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Dreams of Our Country: A call for the rise of a new generation to the challenge of national leadership
• Ever imagined what it would be like if your voice could redirect our country's course to greater heights? • Ever thought that one-time participation in the country's social, political or economic sphere may be the break required from our country's stagnation? 52 years onward running on the thinking and values laid by patriotic statesmen; from Kenneth Kaunda through to subsequent Heads of state to date, undeniably commendable, but what now? Who now? And how? Notwithstanding your youth, what if you could be a part of the greatness that Zambia is destined for? More than ever, our country is in dire need of meticulous thinkers, visionaries and selfless young men and women to join this battalion of great patriots in building and defining a country of our choice. Zambia can indeed be one of the greatest countries in Africa. Yes, it is attainable.
55 pages, Kindle Edition
Published April 14, 2018
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March 23, 2024
Dreams of Our Country
In this book, the writer attempts to rally young people to take up the founding fathers’ dreams for Zambia: embrace “issue-based politics” and foster the country’s development - basically a call to patriotism.
I feel he had so much to talk about, so many views to share, but he barely got to hit the points.
He did not make clear what the dreams of the country’s founding leaders are. For instance, in a chapter titled Visions of Our Fathers, one would expect to find specific visions each of our political fathers had (in this case former presidents), what they did about said visions, scores and shortfalls; later, one would expect the author’s view on how those visions can be carried forward and accomplished. There was a mention of Japan, Botswana and some countries somewhere but there was no discussion about the models he thinks make those countries beacons for whatever concepts he was trying to urge young people to replicate.
For me what killed a good concept here was a lack of depth and research into the topic. We read books to get new knowledge or gain new insights on known topics. This barely scratches the surface. It felt like reading a long post on that site where everyone has a lot to say on things they barely understand.
Chapter five, on the other hand, was a worthy summary. It matched my expectations of the book. The author had his moment to speak his heart out to his audience. The only sad thing is that the chapter didn’t have much supporting material in the main body.
In this book, the writer attempts to rally young people to take up the founding fathers’ dreams for Zambia: embrace “issue-based politics” and foster the country’s development - basically a call to patriotism.
I feel he had so much to talk about, so many views to share, but he barely got to hit the points.
He did not make clear what the dreams of the country’s founding leaders are. For instance, in a chapter titled Visions of Our Fathers, one would expect to find specific visions each of our political fathers had (in this case former presidents), what they did about said visions, scores and shortfalls; later, one would expect the author’s view on how those visions can be carried forward and accomplished. There was a mention of Japan, Botswana and some countries somewhere but there was no discussion about the models he thinks make those countries beacons for whatever concepts he was trying to urge young people to replicate.
For me what killed a good concept here was a lack of depth and research into the topic. We read books to get new knowledge or gain new insights on known topics. This barely scratches the surface. It felt like reading a long post on that site where everyone has a lot to say on things they barely understand.
Chapter five, on the other hand, was a worthy summary. It matched my expectations of the book. The author had his moment to speak his heart out to his audience. The only sad thing is that the chapter didn’t have much supporting material in the main body.
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