Colonialism anywhere and everywhere in Africa was exploitation of human and natural resources of Africans. If this proposition is true, which l believe to be true, therefore the experience is the same.
Beyond this fact Ken, colonialism is a moral evil. There is no reason to subtly justify colonialism. It does not command any moral warrant, in my opinion.
Ogungbemi.
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On Jan 10, 2022, at 11:11 AM, Ibukunolu A Babajide <ibk2005@gmail.com> wrote:
Ken,You agree with Ogungbemi in principle All colonialism is physical and mental conquest. Leave it at that. The degree of evil is not the issue at stake. All carnivores kill and eat their prey. Whether they swallow them, eat them raw, or boil, cook or roast the meat, the baseline is the killing. That is the bottom line. There are many ways to skin a cat.Cheers.IBK_________________________Ibukunolu Alao Babajide (IBK)(+2348061276622) / ibk2005@gmail.comAN ENGLISH NURSERY RHYME
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
But leaves the greater villain loose
Who steals the common from off the goose
The law demands that we atone
When we take things that we do not own
But leaves the lords and ladies fine
Who take things that are yours and mine
The poor and wretched don't escape
If they conspire the law to break
This must be so but they endure
Those who conspire to make the law
The law locks up the man or woman
Who steals the goose from off the common
And geese will still a common lack
Till they go and steal it back
- Anonymous (circa 1764)
--On Sat, 8 Jan 2022 at 07:36, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:--ogungbemi,well, i suppose en principe you are right. however, not all experiences of colonialism were the same. what was the same, i believe, is that colonialism was mislabeled. it was a conquest, that rationalized itself in the late 19th century as a missionary act of bringing civilization.the work of african authors, i know, was to expose the lie.but that is different from blatantly ordering the murder of opposition political figures. i don't think a good historian would say every experience of colonialism was the same. the brutality of the belgians in the congo was pretty bad; was it worse under the french in congo brazzaville? depends on when we are talking about. same in all case: the regimes changed, the practices of some were worse than others.
in any event, this was pretty ugly. the belgians changed tactics in 1959 in rwanda, turning in favor of hutus (the hutu revolution) against their former allies, tutsis. but after independence, or even on the threshold as they were turning over power, an assassination would have been particularly repugnant.ken
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michigan state university
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Subject: Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - pretty damning reportKen, is there any amongst them that is not "truly ugly colonialists"? Please read, "CIA Dirty Works in Africa".Ogungbemi.--
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On Jan 7, 2022, at 5:50 AM, Harrow, Kenneth <harrow@msu.edu> wrote:
if true, the belgians are revealed as truly ugly colonialists:ken
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