How Illiteracy and Ignorance destroy Africa
My great grandfather had no clock but he was always on time why because he could tell the time just by looking at the position of the sun. It is a huge mistake to refer to such a man as an illiterate. Most of us the so-called educated men and women of the world have clocks in our homes. Some of us even carry wrist watches and cell phones with us yet we are almost always late.
A stupid man is far more dangerous than an atomic bomb. A wise man fears not the weapons of mass destruction but the stupid men operating those weapons. Stupidity is worse than a nuclear weapon. Stupidity is worse than all the weapons on earth put together. Stupidity is the main reason why some of us lock our doors and sometimes place short guns beside our beds. Stupidity is the main reason why some of us live in fear. My grandfather once said, "what an elder (a wise man) sees while sitting, a child (or a foolish man) can never see even if he (the child or the foolish man) climbs the tallest mountain in the universe".
Some of us the so-called educated people of the world think we know almost everything and we try to prove ourselves almost all the time but the sad thing is that, it always comes down to one thing. We know nothing at all. Some of us think we have sharp eyes yet we light candles and light-bulbs anytime the sun goes down.
Someone made it very clear online a few days ago that religion is the cause of all the problems we face today in the world and he was right why because religion today is full of nothing but stupidity. The so-called leaders of the world use religion as a tool to control the masses and the sad thing is that, we the stupid men and women of today continue to follow them like Mary's little lambs.
Right now, innocent people including innocent women and children are dying in Northern Nigeria. Right now, innocent babies are crying out for help and innocent but weak grand-mothers and fathers are crying out to death to come take them why because they are sick and tired of running away from stupid men all the days of their lives. The terrorist group by name Boko Haram which means "western education is evil" is happy and ready to kill more innocent people for Allah. As their name implies, quality education including peace and tolerance is a sin in this group and they believe they are killing for Allah and his holy Prophet. This is just an example of how illiteracy destroys our beloved continent Africa.
Boko Haram is an Islamic extremist group and their mission is to destroy every formally educated man why because western education according to what the holy Prophet taught them is evil and must be destroyed. They celebrate anytime an innocent falls why because they believe they are eliminating all the infidels especially Christians for Allah.
Northern Nigeria (the Islam dominant region of Nigeria) is the poorest part of Nigeria with just few schools and hospitals. Illiteracy is very high in this part of Nigeria yet this group Boko Haram is busy destroying the few schools and hospitals and they believe they are doing it for Allah. This is how stupidity destroys Africa.
Many Africans are beginning to see the light. Some parts of Africa are doing great. Some parts have already seen the light and some are seeing the light (take a country like Ghana for example) and I pray many more continue to see the light.