Granted, youth empowerment is an imperative. But the way I see some young people want to go about claiming it on social media, haral mahn ma start di save for my retirement wolahi. Ah, waw di! The 'na paayi step aside' kinda activism isn't only scary, but ruthless and mutinous.
Wye tamit ku forg neh we are going to converge somewhere in The Gambia for some 'Fongdingkeh Sembengtunyaa Bengo' (youth empowerment meeting), and perhaps have the president preside over the transference of everything (authority, control, power, and knowledge) from the elderly to the youth, you're in for a very rude awakening.
It doesn't work like that. The succession we seek is not one to be offered in a charter, nor handed on a platter, we must work towards it. And even when earned, the path will always require the wisdom of the elderly. Even Emmanuel Macron that created his and counteracted the odds has Brigitte Macron by his side, and he seeks elderly counsel.
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