributes which varies on a wide range of scale but mostly misattributed to just one world "Africa" which is actually a continent and not a country.
All the arguments are correct as long as we're talking about the discriminations, brutalities endured, and sufferings. The path of differentiating between people based on visible traits and behaviours is a critical one because it has all the options of slipping open for anyone who misses a single step, which is more closer to human nature then all the language, food, culture, and Gods put together.
Since the situation can be improved by our own efforts which is why it is important to have zero to minimal dependence on external factors. Which is correctly very much stressed in the book. People need more support then pity.
This is definitely a good one to read, and highly recommended if you think Africa is a country. Plus it does talk about serious things in a lighter way which keeps the tone brighter.
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