Africa By Africans: Understanding Your Value Beyond The ‘Black’ (See Photos)

 So, what does the African man represent?

Kenyan poet and fashion designer, Mimiri

The African man (generic term for male and female) isn’t just designed to hustle and bustle and wish upon the stars to align for them through God. The African person isn’t created to endure the turmoil of life, seeking meaning via onerous jobs, duties that crack their back and annihilate their mental and emotional well-being. The African person is created to lead and propel into prominence, create a legacy that would define generations, and inspire a burgeoning coterie of people from different creeds, classes, races, and religions.


Being an African isn’t a limitation; it’s a responsibility. Being black isn’t a curse, it’s a propeller to accentuate one’s essence through constant carving and stretching; black isn’t strength, black is power, black is beyond the shallow comprehension of modesty. The African man is designed to be braggadocious, to lead and live, to explore and exploit on God’s beautiful earth.

As seen at the African Day event on Sunday, May 25, African women are beautiful. The men are an embodiment of masculinity and personality, charismatic and intelligent within their own right. Proud to be black, unapologetically African, this is who I am, whom I’ll always be.


It was fascinating to see representatives from various parts of Africa, such as Nigeria, Tunisia, Morocco, Namibia, Eritrea, and Ethiopia, feature at the African Day event. It hints that Africans attain so much more should they decide to wage war against the heinous leadership that has been surreptitiously degrading the continent from pulsating into excellence and worthwhile progress.



In conclusion, I state that Africa, a continent blessed with Human Resources, manpower, and creativity. A coterie of people who are adorable and impeccable in their own complexion, without a shadow of doubt, the African persons have an objective to achieve, which is to create a worthwhile system for the human race; to lead and influence future generations through art, culture, and science.





Africa is the future. Africa today, tomorrow, and always, cheers to the African Culture and values.

Get up, Africans, only we can build Africa.

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