"Akwaaba-Welcome"

I am really excited to come to you with the African Story blog. This is because in spite of all the bad news on most of the prime time news media about the continent the real African Story is mostly of good news. It is of a cheerful happy and generous people struggling like every other person in the developed world to survive. The method of survival might be different but the ultimate is the same.
But who will tell the world about the true African Story if indeed the citizens of this vast and rich continent full of a bank of human and natural resources will not do so. I want to tell the story as it is. This blog will not be a medium to attack anyone, it will not be a platform to blame anyone, it rather will be an avenue to showcase and tell the story as it is.
But in telling the story issues that must be addressed will be discussed. We will for instance talk about the problem some Africans have about associating themselves with the continent. Some are even ashamed to accept that they are Africans and so change their names from the rich and culturally meaningful ones to funny and meaningless ones. So with such people faced with such a challenge the beautiful name like Kwabena Boadu could change to Kobby Bowdin, Bola Adeola could become Betty Atkins whilst Tshabalala becomes Tathiana. They will force themselves to speak with a strange accent with the objective of hiding their African roots. Funny as this may sound it happens all around us.
This blog will try to motivate and encourage everyone African by blood or by birth to enjoy being African. The direct relationship between the African diaspora and the mainland continent will be discussed. Traditions will be explained. Annoucements about events will be made, basically this will be the platform to tell the African story. For unless we tell the story as it is we as a people will not be able to occupy our deserving seat when the peoples, nations and continents meet at the round table.
Amandla.