Good news is soon going to turn into bad news, as Africa braces for more female Heads of State.

After decades of male dominance in political leadership, the continent is fast changing its position as women Heads of State increase in number.

Women Heads of State are mothers and wives at the same time; they have been subjected to mistreatment and other social ills for centuries.

Africa has witnessed the ascendancy to power of two women presidents so far in Liberia and Malawi.

These two ladies - Joyce Banda and Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf - have focused so much of their power in making sure that bread and butter are on the table; they have pulled all their energies in making sure that unity is the cornerstone.

The future of Africa and the prospects for future women leaders on the continent is based on the leadership style of these two ladies.

In taking a critical look at these women presidents, we are more than certain that Africa is fast reverting to recolonisation.

This, because since these women took over the reins of power, they have all headed to the West for assistance.

In other words, these ladies are on the verge of selling the sovereignty of Africa.

President Banda’s support for homosexuality in Malawi, and her risking isolation on the Pan-African table by openly betraying the African agenda by denying one of the members of the African Union entry to a summit on Malawian soil is cause for great concern to all Africans.

Where the dollar and the euro are concerned, some Africans are ready to risk losing their sovereignty in favour of donor money.

Is the donor money - in aid or grants or whatever you call it - worth betraying our own African agenda?

How many countries in the world have developed with donor money, if I may ask?

And how many countries have been devastated by this very donor money?

The answer is many.

Many countries, if not the entire continent, has fallen victim to poverty because of begging for money.

Yet our mother leaders are busy “rebuilding” their states on this.

Is this not a short-term solution? Are we sure that Africa will be developed with donor money?

Liberians are also victims because after the war, poverty and suffering remain.

Malawi has given up the chance of hosting an African Union Summit because of fear of the West.

Western countries are pursuing their quest of neo-colonisation of Africa using money.

Africans are soon going to choose slavery over freedom because of money.

Africa is choosing money from the West not because that is the best thing to do but because of lack of vision and laziness.

We are afraid to accept who we are and start building from scratch. We are weak in our thinking capacity because we think of today and forget about tomorrow.

The future of Africa is not in the hands of donors, it lies in our own hands, and we must learn to build our economy with the resources that God gave us.

China, Japan, Brazil and India have done it; they are powerful nations today because they believed in themselves. They did not beg for money.

With donor money, Africa is surrendering its own resources and beliefs, and so many freedoms.

No wonder homosexuality is fast being legalised without looking at the repercussions on our societies and belief systems.

The Africa Union must stand tall and tell the world that it is not going to betray African unity and Pan-Africanism because of money.

And to the International Criminal Court, it must be made clear that African countries will not be used to settle personal scores of Western leaders against Africans.

They must be told that we will not effect arrest warrants in our own countries and if they want to arrest someone they should do it in the country that he/she lives.

We, in the Forum for the Future of Africa, therefore, call upon the Malawi government to host the summit and tell the world and the ICC that no African nation will shun its role in the continental body because of external influence.

ICC policy is creating hatred ‑ and wars in the long-run ‑ between states.

The African Union must make it clear that it cannot co-operate with the ICC for as long as those Western leaders who authorised massacres in Iraq, Afghanistan and Palestine are not brought to account for their actions. No one will ever come from outside Africa to liberate us; it is we Africans ourselves who should fight this war and win it.

We should implore Presidents Banda and Johnson-Sirleaf to reconsider their views on the West and act in Africa’s best interests.

We must make it clear that only home-grown solutions will take Africa out of poverty.

The African Union, too, has been lukewarm when tackling problems affecting the continent and this should change.

We blame the AU for the death of Libya’s Muammar Gaddafi. The AU is not there when it is needed. Addis Ababa must wake up or disband.

• Saunders Jumah represents the Forum for the Future of Africa.