Humility of accepting Responsibility (Part 2)

Here is the second part.

Now I have friends who call me optimistic, and some call me pessimistic, and yet, there are those who think me to be very much a cynic. Well, I am all those things and yet none of them.
Should I explain that? well, I am optimistic that things can change, I am pessimistic about the way that things are being done in the present; I am very much a cynic when it comes to African leaders wanting what is best for their people. ( for instance...Gadaffi and his recent interest in Italy) People are hopeful that this visit... might bring some kind of good news to what is if not the laughing stock of Africa, but the world.

Anyways, how about a better solution, and living with a dream, and not being a dreamer?
It is good that people want to do so much in Africa; But get read for a heartache. Which I come to refer to as the heartache of Africa. The pain is felt everywhere, and the economy bares the brutal brunt of market places that fail to measure on the world stage.
So here is the message for all the do gooders, or as we like to call ourselves; humanitarians. Africa is complicated land. It is the land of the extremes. I mean you are either hot or cold, mean or nice, happy or miserable, rich or poor....I mean, it is a end of the stick kind of deal. Therefore, if you are going to step out of your posh cars, and surburbia lifestyle, and then expect to change the world, then you are mistaken.
Change in Africa...and like many other places will take time...and a lot of effort.
Alot of heartbreak, and a lot of tears, for those of us whose tearducts are so nearly available.
But here is the other part that we forget, there is a lot of bargage that is carried by African people. In reality, psychologically speaking, the white man's burden did not lie. Imperialism gave way to a lot of problems that are being felt by the present generation. You just have to listen to the African people who vote for a leader based on how much resistance they gave to the white man's rule, or speeches made by presidents who refuse to follow "the ways of the white man"...
Harsh reality, but true. If change is going to take place, there is also a lot of healing of hearts that needs to take place...but lets not kid ourselves, this could take years.
so humility in accepting our responsibility has to go both ways. Africans have a responsibility to Africans, and ironically so does the world...(because, and I will say this once now, the world is taking from Africa, and maybe its time to give back in full measure- and not the hit and run kind of giving)