MUGABE
IS MY MAN
BY
NNAMDI OBODOECHI
GLOBAL
STAR NEWS PAPER- 2005.
For
long African leaders ruled with no wisdom and understanding and thus ended up
making mistakes that have brought their citizens many agonies. Today, I am glad
that some of them are taking good initiatives in order to correct the past
mistakes, although, sadly, others continue to turn deaf ears to the needs of
the citizens, dancing to the tune of white people in their various countries. I
respect people like Zimbabwean President Robert Mugabe, who has put the white
men in their proper position. I support him wholeheartedly because, as Walter
Rodney rightly said in his book How Europe underdeveloped Africa: “The
development of Europe is under development of Africa.’’
Some
whites leader in the various parts of the world today have developed hatred for
Mugabe, the gentle President of Zimbabwe, just because he recovered illegally
acquired lands from white farmers in his country. For many years, these white (mainly
British) farmers occupied much of Zimbabwe’s farmlands, but Mugabe has moved to
correct the mistake by recovering and redistributing the land.
How
can Europeans be making use of African’s rich mineral resources and fertile,
repatriating the proceeds home to develop their countries, while Africa remains
underdeveloped? This reminds me of what the notorious Adolphus Hitler of Nazi
Germany said during World War II: That he would conquer the whole world and use
Africa as farmland. Today, who can give the accurate information about Hitler’s
end?
One
thing we lack in Africa is unity, love, honesty. Even when we try to unite the
whites will use international politics to disorganize and destabilize us. No wonder
one proverb says “The position of the eagle is not pleasing to the raven’s
heart.’’ The Europeans and some others are not happy when they see Africa
progressing in any magnitude. This is the main reason why the British farmers
have been exploiting Zimbabwe. Now they are paying for their sins as President
Mugabe, the man of good conduct, repute, integrity, justice and the guru of
Africa has taken the wise decision to checkmate them.
Anybody
within and outside Africa who considers
Mugabe an enemy must be the enemy of God. God is on his side, no weapon
fashioned against him shall prosper. (Isaiah 54:17). My advice to Mugabe is: Be
courageous, continue the fight for African unity because the word of the King
is always potent. Be strong so that other African leaders who are obedient to
the core will learn from you and promote good leadership in Africa.
There
is no need to worry about America and Great Britain, who speak with one voice,
shedding crocodile tears for African countries, while being preoccupied with
their own selfish interests. What they are after is the mineral resources of
Africa to enrich their economy and ensure the rapid growth of their countries,
not the interests of Africa.
The
war against Iraq which UN secretary Mr. Kofi Annan proved to be unjustified is
a good example. America took the laws into their hands and went to war with an
eye on the oil in Iraq. No wonder, one English adage says “Dog does not go
where there is no bone.’’ In Igbo: “Nkita (America) adighi eje ebe okpukpu
na-adighi.’’
In
CNN open Forum we saw how some people in the American Congress were overly
interested in Kofi Annan’s resignation over oil- for food programme. Can that
solve the problems of Africa and the world? The Americans have conveniently chosen
to forget Kofi Annan’s good job since he began sitting on that hot seat of UN
as the chief secretary. Any problem arises from the oil-for food programme was
not the issue. The issue was that Kofi Annan was not in support of President W.
Bush of America on Iraq’s war.
If
Annan happened to be a white person such accusation would not come up. Recently,
they started the debate about the cancellation of African debts, but later said
that Africa should pay the sum of $15,000.000 to service its debts. Have you realised
from this that they have no pity for Africa? They are sowing confusion through
what they call “Africa aid.” When will our suffering for lack of wisdom and
understanding come to an end? The person who killed and maimed you is now the
person that comes to your aid!
I
wish African leaders would tour Europe, America, Asia and other countries
around the globe and see how African citizens are moving like sheep without
shepherd, while the whites living in Africa are given the highest security and,
indeed, the kind of privileges that have no comparison at all. To qualify to
obtain residential permit, you will pass through much hardship and at last they
may not like to issue it to you.
Unfortunately,
President Oluegun Obasanjo of Nigeria has welcomed the Zimbabwean white farmers
and approved for them large parcels of land in Kwara State. He has also urged
other state governors to follow the example of Kwara Governor Bukola Saraki and
make land available to the white farmers. This is clearly a big mistake; in the
future, Obasanjo will definitely come to see what made Mugabe to recover Zimbabwean
land from them. I only hope that by then the damage would not be too great for
Nigeria and Nigerians.
NNAMDI
OBODOECHI, a.k.a The Biafran Writer is
GLOBAL STAR’S Foreign Contributing editor in Greece.
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2005 Global Star. All Rights
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