In simultaneous bombings bearing the hallmarks of international terrorists, two explosions ripped through crowds watching the World Cup final in two places in Uganda’s capital late Sunday, killing 64 people, police said. One American was killed and several were wounded.
The deadliest attack occurred at a rugby club as people watched the game between Spain and the Netherlands on a large-screen TV outdoors. The second blast took place at an Ethiopian restaurant, where at least three Americans were wounded.
One American was killed in the blasts, said Joann Lockard, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Embassy in Kampala.
Kampala’s police chief said he believed Somalia’s most feared militant group, al-Shabab, could be responsible for the attack. Al-Shabab is known to have links with al-Qaida, and it counts militant veterans from the Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan conflicts among its ranks….
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The sad Alshabaab attacks in Kampala can only underly the troubled and often hidden relations between Muslim and African worlds. The defamatory words about africans allegedly from islamic extremists aired in Aljezeera TV recently is just the tip of the iceberg. The highlighting of historical clashes that resulted in the annexations of nothern africa countries by arabs is the hallmark of the brutal attack by Islamic extremists in Uganda. If that is the case it is clear that the whole of africa is not safe from islamic extremists and as such africa needs to prepare for the inevitable, that the once covert war with Islamic insurgents is now overt, insulting and unfortunate. Suddenly islamic terrorism and genocide has moved from northern states, Darfu and the horn of africa to the rest of the continent and like before africa must step up its defences and advance to protect and reclaim its interests in the continent
Uganda, Nigeria,South Africa and a number
of other Sub-Saharan African countries have
a long history of indigenous Islamic communities
who at varying times have wound up in conflict
fora number of reasons. The Somalian attacks
were actually NATIONALISTIC and part of a strategy
to have Uganda withdraw from Western Colonialist Chistian
Support in providing U.N. Troops to reinforce European
control of Somalia.
We are aware of the invading history of Islam in north africa and few converted communities in the subsahara africa are the beginning of such colonisation. Islamic annexation of africa has always been three-pronged, firstly the misleading shared missions or disguised interests in the name of common brotherhood, secondly the forced marriages of african women through poligamy whilst prohibiting similar marriages of muslim women by unislamicised african men and thirdly the taking of african lands and heritages by sword if islamicisation failed. But Islamic colonisation of africa had at the initial phases been subtle and the attack of Alsabaab of african lands like Uganda, threat to Burundi and instigation of civil strife in Nigeria in order to sow divisions amongst africans to enable the islamic takeover is unacceptable. Africa has always been opposing Western and Arabic colonisations and their various shinanigans and the revival of africa and its culture will not be held at ransom by foreign intrests. Whilst the autonomy of africa lands and its spirituality has always been the basis of freedom fighting, africa cannot tolerate undemocratic tendencies and disregard of the rule of law and this is what Somalia and the rest of the world need in order to instil respect for the will of the people. Alsabaab extremits are opposed to one person one vote in Somalia in order to impose its unaccountable philosophy in the horn of africa and that despotism, like colonisation itself, cannot be accepted to the whole of democratic africa and any means necessary muts be imployed to promote free and fair elections anywhere in the continent. One would therefore support increase of african troops to bolster the african democratic traditions in all deserving countries including Somalia and Sudan, and that can only support the betterment of humanity, unity and peace. The genuine nationalists best thrive in democratic dispensation where the will and the welfare of the electorates are their suprem concerns, so must Somalians.
meekahaefele masooa ,
You have to go back and carefully
study the great work of Blyden:Christianity,Islam and the
Negro Race. Blyden who refers to himself as a:
True Son of the Ebo(Igbo)Race eloquently explains why
Islam is more of a natural unifying religion for Africans.
The Great Kingdoms of the Black Moors(Mali’Ghana &
Songhai) were all Muslims. Upon their entry into Africa,
the British declared that BaGanda had the highest order of
civilization in all of Africa. The independent BaGandan Kingdoms
of the Kabakas were all originally Muslim. The ” Democratic
Dispensation” that you speak of is really the European Dispensation
of Exploitation. Unfortunately some Africans are content to forever
remain under the leadership and guidance of Europeans.
Fortunately African-Muslims are boldly taking the lead in fighting
against European Exploitation in Africa. Idi Amin Dada will be forever
remembered because he dared to dream of true independence,
The Europeans could only respond with a propaganda campaign
of slander. Do you really think Idi Amin was a scary Black African
Cannibal who kept frozen body parts in his freezer for Midnight Snacks
(LOL)?? Idi Amin,Elijah Muhammad,the Mahdi of Sudan and perhaps
the Somalian rebels all understood the ingredients for true independence
and international respect. The standard for African equality,respect and
independence can be found in the Black Muslim Moorish Kingdoms
Ishaq your premise is not adressing my main submission. If you look everywhere in islamic worlds you will see strife and conflictsunending. Africa does not need new comer religions for its identity for our african religion has been alive since the creation of humanity itself. So both islam and christian fundamentalist present africa with instability and destruction and for Somalia our interests is in protecting the common people and promoting african values of one person one vote. Any leader who is not elected through a free and fair elections but nominated by selfish minority cannot be respected by genuine africans who aspire for rule by majority. In other words the presence of Ethopian and Ugandan soldiery in somalia is to protect values of democracy. Therefore one will like to see increase of african soldiers in hot spot of islamic extrimism in order to ensure the rule of law and accountability of rulers to their citizens.
Remember african democratic principle that says ‘ morena ke morena ka batho’ and further ‘lentseo la morena le ahelwa lesaka’ In short it means there is no ruler without the will of the people, conversly the welfare of the majority is the supreme law of any ruler. That means democracy, like faith itself, is the brain child of africa and not an aberation from the west as Ishaq seems to suggest. Many good things comes out of africa and only to be twisted with lies in final analysis and we are putting the record straight and we will allow noone to spread subterfuge about africa with impunity.
meekahaefele masooa,
Are the Ethiopian and Ugandan soldiers in Somalia
because of a consesus based on their respective tribal cultures and values
or are they their because of a European led United Nations which finds them a
convenient tool to reinforce European control and exploitation of Somalia?
Remember the concept that democracy is the ONLY legitimate type of governing
system is RECENT European propaganda. Although some African cultures did
have their own traditional forms of “Democracy” others clearly rejected this.
The powerful BaGandan(Uganda) Monarchy were always ruled by the KABAKA,
while Ethiopians(Amhara) were traditionally governed by the Solomonic Dynasties.
These governments had their checks and balances but they did NOT rule by Demmocracy. Africans followed varying forms of governments in respect to tribe,
region and or nation. This of course is a credit to the individuality and mosaic of
African history and thought. To generalize all of African history with the Greedy universal,
One World Democracy is limiting the image of independent and original African
thought. It is also a poor attempt to jusify those who are really content to remain
under European control in the name of “Democracy” . Islam is relatively more recent
than some of the ancient African tribal religions. However it just as ancient and
indigenous to the African as it is for the “Arab”. The first Muslim under the Prophet
Muhammad to sound the Adhan(Prayer Call) was an Ethiopian named Bilal. Therefore
Islam is a legitimate part of the indigenous identity just as the Solomonic Culture of
Ethiopia belongs to Africa as well. Yes, true Democracy has a role in Africa but it
must be implemented without European controls,objectives and exploitation!
Drive the U.N out of Africa and the British out of Zimbabwe and Nigeria.
Ishaq you always do not adress my submision point by point. I stated that African democracy was a way of life. Therefore genuine african states, pre-islam and pre-christian colonisations, have always practiced democracy in a systemetic and organised way. Just like african orthodox religion the african democratic values were disrupted and distorted by arrival of islam in Kamit Israel, Nubia and other northren african states and later by christians in crusades to dominate the world resources. It was only those colonised african states that neo-religions (Islam and Christianity) made a dent and some states lost their democratic values and Both / Ubuntu. Due to advanced civilzation of africa (year 6000 BC and beyond ) from Kamit Israel to South Sahara Africa governments democratic values of ‘the king is king because of the people’ for example has always been established. I would like Ishaq to study histories of pre-Islamic, pre-African colonisations, pre-hinduism, pre-judaism, pre-budism, ‘pre-anysm’ and compare advances of various religions and their originality and you will see african civilisation, religion and state administrations predates and surpass the rest in regard age and duration and this was a defining feature to the realim of civilised world.
My point is that due to new warring religions (islam and christianity) failure to bring humanity together and each aspiring world domination at the expense of the other(s) particularly in north africa and middle east, genuine africans must stop terror islamic groups like Alshabab from killing spree seen in Somalia, Uganda and Sudan. In the name of restoring peace and african hegemony on her own lands we have no choice but to restore and defend our precious assets, the land and cultural values of africans, by any means necessary in a civilised humanity.
In addressing your first point of submission about
“African Democracy”. I have to disagree since there are
examples of long standing monarchies such as the
Kabaka of BaGanda and the Solomonic Dynasties
of Shoa and Aksum. The British referred to the
BaGanda as having the highest order of civilization
in all of Africa,while Hebrewisims of West Africa
accredits the BaGanda with having a long line of
Kings tracing back to King David. Both the Solomonic &
Royal BaGandan Dynasty are traced back to ancient
Israel. The Israelites were NEVER ruled by Democracy.
On the contrary they were ruled by Priests,Kings and
Prophets who dictated or revealed the will of God Almighty.
In this regard a significant and prominent part of Africa
can trace its governing origins to Dictatorship and Theocracy.
The Solomonic Dynasty and the inaugeration of Menelik
clearly predates the arrival of Islam and Christianity. This fact in itself
negates your generalized statement that pre-Islamic and pre-Christian
African States practiced “Democracy”. Although the presence
of Islam and Christianity in Africa has brought about a certain degree
of intolerance,division and confrontation it cannot be singled out as the
source of problems in Africa. Once again your habit of generalizing
negates your position which within its proper context holds a measure
of truth. This generalization sounds like old European Socialist
propaganda which states that religion has caused most of the wars
throughout history. However when one takes the time to truly reflect it
becomes evident that MOST wars were NOT fought over RELIGION.
There have been wars based on tribalism,politics, economics,land
boundaries and resources etc. I can appreciate your desire and
commitment for African Unity but your tendency to generalize
leads to denial of reality and circumstances which leaves unavoidable
barriers for implementation of unification strategy. Anyone who has
the slightest knowledge about Africa understands the importance of
tribal identity and culture. Tribal identity and culture is very meaningful
to the African because it is so deep and rich in tradition.
Do you forsee the day when a Fulani man will be accepted to lead the
Igbo in deep rooted Igbo tribal ritual cerenmonies or do you believe that
Africans will abandon their tribal roots for the sake of unity? In the same
manner that tribalism is an integral part of Africa, Islam & Christianity
have become an integral part of the African identity. The Mandingo,Hausa
and Fulani are practically 100% Muslim. The majority of Ethiopians are
Muslims. There are massive Muslim populations in Somalia and Sudan.
North Africa is practically 100% Muslim. Do you really think that your rallying call
for ” Genuine Africans ” to stop terror Islamic groups will inspire ” Genuine
Africans” such as the Mandingo,Hausa&Fulani? I think you will find your
greatest supporters with those of European descent such as George Bush
in his ” War on Terror”. Your strategy for Peace and Unity will unfortunately
result in more War and Division.
Ishaq Whilst I agree with your postulation that some african regions have islamic and christian influence I disagree with you that this foreign influence came without strife, domination and destruction of african cultures, I further disagree that Islamic or christian values charecterise african identities and by way of example the fact that Iraq, Afganistan Falklands are under european colonisation it cannot be generally said Irag and afganistan have assumed an european identity, similarly Latinos in Falklands cannot be said to have taken british identity. Therefore your postulation that africa has assumed islamic and christian identies is false and patronising at best. If you care to study african religion and its spread you will be surprised that majority of africans, the genuine africans, still practice their native religion, african orthodox faith that is as old as mankind itself, thus I find no facts supporting your assumption that majority of africa is muslim. Ishag the fact that you wish for islamic empire worldwide does not make the world islamic thereby and africa is surely not islamic and the attempt by islamic extremists, like Alshabab, to threaten africa and subdue it to islamic rule is just a dream and will be opposed by genuine africans in Somalia, Sudan, Uganda and any country under islamic colonisation. As I said recently Africa abhors foreign colonisation, call it neo imperialism, be it from the west or from arabian penninsula and struggle for democratic dispensation all over africa is ongoing and thanks to untiring africans nation and their warriors in hotspots in north of africa.
The general assuption that african kingship is a dictatorship is wrong and this is a clear manifestation of misunderstanding of african values and conflating them with invading islamic despotism. I now repeat it that in african context ‘the king is king because of the will of the people’ as such there is no ancient african practice supporting the conclusion that african kingship and empires were despotic. In conclusion democracy is not a european product but an original african thought and practice, a cultural values that were destroyed and expunged by many years of islamic colonisation and in north africa. Our purpose is to restore african spirituality, principles of accountability, justice and democracy in the rest of africa by forestalling any terror group be it from Sudan or Somalia. If there are conflicts between africans and the arabised enclaves history shows that such conflicts were endemic since the establishment of islam less than 2000 years ago and the war between south and north sudan is just the manifestation of the frontier line between african and arabiced wars.
meekahaefele masooa,
You cannot compare recent
intrusions such as the British in the Falklands or the
Europeans in Iraq and Afghanistan with the advent
of Christianity and Islam in Africa. There are communities
of Muslims and Christians in Africa that have been practicing
these religions for well over a thousand years. The Mandingoes
who are the descendants of the Black Moors have a deep rooted
Islamic identity. In fact the Islam of the Mandingoes can be equated
with the Islam of the Afghans. The Afghans had pre-Islamic religions
and traditions some of which are still maintained by the small Kalashi
remnant in Pakistan that worship the tree spirits of Baloman. Just as
Islam has now become synonymous with the Afghan identity it has also
become synonymous with the Mandingo identity. Just ask the great Keita
families and the descendants of Mansa Musa.
The Coptic Church in Ethiopia has ancient traditions that have become
synonymous with the Solomonic identity. Just ask the descendants of
Menelik. I will give you 50 years to see if you can tear the Mandingoes
away from Islam or the Amharas away from the Ethiopian Coptic Church.
You have a utopian vision that is not consistent with reality. Identities
evolve through experience and infusions that create new realities.Those
who cannot evolve or adjust their strategies to accomodate the inevitable
will be left to dwell in memories or dillusions of the past. They will collide
with the reality they are unable to accept and will cause more damage
to their own objectives then good.
The Black Moorish Islamic identity of the Mandingo,Hausa,Fulani
and Tuareg, the Nubian Islamic identity of Sudan, and the Solomonic Coptic
Christian identity of the Amharas are an undeniable part of the ” African reality”.
Do we speak of the Afghans as Arabiced Afghans because they are practicing
Islam? No! The Islamic identity has now transcended that and is part of the
independent Afghan identity. 2,000 years is a longtime for an identity to
permanently transition through experience and infusion. The African-American
identity is unique and has manifested according to experience. In less than
500 years they have developed an independent rich and vibrant culture
which includes the ” Black Churches”. It also includes an independent
Islamic identity founded in the Nation of Islam. The Nation of Islam was
started by a Turkic-Arab named Fard Muhammad. However it was
developed by Elijah Muhammad,Malcolm X and Louis Farrakhan and is
an integral part of the African-American identity.
Judaized Agau tribesmen of Ethiopia became known as the Falashas or
Ethiopian Jews. There religious identity separated them from not only other
Ethiopians but fellow Agau tribesmen as well. They now live in Israel with
other members of the Jewish faith and at times they die in the Zionist army.
Whether we approve or not with the Falasha religious identity it is a reality
that cannot be ignored. You will never do away with tribalism and religious
identification in Africa. Your mission of unification would best be served by
helping Africans to accept their differences and embrace their similarities.
The minute you advocate action against religious or tribal identities you
lose your unbiased and impartial status. Without this status it will be
impossible for you to promote unity in Africa.
Ishaq I think we must agree to disagree on points that can be summerised as follows: 1. Whilst I am opposed to islamic terror attacks and insults directed at africans in north africa you seem to condone such abuses for probably further islamic annexation of african soil with impunity. 2. Whereas I am proposing advancing of african religion hegemony on african soil yours is a onesided propagation of islamic take-over of foreign soil, africa in particular, with unmitigated erosion of native history and values of the colonised; and africa is not prepared to be a victim further and opposes any such imperialist disguises. 3. I have managed to show you that democracy is an African cultural practice and not invention of the west as you think and whilst you oppose democracy for such a thinking you promote intolerance and domination of the rest by islam. Therefore your views sound subjective and not able to appreciate that africa is a victim of both arabic and western colonisation carried out mainly by brutal force of arms and religious propaganda of the world’s most new faiths, islam and christianity.
Mine is a promotion of african multi-culturism whilst you wish for monolithic islamic sharia states as hailed by Alshaabab extremists in Somalia. You cannot whilst masquarading as a reasonable proponent of peace condone the basic problem that started our debate so far, that is islamic extremists of alshabaab’s attack on Uganda and Somalia must be opposed by any means necessary including armed pursuit of such groups. Thus between yours and my points you will agree that yours are too paruchial as to condone terrorists mayhem for ulterior reasons known only by you. However brother Ishaq I thank the exposition of your feelings about terror attacks in africa and the reason for your condoning the same. I hope one day we will shake hands for now we disagree. Methinks today, tommorow or in hundred years we will meet in the crossroad and I hope it will be the crossroad of a united africa under the hegemony of african orthodox values and thought, rather than at the crucible of foreign relegious warfare on the african soil intended to continue elianating and enslaving an african child, his thought, his reources and his originality. Till then my friend!
As an Ethiopian we have peacefull Ethiopian muslims who identify themselves as Ethiopians first then tribe religion etc. One thing about Ethiopian muslims they never look up to arabs and arabs have been our enemies not because of racial reasons. But because of the devastating slave trade the arabs have practised all over the Africa, castrating male slaves was a thing that arabsused to do to africans. militant arbas in saudia arabia are keen to cause havoc in africa so that we can be their human soldiers we die while they sit there smoking shishar. It is not going to work in todays world even the largely brain washed sudanese are now waking up and realising they are black and not arabs and are embracing their african roots saying no to their masters in arabia no I will not kill my black neighbour. Somalia has no proper governemnt so it is infested with pleanty of rebells and is a terrorist hotspot I mean there is no control there so thats why this attack happened. Somalian people do not want to fight they have always maintained who they are and will stand up to these people who try and brainwash them to kill their black neighbours
Brother Tiye you are right. You confirm what many genuine africans and I have been alluding to, that the conflict in Somalia is internationalised. In other words Alshabaab terrorists that spilt our blood in Somalia and Uganda uses foreign fighters to intimidate somalians into killing their own. Terrorists use mainly outside fighters in somalia to spread islam by hook or by a crook and they insult africans into submission. I am confident that many african leaders will openly support the mission of African Union to send more warriors to somalia to engage those foreign islamic extremists and rid the land of the scurges otherwise no one will be safe from Cape to Kamet. War in the bush cannot be avoided forever for sooner it will get you in your bedroom, and we saw enough with Ugandan terrorist murder and next time only God knows who will be the victim of bombing. African history is instructive that our resiliance is untiring and the sons of kush, kemet, ethiopia , baganda, nguni, hebrews, bantu, nubia, mapumbumboke and all must stand united as before to promote and defend democracy and our heritage.
Brother Tiye you are right. You confirm what many genuine africans and I have been alluding to, that the conflict in Somalia is internationalised. In other words Alshabaab terrorists that spilt our blood in Somalia and Uganda uses foreign fighters to intimidate somalians into killing their own. Terrorists use mainly outside fighters in somalia to spread islam by hook or by a crook and they insult africans into submission. I am confident that many african leaders will openly support the mission of African Union to send more warriors to somalia to engage those foreign islamic extremists and rid the land of the scurges otherwise no one will be safe from Cape to Kamet. War in the bush cannot be avoided forever for sooner it will get you in your bedroom, and we saw enough with Ugandan terrorist murder and next time only God knows who will be the victim of bombing. African history is instructive that our resiliance is untiring and the sons of kush, kemet, ethiopia , baganda, nguni, hebrews, bantu, nubia, mapumbumboke and all must stand united as before to promote and defend democracy and our heritage.
Well there is a sesotho saying ” matlo ho tjha a mabapi” meaning that what befalls your neighbour today wil befall you tomorow, so you better help yourself by helping a neighbour today. with unity of purpose revival of africa is in our sight.
Tiye,
Ethiopian Muslims and Christians have always
maintained a sense of pride and independence. Just
as Ethiopian Muslims have never taken up to Arabs,
Ethiopian Christians have likewise resisted European
Christian colonization. It is the European Christian &
Jewish propagandists that attempt to portray the Arabic
speaking Nubians as NOT being BLACK. This
was an attempt to gain support for the European Christian
backed South(Darfur) by falsely spreading propaganda
of a racial war between “White Arabs” and “Black Africans”.
Fortunately Louis Farrakhan and the Nation of Islam carried
out their very own independent fact finding mission which
debunked the propaganda of a “Race War”. Returning from
Sudan the Nation of Islam was able to confidently reveal
the fact that the President of Sudan Omar Bashir is actually
a BLACK MAN. I personally remember attending a European
Christian and Jewish backed Darfur propaganda lecture which
attempted to promote the Race War propaganda before a naive
American audience. A young Southern Sudanese Dinka Christian
refugee who was sponsored by a European Christian Charity
organization sat at a table surrounded by his European Christian
and Jewish advisors. He was carefully answering questions
during a question and answer session which immediately followed
his presentation. I took the forum and began to question the entire
propaganda of a Racial War and Genocide based on the fact that the
Northern Nubian Muslims were in fact Black themselves. He at first
attempted to continue defending the propaganda of the supposed
White Arab Northern Sudanese oppressors but when I began to correctly
identify the So-Called White Arabs as the Beja ,Dangoloway and
Mahas he relunctently acknowledged that the tribes were NOT” White
Arabs” but were Black Nubian and Cushitic Africans. In order to further
reinforce my point I asked the lecturer about Black African Southern
Sudanese tribes such as the Madi, KaKWA and Lugbarra who have a relatively
significant Muslim ratio amongst their perspective tribal populations.
(Idi Amin’s Father was a KaKwa and Mother was Lugbarra). He once again
reluctantly acknowledged that these ” Black African Muslims” were not
bothered by the invading Northern Nubian and Cushitic Muslims. On this
point I rested my case that the War in Darfur is not racial but religious in
nature. The truth of the matter is that European Christians and Jews are
interfering in Sudan and promoting division and war just as they did in
Rwanda. Incidentally after the European Christian promoted genocide
in Rwanda a number of Tutsis converted to Islam because of the fact
that they understood that the European Christian Churches were promoting
the killing and it was the Hutu Muslims who provided them with refuge.
The question is when the African Union sends more African warriors into
Somalia are they really being sent by African leaders or are they going to
fight and die for the European United Nations in reinforcing European
Christian and Jewish control and exploitation of Africa. Drive the Britsh
out of Zimbabwe and Nigeria. Free the Land and the Oil from the greedy
hands of European Christian Colonialists. Finally drive the European
United Nations out of Africa!
meekahaefele masooa,
1. I do not condone terror attacks.However
I do not believe that there exists a truly independent
African Union. I believe that African troops in Somalia
are really a guise for European exploitation and interference
and the African soldiers are merely acting in accordance
with European orders and objectives. With this understanding
I do not believe it is in the best interest of peace to send African
troops into Somalia.
2. In terms of religion I believe that Islam is an integral part of
the African religious experience and identity. It is just as indigenous
to the African as it is to the Arab. I do not believe that there is a
general African religion. There were thousands of tribal religions
in Africa and no African could ever claim to understand all of the vast
and intricate identities,rituals and theologies. Many of these African
religions were protected and preserved by Secret Socieities:
The Egbo Society,the Leopard Society etc.
I believe the imperialist disguises that you mention includes
the African Union and U.N.
3. Although I believe SOME African tribes and cultures practiced
varying forms of Democracy. I also believe that many others did
not. To falsely create a generalized historic kinship between Africa
and Democracy while ignoring other historical forms of African
culture and government is just a poor excuse and a guise to “comfortably”
keep Africans under the bondage of European colonization in the name
of Democracy. I believe that European Christian propagandists are
attempting to promote Islam phobia in Africa and instability in Islamic
dominated areas of Africa but I do not believe that the indigenous Islamic
tribes such as the Muslim Black Moorish Mandingoe and the Nubian Islamic
Sudanese by nature pose any danger to African stability.
I support Multi-Culturalism and a TRULY independent Africa.
The problem is that Africa has been reduced by European
dependency to the helpless status of an ” Infant ” and has
lost sight of the meaning of true independence. Fortunately
African Muslims have resisted European Christian colonization and
have therefore maintained a more potent sense of independence.
Blyden covers this in: Christianity,Islam and the Negro Race
I would like to see a time when independent African owned
airlines produce African pilots. I would like to see a time when
Africans are no longer afraid to support independent thinking
African visionaries who in turn are not afraid to oppose European
domination and exploitation of Africa. In this regard I can most
recently call to mind Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe who
refuses to continue to play the sharade of independence by
demanding that the inheritors of stolen African land return it
to the People of Zimbabwe in order that they may simply eat!
Unfortunately not enough African leaders stood up for Mugabe
during his courageous resistance against British propagandists
who labeled him a “Racist” because of his demand to truly end
European racisim and exploitation. When Idi Amin began to get
thoughts and visions for independent nation building he was
quickly labeled a ” MAD AFRICAN CANNIBAL” who kept spare
body parts in his refrigerator for occasional midnight snacks(LOL).
When independent African owned construction companies begin
to pave roads and build houses throughout Africa then we will
begin to see a glimmering hope for independence. When Nigerians
are truly trained to takeover and run every aspect of the British Oil companies
and the oil companies themselves are finally transferred over to a
Nigerian owned company then there may be hope for independence.
European led puppets like Kofi Anan will never lead Africa to independence.
Kofi Anan supposedly had enough vision to lead the world but what is he
now doing to promote African independence? Africa must now learn to
walk before it can run.
It is unfortunate that Ishaq choses to descern africa only as Christian Europe and Islamic playing ground. This is a misconstruction born out of foreign creed and imperialist nostalgia that fails to see true facts on the african world, that africa matches forward. You have just stated that you do not believe there is a unique African religion and that is where you lost reality and you cannot see anything except through islamic coloured glasses.I would like Ishaq to study pre-Islamic history and compare it with africa religion and impires; and one observes dark age throughout muslim worlds and africa has always born a light to arabian lack of religion back then. I see things through genuine African perspective that is why I would not condone islamic Aqims terrorising africans iether in the south or north of sahara.
Africa has an origianal faith that fathered wordly religions but in recent history all fasionable religions including islam learned and tried to distort the truth of an african thought. Whilst Africa is getting rid of all vistas of annexations, colonialism and imperialism islam must solve its enslavement in iraq, afganistan, pakistan, yemen and all arabian peninsula upheavals. Africa cannot allow islamic violence to be transferred from arabia to its soil as much as africa cannot allow any foreign cultural instrument to spread murder and fear on our lands.
Africa stands tall and proud as it discards the last vistages of colonialism and looks forward to building african unity from cape to cairo. As for imperialist mongers like Ishaq see the realilty of democracy and anti-colonialism across africa and if you have not felt the winds of african will and independence you are leaving in your own world devoid of splendour africa is experiencing. So the outlandish believe heild by some foreigners about africa and its values is not surprising and one hopes through time some will learn greatly about africa and discard steriotypical understanding of our land. And once the reality of african determination dawns to some sceptics the position to chase Algaeda groups out of Africa will be respected for there is no choice and that is the right thing to do to save values, limb and life.
meekahaefele masooa,
unlike the propaganda that you are spreading
about a homogenous African ancestral religion
I see and acknowledge the pluralistic mosaic of African
religions. Are you versed in the rituals of the
Egbo society? Do you know how to conduct
a traditional BaGandan spiritual ceremony
in the name of Katonde? Can you properly perform
the funeral rites of Okwukwu? If this ceremony is not
performed properly according to Igbo tribal religion
the deceased becomes unhapppy with living family
members,because he cannot become an ancestor.
The deceased who does not receive Okwukwu
cannot reincarnate. This ceremony which is deeply
important to the Igbo is irrelevant to many other
African tribal religions. It is you who wants to minimize
and annihilate African religions in the name of your
European socialist utopian empire. Why don’t you respect
and help preserve the African tribal religions that still exist?.
Why are you afraid to celebrate the diversity of African tribal
religions?
If you are really interested in African peace and unity go to
Rwanda and bring Hutu and Tutsi families together. True African
relations and religious sensitivities obviously are not important to
you. Your “Vision of Peace and Democracy” is really that of
dictatorship and military rule in which peace and unity are reinforced
by the barrel of a gun which annihilates diversity in the name of unity.
Your vision of peace requires the cultural and religious death of all
that is truly African.
We can only thank the indefatigable spirit of soldiers restoring democracy in Somali and wish all africans threatened with force and insults strength and victory in the face of foreign religions and war caused by them. As democracy spread spread throughout africa the spirit of the people rejoices.
……And the European slave masters who hide under
the United Nations and the banner of Democracy
rejoice even louder!