Many African families will never be together again. Not because they don’t want to be – but because they simply can never be together again.
Firstborn is in Canada.
The second born is in Dubai.
The third born is in Australia.
Fourth born is in New York.
The last born is in the UK.
Parents are in Africa, making trips once in a while to see them in different countries.
They are all getting married and having children who will never really meet or know each other – virtual cousins!!. Their best shot is group video calls which will rarely happen because there’s no convenient regular time that works for everybody due to different global time zones.
When their parents die, their homes become desolate, and in no time, the family name becomes a distant memory.
They’ve all had to travel because Africa failed them, and they needed to leave for another country where they could have a shot at life and their children wouldn’t suffer what they went through.
This is the high price of migration that you can never put a financial value on that very few people talk about. The destruction of families and the tearing of siblings apart.
This is the silent evil that our leadership has bequeathed to us all. Even their own families are not left out.
One day, we will realize the extent of the damage and the destruction that we have done to ourselves 😞
So, the whole truth is simply to know that migration may be worth it, but it is also a journey that comes with a lot of pain and a high price.
THE “AFRICAN FAMILY TREE” IS LOSING ITS BRANCHES…HOW LONG CAN A TREE FLORISH WITHOUT ITS BRANCHES