RE-COLONIZATION AND THE SECOND LIBERATION

By Nnabugwu Chizoba

The first form of colonization has ran its course and deprived the continent of Africa huge genetic pool potential of Men and Women, resources for growth and climate of development. It ran down institutions, structures and administrative capacity and competences, created an era of darkness and superimposed cultural services, weak political organizations and shaky economic infrastructures.

The first colonialism laid the foundation and established a system for exploitation, oppression and dehumanization of the African people, thereby recycling fear, self-condemnation, and loss of pride of the aboriginal African.

The era deprived the hard working Africans the rare chance, of creating a productive and reflexive life design and pragmatic configuration that holds the potential for a humane society.

The second liberation is a convergence of ideas, a reformation, transformation, collaboration and harmonization of efforts for a broad based and sustainable result. It emphases less attention on oil, and encourages efforts at identifying and driving the economy through diversification of the energy sector, climate change, industrial growth for sustainable societal development.

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The argument is on the need for government, businesses, groups and policy makers to recognize the roles and rights of individuals and communities and to ensure a just, democratic and equitably structured society, policies, strategies, and responses to address human plight. 

Strengthening human rights, ensuring access to opportunities and resources are factors necessary for the development of Africa, and survival of the people, businesses, and the planet. 

The second liberation of is about bringing together everyone affected by governments’ decisions and sharing of responsibility for ensuring equality of input into the decision-making process by all citizens. It entails the provision of practical long-term solution for the people, business and environment. Similarly, the creation of new learning and new partnerships, involving government, business and local communities is equally envisaged.

The second liberation connotes better understanding and improved relationships. It includes identifying, removing or reducing the drivers of armed conflicts and struggles by constantly engaging the people and communities in the decisions and programmes that affect their lives, and are crucial to harmonious socio-economic environment. 

The second liberation occasions the celebration of honesty, hard work, and respect for African culture, values, morals, and belief in the abilities of other people. It emphasis, the pursuit and execution of projects that add value for all people in the society. It embraces efforts aimed at wagging war against vices, organized crimes, and wastage of life in all its ramifications, as well as promotes efforts centered at relieving the society of all forms of economic stagnation, political instability and environmental disharmony.

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The second liberation is a reminder that human capacity development is an essential prerequisite for real civilization in Africa, her growth and development. Similarly, it is a call to reflect and present a policy framework in which human right consideration compliments competence, sets standards, priorities and example for the best use of resources. Democracy demands shared responsibility, not only for government, but for the welfare of society as well.

As disturbances have escalated in the realms of the contemporary society, so has the population of people deprived of their basic rights, increased. The refugee situation on the African continent has become complex. Many African countries are concurrently generators and receivers of refugees. Several millions of people crisscrossing the continental landscape are people who have fled their home countries in an effort to escape persecution and violence. 

The refugee situation in Africa is increasing regional security challenges and migration irregularities, mounting pressure on the economies, resources and the environment with a consequential depletion of resources and access to health care service, education and employment. 

The living standard of the refuges is abysmally low and worrisome, so with their host communities, which are forced to bear the brunt of security challenges, resource depreciation and environmental degradation. 

Insurgency and the on-going civil war sort of in most parts of Africa are intensifying, the global crisis of insecurity, migration and refugee challenges are equally on the rise. Millions of intentionally displaced people have flayed their original settlements to seek for more secured abode in the relatively over-stressed and over-stretched urban-rural areas.

Thousands of children constitute the growing population of displaced people, with no quality orientation, family up-bringing and social connectivity. Several numbers of these children have become victims of all manners of vices ranging from abuses, denials, terrorism, rape, to child kidnapping and trafficking. 

The simple truth is, they are emotionally destabilized, psychologically disoriented, dislocated and vulnerable sub-population.

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