Triumphant Community Relief & Advocacy Center (TCORAC) - Empowering individuals and communities for Excellence by creating and developing a friendly, educative, empathizing and religiously progressive communities.
Message to AfricansFellow Africans, it's about time to reflect on the historical fact that it was a generation of other educated nationalist elites that stood up with their voices, and sacrifice their potentials that brought about the Africanism that you and I are enjoying today. Make no mistake, it was for their efforts and sacrifices that laid the present economic, social, political, educational and cultural foundation for present day Africa. Although others may have their objective or subjective view on this fact, it's at the same time worth it to give praise where praise is due.
This century had experienced an unprecedented African Diaspora to the West as never before, and can even find Africans in every part of the globe: United States, Britain, Russia, China, Japan, Germany to name a few. However, you will agree that many Africans are still skeptical about the progress of their mother land, with comments like: I am not going to waist my time in an undeveloped place, what I am presently making here for few days is what 20 average employees make for 6 months in Africa, I fear of been killed, I fear of been arrested by the politicians due to their feelings of threats, I fear that there is no good drinking water, fear of malaria disease, no investment opportunities, poverty and so on. Although lots of Africans are unilaterally concentrating on developing their individual families and themselves by building nice houses and living the Western dream in Africa, we should however understand that Africa still have a lot of work to do throughout the continent. More so, we want to remind and encourage every African elite, especially the educated that, ‘if you think you have nothing to do with the African problems, they have something to do with you.” It is a fact that lots of educated Africans have based their thesis, dissertations, papers and research projects on every aspect involving Africa’s worldview and intellectual development, such as on the environment, political, democracy, and commerce. Let us all remember that, African nationalism has its roots among the educated elites and freed slaves in the 19th century, and involved in anti colonial rebellions that provided strong support for the nationalist cause that laid the path that we are trodden on today. That is their legacy, and such legacies will continue to exist even to generations yet unborn. What then will be our legacy for this continent that we all love and respects and one that is endowed with natural resources and agricultural products. Brothers and sisters, despite the availability of these natural resources, Africa still need our input and participation at this time as a form of what can be termed: “A Reverse Diaspora of Economic Nationalism.” That is to say, it is about time for nationalistic Africans to start thinking of economic strategies of an industrial Africa that will begin to make use of the above resources to create jobs for the people of Africa. That is why the center will need your input and resources in making this goal possible. The focus of the center is advocating for “an Africa in which each person and every generation lives in justice, dignity, and peace.” To make this possible, it planned to work hand-in-hand with Faith-based groups, NGOs, non-profit corporations, local communities, Churches, and Governments that are based in every African region. We hope to join them in bringing awareness and changes in structures and policies that will address the root causes of poverty and injustice in the continent, join to promote peace, improve the lives of the African people, and nurturing a peaceful and just societies. We are therefore encouraging every African to inherit the center, and take a part to speak out for their handicap brothers and sisters in need, by working and educating the poor and powerless communities, and to challenge the causes of poverty and oppression in Africa. “A man’s best servant is himself.” Therefore, Africa cannot be developed by non-Africans, but by Africans themselves. All over the world we see prominent and rich Africans (in the Diaspora) in business, Education, medical field, science and so on but are still in a dilemma of an African economic identity. Let us now reflect on the reasons that perpetrated the wars that just ended in Africa and others that are still going on? Remember that, “a hungry man is an angry man, and an idle mind is the devil’s workshop.” Look at what is going on in Somalia today, piracy, in Nigeria kidnapping and wars in other areas, not to talk about the brutal and beyond human imagination rebel wars that took place in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Congo, Rwanda, Etherea to name a few where fellow Africans choose to cause atrocities and may harm by killing the innocent, maiming and mutilating human parts, pluck eyes, raw surgery of pregnant women, destruction of property and more, all led by native sons of Africa. The center is currently looking for a location in the nation’s capital, Washington DC, and will need your total support to make this venture a reality. We need your financial support to make this possible, so that we can establish a forum for the mouth piece of all Africans. We need to unite and stand up to prevent any form of economic exploitative neo-colonialists this time. Why are we still allowing our timber and minerals to be bought at a cheaper rate, exploited, logged, and shipped overseas, manufactured and sent to other countries that can enhance the profitability they needed, and not sent to Africa where the people lack the financial responsibility that they will need. If the above heroes can do it during their time, we can do it better because we are better educated with tremendous world experience. We encourage all of you to join us by contributing your valuable ideas in order to liberate this very rich continent. Africans at this moment need a lasting solution, not the donation of food and clothing, but teaching our children and providing them with tools and resources to produce food, help in the provision of the needed industries to manufacture goods, help to build good schools and not supplying papers, books and pens, build modern hospitals not to give junk medical equipments as charity, and a better education that will bring about structural and human development for the continent of Africa. By so doing you can create employment for Africans, increase markets for world exports, so that the theory of “perfect intellectual interdependence” will exist. One of the center’s propose event is the celebration of an African Homecoming day, to be observed in every participating country in Africa where nationals will meet and deliberate on development of their various countries, socialize, and motivate their people in ways that they could contribute towards national development. It is also a time that citizens will report on their contributions on the development of their respective countries on ongoing or proposed projects. Africans believe in visiting Africa on Christmas, Easter celebrations or on private family issues. By designating few days in the year to celebrate to an African Home coming day should be vital to every African developmental mechanism. We want to use this day to discuss the principle of “African Reverse Diaspora of Economic Nationalism.” Remember, we need stores like K-Mart, Wal-Mart, and other big grocery stores, but the African citizens need jobs to work and earn money to patronize these stores. We therefore need honest, thoughtful strategic deliberations with conscious African descendants, African governments and leaders on how we can do this. We all need to “dream big” this time, for with God everything is possible. As questioned by “Stand for Africa” in their website and the answers they gave below: What can a dollar do in America? What can a dollar do in Africa? Make a choice. They presented the following responses:What can a dollar do in America? These are their answers:
What can a dollar do in Africa? These are their answers:
Our answers as Africans is let’s start serious conversation about Africa’s development, so that we can build good hospitals, supply good and efficient agricultural equipments to grow Africa’s food, build industries with Africa’s resources to manufacture clothing with Africa’s rich cotton, and a good power stations to produce electricity and water supply. By so doing, you will be creating employment for thousand of Africans. Finally, the center will now take this opportunity to say thank you to Anderson Cooper of CNN for encouraging heroes with initiatives and creativities that are changing the world. We do need Africans to engulf these creative ideologies in fighting for the economic liberation and development of their motherland. Fellow Africans, your prayers and active involvement are crucial to making this center’s initiative a success. Please remember that change can only happen, when people are determined to correct the injustices as well as commit themselves to doing something tangible about it. Nothing is impossible with God, We can do this – YES WE CAN! THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR PARTICIPATION |
For this reason, the center wish to start the operation of the Triumphant Community Relief & Advocacy Center (TCORAC) by first of all honoring and paying the usual African homage, respect and appreciation to the following African heroes: Kwame Nkrumah of the Gold Coast now Ghana, Accra, Ian Smith of Rhodesia now Zimbabwe, Harare, Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya, Nairobi, Julius Nyerere of Tanzania, Dar es Salaam, Leopold Senghor of Senegal, Dakar, Prime Minister Patrice Lumumba, President Kasavubu, and Mobutu of Belgian Congo now Congo, Kinshasa, Amilcar Cabral of Guinea-Bissau, Bissau, Samora Machel of Mozambique, Maputo, Sir Milton Margai and Siaka Stevens of Sierra Leone, Freetown, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo, South Africa, Pretoria, Skekou Touray of Guinea, Konakry, Sir Douda Jawara of The Gambia, Banjul, and others like Marcus Garvey, W.E.B. Du Bois., Dr. Edward Blyden, Casely Hayford, Clement Kadalie and many others.