France has a gift to produce and direct change: Why France?

Why France?

Power to the people! Is a slogan, the French chanted way back then, in the late 1700's, yet as a world,  as a people we are still putting our footing forward to enlightenment in terms of human rights. The world as we knew is rapidly changing. The war in Syria has left millions of people destitute. As a South African myself, I wasn't born free, we were born right in the middle of a struggle and it is only since 1994 South Africa is enjoying a constitution that respects civil rights of all. European Nations are reversing from being the leaders of modern civilization to struggling passing through their supposedly shared economical burdens and achieving common understanding instead the divide is growing and far right wings are at a rise,

 ...On the other parts of the world we have Venezuela, Palestine, Afghanistan, Yemen, Burma and others which are currently faced with political injustices that will plague the future of all humanity. Globalisation as good as it is ideally, as much as we support it's intended ideals and as much as we understand that globalization is progress; But we disagree with starting over in a new world while Africa is holding bad deals; signed or in some cases pressed or tricked to sign unfair agreements that disadvantaged us heavily. We want equal partnership. Nobody wins on bad deals even if at the moment it may seem as winning, the truth is what goes around comes around. Today unfortunately this has increased Immigration that has left thousands desperate, undocumented, orphaned, homeless and dead at sea. 

The world therefore finds itself at cross roads. 

This is the time for the French to take hegemonic kind of leadership ...because of history with Africa and because of it's history and experience on the French revolution where the French people rose up against the then unfair tax laws, the Aristocratic traditions, oppressive religiosity cultures, inequality, hunger you name it and overcame victorious against a seemingly rigid structure of power and it's representatives. Who better to help a world to start over than the French?

Established during the birth of the new republic, from the blood of the French revolution. The French revolution was born from an idea of recreation, creation --- where people began to believe (The beginning of the ages of Enlightenment ideal) ...that it is possible to recreate everything in the society, not only that you can change politics, institutions but that you could change human nature itself through political action or through causes and movements. Indeed progress came at a price; thousands died and finally in 1794 Maximeleon Rodspear chief architecture of the galotine, was fed to the monster of his own creation, which ended bloodshed.

The French Revolution constitute a cross roads of the modern world where everything turns into a different direction.

The problem is that nations do not learn from one another! We don't even learn from each other's mistakes. 

For instance to highlight a few, not limited to; South Africa has a gift of producing world class leadership. France has a gift to produce world class change, re-/creativity and confidence. USA used to have a gift to produce and create world class opportunities and frontiers . Cameroon has a gift of a good ear, and a gift to center all things like data, currency, religion. Central African Republic, a world class gift of recognition, China has a world class gift of learning and exploration. Ethiopia has unchallenged gift of life survival & purpose, Nigeria has a gift for business and networking, Kenya is innovation, and so on and so forth ...

Why is recognising and appreciating these attributes important? Because we can take advantage of this knowledge and unleash the opportunities provided by it. Avoid repeating the same mistakes and work in unity! This ignorance about other nationalities robs us of understanding.

For example:

The French Revolution is the revolution of which upset things the most through out history; gotten reed of Catholic Church, Nobility, Monarchy, Hirachy, Aristocratic traditions (The privileged ones) order of life which included the unfair taxation laws. It chattered new cause towards the future, a new order of the society. "It brought bread to the poor, democracy to France, and The Declaration Of The Rights Of Men" 

Therefore France conquered for all of us, as such recieved a gift to produce and direct change. Change or transformation is difficult, but France has the grace for it. Because of this Declaration, French nation created vast opportunities to innovate, create, rebuild a new world, a new society. France also opened itself up as a shelter and provided a home to abandoned foreigners who were or are denied rights in their own countries. 

Such as the likes of Josephine Baker, chasing a rainbow world, free of racial discrimination. She did what no one has ever done. She was the most loved artist in France, in her adopted country. 

Born in 1906, in USA under Jim Crow laws of racism and segregation. Beautiful, complicated, courageous Josephine wanted to change the world, she lived to prove that people of all colours can co-exist as a rainbow world. She danced her way out of St. Louis. New York. 1925 She felt she has reached a ceiling of a black girl in the USA, she moved to Paris, FRANCE. France had no segregation, no Jim Crow laws. People were just people.

Bessie Coleman, also called "Queen Bess" born 1892 North Eastern Texas. Changed the face of Aviation both figuratively and literally. She swore she will amount to something.  After the war ended her brothers returned from France, and they began teasing their sister Bessie by telling her that, "French women have better career prospects", some French women, they added, "they even took to the skies as pilots" …Bessie took her brothers remarks as a propercation to learn how to fly. This steered up a deep hidden longing inside of Bessie to amount to something, hearing this from her brothers, ignited hope that it was afterall possible only if she would change a location and move to where she could stand a chance to realise who she was; As she discovered that no American aviation training schools were willing to train women or nonwhites students. Undeterred by the limitations placed by her gender and race, she developed a plan to make it to France and learn to fly.

She took French lessons, got a better paying job, and enlisted the aid of african americans to bring  her plan to fruition. Claiming to be younger than her actual age of 28, applied for an American passport. June 15th 1921, she became the first person in the world, man or woman, to earn an international pilot license. 

So why France?? 

I can relate with these two ladies, Bessie and Josephine. France was not an obvious choice, for many reasons: ie. language, ...and as a result, I always feel chosen by France. It's destined.

South Africa today is a rainbow nation and a democratic country, but there are still major inequalities and gender disparities which still block women from fully blossoming. I had also reached the ceiling prescribed for me in my company. I was curious, wanted more, I wanted higher education in my field at a Ph.d level. I always felt something was missing. I was an artist who didn't even have time and means to grow their talents: suffocating in the demands of a career, motherhood, womanhood and religion. I wanted to realize my full potential, and I knew that it was not about to happen for me in my own country. I wanted change and I also want to be part of those who change the world. I always knew that I was born to serve human beings somewhat but didn't know how. 

I guess that's why France!