Mr. Njaay,
Thanks for the info on Mugabe's educational achievements. Illustrious they
are indeed. However, on this issue, we will have to agree or disagree. As
far as I am concerned, Mugabe is a despot who is using the land issue to
suppress his people and stay on in power as long as he is alive. Those who
claim that he is a victim of the West rather than look at his dismal record
of human rights abuses are, in my opinion, apologists for despotism. I
however respect their opinions as I respect yours. After all, civility and
tolerance of contrary opinions is what we all want in Africa. Thanks.
Baba
>From: Kabir Njaay <[log in to unmask]>
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>Subject: Re: University to Withdraw Mugabe's honorary degree
>Date: Sat, 9 Jun 2007 16:44:48 +0200
>
>Cheers Luntang,
>
>If 'they' did not withdraw their 'honarary' degrees and made so
>much noise about it many would never even have known that Mugabe had those
>degrees because you never heard him use the title anyway, unlike our
>own 'Dr. Alhagi President' you never hear 'Dr Mugabe,' it's always been
>President or Comrade Mugabe.
>
>But the pettiness will not end here as time will reveal. Just a few weeks
>ago they were at it again trying to force Africa to withdraw Zimbabwe's
>candidacy to head the UN environmental body; African representatives at the
>UN stood their ground, forcing a vote in which they were humiliated, again.
>
>Regards,
>
>Kabir.
>
>On 6/9/07, Luntang <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>Thank you Kabir for this wonderful news . Please don't bother yourself
>>about these so-called critics of Mugabe who always present the White men's
>>version of the Zimbabwe issue which is their own creation .I some time
>>wonder how long will these people continue to rely on the West in order
>>to
>>understand Africa's political , economic and Social crises we are facing
>>today .
>>
>>Luntang
>>
>>
>>----- Original Message -----
>>From: "Kabir Njaay" <[log in to unmask]>
>>To: <[log in to unmask]>
>>Sent: Saturday, June 09, 2007 12:59 PM
>>Subject: Re: University to Withdraw Mugabe's honorary degree
>>
>>
>>Baba,
>>
>>Mugabe did not need honorary degrees from the West. The West, as always
>>have
>>their ulterior motives. Zimbabweans have been discussing the 'threat' and
>>campaign to withdraw Mugabe's honorary degrees fro a while:
>>
>>http://raceandhistory.com/selfnews/viewnews.cgi?newsid1180350069,84933,.shtml
>>so
>>they saw this coming.
>>
>>Mugabe was already an accomplished academic when he joined the struggle to
>>rid Zimbabwe of brutal colonial rule.
>>
>>From the University of Fort Hare in South Africa, he received a bachelor
>>of
>>arts in English and history in 1951.
>>
>>Whiles teaching in Southern Rhodesia, he obtained a bachelor of education
>>by
>>correspondence in 1953.
>>
>>Two years later he moved to Chalimbana Training College in Northern
>>Rhodesia, where he taught for nearly four years while also studying for a
>>bachelor of science in economics by correspondence from the University of
>>London.
>>
>>In 1958 he completed that degree in Ghana, where he taught at St. Mary's
>>Teacher Training College.
>>
>>What irks the West is not governance, which they continue to lie is the
>>the
>>issue, but ratter, what irks them, is the land reform program. We have
>>seen
>>them shore up dictators like Mobutu, who not only murdered Congolese but
>>emptied their coffers. As far as he toed the western line, he was OK. They
>>may be able to fool some people some times but certainly not all the
>>people
>>all the time.
>>
>>Incidentally when I first read about the concerted campaign to withdraw
>>his
>>honorary degrees I broke out laughing and that childhood superstition came
>>back to mind: 'Meyeh nangu baahut, sa yai dafaa jurr dhomi muus'
>>
>>They can take back all their degrees as far as the land remains in Black
>>hands, the real issue.
>>
>>Regards,
>>
>>Kabir.
>>
>>
>>On 6/9/07, Baba Galleh Jallow <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>> >
>> > This is a good way of treating African despots like Mugabe.
>>Universities
>> > should think long and hard before jumping to award honorary
>> > degrees/doctorates etc to people whose only qualification is being at
>>the
>> > helm of their countries' affairs, a position they then proceed to abuse
>> > and
>> > insult in a most shameful manner. Because of such honorary degrees, we
>> > have
>> > ignoramuses strutting around in fanciful academic gowns on our
>>continent
>> > claimng to be doctors and philosophers while enaging in relentless
>>regimes
>> > of criminality and ruthless violence against their own citizens. Click
>>on
>> > the link below.
>> >
>> > http://allafrica.com/stories/200706080601.html
>> >
>> > Baba
>> >
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