Re: USA Africa Dialogue Series - Re: [africanworldforum] Re: Dear Cameroonians and Africans, our governments ...

i assume, since it is southwest, that it is about the dreadful deforestation, the horrible ripping off of large trees, the destruction of pygmy habitat,  not to mention culture; and the blatant passage of money into corrupt hands.
how long has that highway down to douala been charged with endless series of trucks at night, emptying the forests.
who was it? soyinka in the road, talking about the truck drivers with the large trees, iroko trees? and walcott in omeros, too.
the poet, the playwright, reminding us of the full extent of the desecration. we took them as being figurative in those days; but the figure is the reality, the stripping away that global neoliberal capitalism and indigenous corruption work to leave bare our lives. i worry for my children and grandchildren about the world they will find
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On 10/5/13 7:56 PM, MsJoe21St@aol.com wrote:

 

LOL.

 

Before you started, some have been there, done that.....but realized the any end justifies  the means approach is just as unethical as Biya's means. Some are also second generation in civic activism,;noing figurative t excited.

 

Best,

MsJoe

 

 

In a message dated 10/5/2013 4:36:43 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, jtagne@yahoo.com writes:

Wow

This is interesting: "People, we just cannot allow Paul Biya and African autocrats rob and ruin that which is naturally not theirs to determine. Are we back to 1884 or a new scramble for Africa?"

I like this!!! Thanks Fr. Rocco for getting the realities of Cameroon out stimulating some to react forcefully... We are grateful for the help father.

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Sent: Friday, October 4, 2013 11:22 AM
Subject: [campros] Dear Cameroonians and Africans, our governments are selling the place

 

Hello:

 

As we are witnessing all over Africa, the government of  Paul Biya is selling/ auctioning a part of Cameroon in Southwest Region - around Ndian - to foreign interests. The area is about four times as big as Washington, DC. What happens to the poor and deprived 56 villages and inhabitants?

 

I got this information from the Africa Faith and Justice Network., a reputable US-based organization. I called to get the contact of its former Director, Father Rocco Puopolo. You need to hear a White who speaks pidgin English with fluency.

 

Visit:http: www.afjn.org

 

People, we just cannot allow Paul Biya and African autocrats rob and ruin that which is naturally not theirs to determine. Are we back to 1884 or a new scramble for Africa?

 

MsJoe

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