My heart breaks at the thoughts of issues relating to the "african man". For him freedom is just a word that is never a reality. To an extend this is true no man is free, you are either a slave to what you like or don't like. But man can obtain freedom to a certain degree. Why do I have to perform or fit to a certain standard that keeps me a slave and does not allow me to exercise my abilities and giftings all because another man is scared that if I am given that "luxury" I would go beyond his control. The African man has never known creativity because he is lured and unknowingly he gives away his power which makes him dependent on who ever he gives his power to. On an individual level, the African man struggles to keep himself to himself because long ago he had lost himself by giving up dreams because of circumstances. Many African men and women die at the age of 9 or 10 because this is when they give up dreaming for a change and great things and settle for the familiar, and bondage. Hopelessness, is the cause of so many mental, spiritual and physical deaths. HIV/AIDS only comes after this. The few African men that have achieved their dreams or got close to it had to go on a journey that took them through 14 seas and mountains twice the numbers of the seas for their dreams to be visible. This might sound familiar to every man and woman on earth but believe me or not the African man feels a level lower than most people in reaching his dream. On a community level, the African man has to perform because his individual power does not count. He confirms to the people because that is the only way he/she can count. In an international level, he is seen as an opportunist. When he travels around, his first sight is not the beauty of the lands his fathers never saw but the sights of people running away from him like he had a sign that says, "I'm Mr. despair/opportunist, run away.". People have a box where the African man must fit. The dos and don'ts that governs the African man compared to the rest of the world always are different. All because he is African. He always has a place to give the world another chance in his heart. So, where ever he sees something new a little hope sparks and curiosity leads him to this place. No wonder churches are filled and so are places of worship of other religions, this is all in the process of finding worth and freedom. Oh African man, what could be the answer to this problem? What kind of gospel can we preach to this man? where can we find this freedom? We would buy it even if it would cost us the whole wealth that we've got. It is better to be free and poor but still have dignity than to be a rich slave without freedom.
