EDITOR – I write this in response to The Patriot article from last week on ‘Africa: Aren’t you tired of being cheated in football?’
The writer elaborates on how there is neo-colonialism in football.
He says: “Africa continuously enjoys World Cup when we have a few teams participating,” which raises the fact that, as Africans, we keep on appreciating the West without recognising our own.
Editor, l think one of the major reasons is that, as Africans, we suffer from inferiority complex, not only in football but also in our own culture and skin.
An inferiority complex is a lack self-worth, a doubt and uncertainty about oneself and feelings of one not measuring up to standards.
Skin colour should not necessarily make blacks feel robbed or dispossessed.
Look around and you will see many blacks who have achieved a lot; the likes of Strive Masiiwa who owns one of the biggest communication companies, Econet.
It is all about how you carry yourself and how you think about yourself.
Blacks must learn to be comfortable in their own skins.
They must forge closer relations to come up with what can easily pass for a black African agenda.
In our society, we see the youths easily adopting and preferring Western ideas and culture, shunning our own.
There is need therefore for the flogging of the negative impact of Western ‘civilisation’ which has impoverished Africa.
Policymakers on the continent need to begin to see the need to reappraise their policies that contribute to the natural death of Africa.

Leila Chirisamhuru,
Kadoma