Julius Eto,
There you go again.
Thus far, not a word from you about China or some of the multinationals that own the mines and more or less everything else, the economies of whole nations including puppet governments
When you begin with," Pan-Africanism is more about our collective military security as a united people…" I can see where you're coming from. Therefore AFRICOM ?
Think a little further into the future. Don't you want to include North Africa as part of your "United People"?
Check this out: The Military strength of African countries
I can see that you are being groomed for the job, for the time being as a little agent for the views that you are presently expressing, and who knows, in time to come, maybe, as the First President of Africa South of the Sahara?
If not, then please, kindly take note that there is no room for tribalism and racism in the Africa that optimists envision. Remember (to keep it in your mind and don't forget) that the Prophet Moses was born and bred in Egypt and that Egypt was and is still part of the African Continent, as are the other Counties of North Africa.
We despise the anti-Arab racism and xenophobia that's implicit in what you say here:
"North Africa (probably except Gamal Abdel-Nasser's Egypt) was unremarkable. NAfrica was seized from the original black owners who were largely exterminated and the rest enslaved by invaders and slave traders from the Arabian peninsula. So, it's not a surprise that the Arab racists who see themselves as whites only paid lip-service to the anti-apartheid struggle. How did the Afrikaner-run apartheid enclave get oil supplies? There were (and, it's believed, still are) secret black slave/trafficking markets in NAfrica (Mauritania, Libya etc)… Nasser, the high priest of Pan-Arabism, helped the anti-apartheid struggle to undermine the then Israeli-SAfrican romance and get the black continent's political support on the global stage for his Mideast (especially Palestinian) and world politics. Gaddafi, also a pan-Arabist, was an expansionist who eyed the continent for Arab domination, hoodwinking its leaders to believe that he was one of them. Like Nasser, he saw himself as the authentic leader/voice of the Arab world, leading the charge against Israel over Palestine and, of course, SAfrica over the apartheid regime's closeness to the Jewish state…However, Gaddafi supported the murderous Arab minority Khartoum authorities in their plunder, rape and genocide against the majority black Sudanese population."
Just as you advocate improving South Africa – West Africa business relations, so too better integration of the North-South partnerships should be most welcome, for the prosperity of the continent – the whole continent – and you should do your best to avoid playing into the enemy's hands by inadvertently or as you seems to be doing, by deliberately promoting their " divide and rule " policies as if you don't know any better, possibly thinking that there's nothing to learn from history. If anything, you should be promoting mutual understanding between all people, and not only in Nigeria but also in the rest of Africa where of course, North Africa is predominantly Muslim, just as Northern Nigeria is predominantly Muslim!
We can discuss South Africa as much as you want – but seriously. And what do you have to say about Alegria for example. My friends tell me that during the Liberation struggle the Algerian Jews opted to become French citizens instead of Algerians.
Dear OAA,
I agree with some of your submissions but reject your assertion that "South Africans need to be employed in equal rates in Ibadan, Oturkpo, Ife, Kano, Enugu, Abakaliki, and Onisha for the policy to be successful. Otherwise crying foul against South Africans is hypocritical."
First, most SAfricans do not leave their country to other parts of the continent to seek employment except those taken there by their companies like Multichoice. Many other Africans (Ghanaians, Togolese, Chadians, Liberians, Cameroonians, Nigeriens, Malians, Mauritanians etc) are employed in Nigeria, some even holding political and elective offices.
Second, a unified Africa will be a federation or confederation with autonomous entities but with a common currency, defence, foreign policy. Like in every true federation, you cannot violate the internal laws of a constituent entity if you aren't from there. Can a New Yorker flagrantly violate Californian laws just because he is an American?
My brother, Pan-Africanism is more about our collective military security as a united people and continental economic integration for rapid development from pooled resources.
On Monday, May 25, 2020, 10:59:39 PM GMT+1, OLAYINKA AGBETUYI <yagbetuyi@hotmail.com> wrote:
I have given my own initial reaction to post Apartheid realities in South Africa:
Pan- Africanism needs to run both ways: South Africans need to be employed in equal rates in Ibadan, Oturkpo, Ife, Kano, Enugu, Abakaliki, and Onisha for the policy to be successful Otherwise crying foul against South Africans is hypocritical.
'Help me liberate my country' is different from "help me liberate 'our' country". Yes, pan- Africanism is a political liberationist tool; yes it is just that-political. We have cited the case of Nigerien Almajerai in Osogbo to buttress our case. That
comparison still stands. Osogbo is not their original abode and if the case is allowed indefinitely control of Osogbo economy will flounder. There is a limit to what is allowable under ECOWAS protocol and pan- Africanism
We have seen how fellow Nigerians ( Fulani herdsmen) are being turned away from southwestern and southeastern cities on the basis of cultural differentiation.
Criticism of South Africans is tantamount to what Yoruba calls ' şore fúni ka lóşo tii' ( exacting perennially profits from a supposedly selfless good turn)
Let us be real.
OAA
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One of the useful organizational and inspirational tools in the battle against apartheid was pan-Africanism. I suggest that the editors of the planned text "Xenophobia, Nativism ....." should solicit a chapter on Pan-Africanism and the struggle against
apartheid. That chapter may focus on the southern African frontline states and their sacrifices, and their contributions in military and other means. West and Northern African roles in the pan- Africanist endeavor should also be reflected on.
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On May 24, 2020, at 6:37 PM, 'O O' via USA Africa Dialogue Series <usaafricadialogue@googlegroups.com> wrote:
My most hated word in Afrikaans. Indeed, an original "sin" against an original continent.
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On May 24, 2020, at 12:58 PM, Toyin Falola <toyinfalola@austin.utexas.edu> wrote:
In 1985, the South African government banned Stevie Wonder's song "It's Wrong (Apartheid)" because it explicitly condemned the
government: "the wretchedness of Satan's wrath / will come to seize you at last / because even he frowns upon the deeds you are doing / and you know deep in your heart / you've no covenant with God / because he would never countenance people abusing."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wbG3zIs4Q4E
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