Prof. Patrick Loch Otieno Lumumba has urged young Africans to rise above the mentality of inferiority imposed by colonization.
Lumumba told students they have to reclaim Africa’s greatness while speaking at the University of Education, Winneba (UEW), during the 21st Century Education Public Lecture Series.
“Our very presence here is a reminder to us that we must reclaim our past,” he said.
He referred to the iconic words of South African leader Pixley Kaisaka Seme, who once called on Africans to regenerate their continent.
“We have a duty as Africans to regenerate ourselves. You only regenerate that which had been generated,” he observed.
Lumumba also cited the famous Ghanaian educationist James Emmens Peragree, popularly known as Aggrey of Africa, who motivated Africans to recognize their worth beyond colonization.
“Although we have, courtesy of colonization, been fed on chicken feed for too long, we are eagles and we can fly.”
He encouraged African youth to stop limiting themselves and begin to take charge of Africa’s future with pride and purpose.
