23/01/2025
The people's Republic of China has quite a history to it. But while the history is vast, most of it is of pain, anguish and death. Mostly instigated externally though some of it was internal.
The vast history i believe is because Chinese people documented their own history either formally on scripts or informally by story telling. Something that is very lacking in Africa and especially Kenya where even now that our people are so learned, we still allow outsiders document our life in their own versions.
Now China is one of the biggest economy globally coming second only to America or maybe even surpassing it depending on the scales used.
China was formally termed as an independent state in 1949. While Kenya was recognised as an independent state in 1963.
If we do the maths, it's a difference of 14 years only.
Question is, is, does our economic, industrial and social_cultural difference equate to the aforementioned difference?
If not, what is actually wrong with us as Kenyans and to an extension, Africa?
Swala nyeti hili