Child neglect and abuse are global issues of concern. In Europe, America and other advanced countries, even though no amount of compensation could heal the scars from physical and mental injury, there are organizations set up to restore the confidence of a neglected child.
In Africa it is entirely different. A neglected child has nowhere to go and sometimes no place to sleep but daily faces the hallucinations of the world. It is the right of every child to be educated but a neglected child stays out of the classroom. No one cares to help because of the finances involved.
It became a task and responsibility to Kumbe, the main character of the book to educate himself because of his intelligence, after his father divorced his mother and neglected him. In a continent which education is in complete crisis, there are no words to describe the plight of an African child. They trade to raise money to be at school. Unfortunately some can’t afford to buy text books.
Imagine a school without a roof as they sit and learn under shady trees. Imagine a child who carries his table and chair to learn and after school carries them back home. The classrooms haven’t any tables and chairs thus; the parents who like to educate their children must provide those tables and chairs themselves.
This educational crisis in Africa is known universally. This has created a gloomy shadow on many Africans and many think every African isn’t well educated, facing discrimination worldwide in advanced countries. Yet there are doctors, engineers and pilots in Africa. The fact that an African student lacks a computer doesn’t mean he isn’t clever.
Kumbe became one of Africa’s greatest journalists attached to the president of his country, Kwame Nkrumah, for official duties. He gained scholarship from ‘The Fredrich Ebert Foundation” an organization in Germany, which promotes democracy, political education, students of outstanding intellectual abilities and personality. He also studied Journalism in London when he became a senior political correspondent.
“The writer Died’ is a book recommended for those hungry for diversity of culture. Many would ask Africa is rich in mineral resources and diverse culture but why is the continent behind in education and development? Even though corruption plays an important part in Africa’s economic crisis, the colonial masters also did Africa more harm than good. They killed the continent but it survived by God’s will.
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