I had a dream! (Yeah, not that original but, sorry, I can’t help it!)
So! I had a dream last night, or actually last time I slept because I rarely do sleep at night
And in that dream, there were those words falling from above.
By above, I don’t mean the sky or whatever religious thoughts, just above!
All those words falling from above right inside my head like I was an E-Man
You know « E » as in « Enlighten » (Yep! What did you expect?)

So! The question is: what those words were about?
To put it simply, it was like a 18’s air propaganda repeating again and again
« Save Africa! Save Africa! Save Africa! Save Africa! »
Oh! I just said it! How such a relief!
I can’t image that! Me, getting the mission to save Africa! What am I supposed to do? I can even save myself!
At least for a guy who wanted to put that entire continent in auction, I can feel myself really proud … or just cursed.

So my next move was to come with a G-Mission. Oh! Come on! Not hat G! The G as in « Go » Mission!
And here it is, fresh out that mad brain. The E-Man (remember) ideas…
Africa suffers so much pains: malaria, aids, poverty, politics, emigration…
What can we expect from a continent who started his own history just 50 years ago, 60′ independence era.
And guess what, even in 2009 we can still ear hear « United states, France, China, Malaysia, … Africa »
Yes!!!!!! Scoop! Even in 2009 Africa is still a COUNTRY. Oh, poor us!

So, to Save Africa or at least my part of Africa, i came up with the India thing.
You know: low cost, super brains, eating computers at breakfast and all those things. Yeah why not !?
African people are not that stupid ! NOOOOO, NOOO, NOO, noo, no, n…….o!
We just love luxury. We love women: the more the merrier. We love men: the richer the better they are.
We love the gossip thing. We love money. Wen can’t help sex. We like a 7/7 and 24/24 fiesta things.
And of course…. we want all this at the same time, without working. Smart, huh !?

So here are my campaign program leaks
Step #1 : Youth needs to be moved around a strong, viable, social project aka an African Facebook
Step #2 : That network can be a leverage to LINK African talents all around the world.
Step #3 : Bring those talents under one purpose, let’s say a Google like company.
Step #4 : Break the curse! African people are talented, smart and competitive … when they get « there »
This is Africa dude! The grass is THAT greener in our continent, too.
Step #5 : Raise that unique Google like company to a level where African IT projects are going to stay « home ».
Step #6 : Concentrate the other local Google-like company concurrence in a « Silicon valley » like area
Step #7 : Create school programs to prepare a better and smarter tomorrow
Step #0 : Love God, pay your tithe and forgive that pope claiming condoms could make African Aids crisis worse.

And please, please, just, just don’t tell me we have to find an « African way » because there are not african way other than being stucked in this for a long time coming. We need to copy and make ours their success models.

But but but! The dream (oh yeah! I do know you still remember it was a dream, do you?) ended sadly
I was killed before doing all these. Or I should say someone else committed my suicide
And guest what, It was the day before I should have stand up in front of my people and yell so proudly
« I running for President of United States of Africa! ». Yeah! So sad, huh !?

Ce fut un grand moment de bonheur que d’écrire cet article qui mêle humour, dérision, idées profondes et surtout légèreté. Je voulais exercer mon anglais en joignant l’utile à l’agréable. J’espère vous avoir arraché le même sourire, voire rire, que j’ai en ce moment en relisant tout ça.

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