What really makes a nation a nation 2 - Tuesday, September 5 2017

We live in an era where nations are actually been created. The Soviet Union broke up, while Eritrea, Southern Sudan, , and so many that never used to exist all of a sudden are in existence. Some are thriving and some are failing and what makes the difference? These are some of the things we’re looking at. Common history, A history that unites and does not divide, common enemies, common values, and common vision is the foundation of a people deciding to move together and be one. You might say that African countries are not nations, because we were colonized and forced to come together , but so was Singapore. Colonized , Ethnic Malays, Ethnic Chinese, a mixture. Religion mixed, some are Muslims, some are Confucianists, they are not homogenous. Some are forced together but they make it work. And some are forced together and they keep harping back to a past that is precolonial. That predates when they were forced to be together and they would not move forward with common values, with a common vision.