The Internal Monologue

Wakanda Forever - Nothing to Go Back to. Let's take a moment and reflect, Wakanda is real and it's forever. First and foremost, the death of Okonkwo will forever haunt Africans. The illiterate will be haunted even if they don't know about his tragic death.  Why are some of our African kings coronated by the representatives of the colonial masters? Okay,  African kings were abducted and shipped to Europe to be humiliated, and others simply vanished. Assassinations continued to the modern world, for instance, the assissination of 20th-Century African leaders such as Malcohm X, Thomas Sankara,  , Patrice Lumumba,  Steve Biko, Dr Martin Luther King, and the list goes on. These were great leaders that I don't think we will ever have anytime soon. They were a great hope of Great Africa. These deaths have changed the course of an African's life anywhere in the world. Ethiopians fought and won the Battle of Adwa. At that time the spirit of Mother Africa arose. Will we ever ...

Life as a Storyline Good storytelling can change your life and avail opportunities, in most cases, even if you don't truly know what you may be talking about or it's a made-up story. Storytelling is part of human nature; almost every tribe has stories and legends about the stars, wars, mythology, etc. I previously wrote about my take on life ( Life Outlook ) as a perspective and what we make of it. Remember, survival is not about how connected you are to reality but about fitness. Storytelling is a great fitness mechanism. Life is like a movie with cameras that are always rolling; the only difference is they roll 24/7, and there are hardly multiple takes and cuts. Certain mistakes/bloopers can't be edited out. Meaning that the character continues living with the consequences of an altered storyline. Life is a storyline that you learn and move on when things happen. Imagine watching a soapie that keeps on playing the same storyline over and over again; this is depression. He...