In writing Afrilition, I had to engage the colonial mind map that has been given to me since childhood. A well-structured framework was instilled in the basic understanding that we cannot modernise without Westernising. The essence of certification is to concur with this mental model and then be validated into it. So many have submitted to this model and the system of Afropessimism that it holds up; that their rationale for everything, including their ethnic traditions, has gone through colonial validation before they are even engaged in any conversation.
Afrilition: Designing the possibilities of Africa’s unfettered tomorrow, By Adéwálé Àjàdí
