As my first non tech article , I would have wanted to share a great deal of other content but none would come close to that African activism. Why now you may ask, simply because there has never been a better time than now for digital activism. Aggravating for the equal treatment of all peoples regardless of color, gender and social status either of their person or those around them.
Over the years people of color across the world have been subjected to various means of exploitation from the dark ages where Africans were transported across the world’s oceans , separated from their land and the people they loved to go work on plantations and mines in far off lands for no pay. The two world wars despite their darkening clouds of human loss of life never before witnessed , brought about the dawn of the concepts of freedom, equality and justice. While simple words , these represent an endless desire by human beings to live as their creator willed them to be. To enjoy the fruits of their labor , move around the world freely and to settle disputes in a way that discourages the aggressor from committing the same errors while preserving the dignity of the oppressed.
Following in the footsteps of all those activists and pan Africans that walked in the murky roads of activism, I feel it’s my duty to address inequality in a field am passionate about. The tech industry brings modernity to mind to whoever comes across it , however some ideas and actions have been carried on from the vestiges of the old world and hence the reason for putting pen to paper to what I do best, write(and code:D)!
Now to why I really wrote this article, by far the easiest I have ever done. Medium and other online platforms for writers and content creators ought to have included Africa, India and other countries as part of their partner program. What this means is that writers who happen not to be in Europe and the Americas cannot earn as their counterparts, inequality! As of writing this article this is not possible for some reason. I would like to believe it is a mistake on their part and not by choice.
In Africa we love to tell stories over the fireplace, we welcome visitors ,respect our elders and our motto is Ubuntu(What is mine is yours). My point being the prejudice perpetuated on people of color across centuries is unwarranted. The world would be a better place with our ideas on the same table , not just our wealth. Kwaheri!
