For a permanent African seat at the UN Security Council table : “The Fierce Urgency of Now” !

As the saying goes, you’re probably on the menu when you’re not invited to the dinner table. Now is the time for African leaders who have spoken at the 77th UN General Assembly so far to stop begging for grain from warring nations such as Ukraine and Russia. It is also high time for ordinary Africans to stop dancing insanely on TikTok, to move away from petty bickering and childish arguments and cockfights over football equipment suppliers, and redirect their energy towards realizing the second wave of independence: this time, mental freedom.