If nothing else, as the world merges into one - globalizes - and people rush to learn Chinese, English, French and German, we should note that everybody is bringing something to the globalization table. It's a 'bring your own beer' kind of party. African cannot afford to go to that party without anything. Because then it will be a confirmation to the cynics who insist that we have nothing to offer, while we actually do. Indians speak as much English as we do in Nigeria and English is their official language as well as Hindi, but they have their Sanskrit, which will also confound the English people and show the world that they have history. Ditto the Chinese and Arabs (who are learning and speaking as much English today). Indeed, the challenge for us here in Africa, is that we must be ready to be multi-lingual. As noted by one Mr Kwesi Boateng, Dr Wumi Akintide and that jolly crazy dude, Rudolf Okonkwo, on a Radio Show on SaharaReporters recently, the policy of mono-lingualism (which tends to emphasise the superiority of certain languages over others - in this case English over 'vernacular' - or one local language over another because of some certain tribal origin), is bankrupt. With over a thousand languages in Africa, all Africans should indeed be multi-lingual. Therein lies the secret to the much-talked-about unity! The opposite is the continuation of our confusion...