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Thanks Devine, for your feedback.I acknowledge the macabre intention of
Western powers to continue to subjugate and exploit us ad infinitum. We
are not going to give them the leeway forever. Our eyes can now see
further than the NKRUMAHS AND THE LUMUMBAS did. Let's us tell these
looters what the game plan should be. They need our oil, our coltran,
our cocoa, our cotton, our timber etc to feed their industries. Let's
tell them through negotiation, and if need be, by having recourse to
any other means necessary, that this game ought to be fair.
You asked what the way forward is:
* First we must all agree that the present game plan(econ, pol,
diplomatic,etc) does not serve the interests of Africa
*Secondly, we must jettison our trivial differences and talk frankly to
one anthter about the modalities for change in Africa.
*Last but not least, we must map out a strategy to extricate ourselves
from neo-colonial domination in all its forms.
Remember: Pessimism is a lethal mindset!
Have a great day Devine.
[PETER VAKUNTA]
----- Original Message -----
From: Devine Akabutu <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Monday, August 1, 2005 0:13 am
Subject: Re: A CELEBRATION OF AFRICAN DIVERSITY
> Peter,
>
> Kudos for waking us up again.
>
> Long, long ago Dr. Kwame Nkrumah of Ghana had a Vision for a
> United Africa but the forces of evil (the new term is the axis of
> evil, read George Bush's lips) would not countenace that. They
> slaughtered Patrice Lumumba, cut short Dr. Kwame Nkrumah's reign,
> pitched brother against brother, sister against sister. Now they
> walk the world like a Colossus and we petty men find for ourselves
> dishonourable graves.
>
> Let us concentrate on what unites us and not on what divides us.
> Great !
>
> What is the way forward? The Annual dining and wining by our so-
> called Leaders, sprinkled with some talking has become a bore. But
> will the new generation not simply follow the path our current
> leaders are threading?
>
>
> Have a great week.
>
>
> Devine
>
>
> PETER W VAKUNTA <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
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>
> The capacity to embrace diversity has always been part and parcel of
> the African mindset. Our cultures melt and spread into subcultures
> which in turn generate aggregates. In a bid to forge a common
> cultural identity and evade cultural axphyxiation, Africans have the
> onerous task of embracing their disparate subcultures. The submersion
> of our various civilizations into a collective Africanness by
> means of
> mutual acceptance is one of the extraordinary ways in which Africans
> can enter into symbiotic intercourse with kith and kin of different
> extractions. This will be a rewarding way of communioning with
> members of the global village. Our emotional experiences, our pains,
> and our uncertainties, the strange curiosity of what is generally
> perceived as our defects, should help us in our convivial strive for
> a common identity.
>
> One of the conditions for our collective survival as Africans will be
> our ability to maintain a conscious relationship with the world in
> which we live. We must ensure that such a consciousness celebrates
> and enriches rather than alienate us as a people. We constitute an
> integral part of the global community, and our Africanness should not
> be used by others to place us in a pariah state. Our collective
> diversity is part of an integrating process of world diversity. We
> must acknowledge that each culture is never a finished product but
> rather a rung in the continuum of cultural globalisation. Africans are
> interested in relating rather than dominating, in exchanging rather
> than exploiting.
> Without denying the superficial differences that exist among our
> peoples, we acknowledge that what unites us is vaster that what
> separates us. This is to say that the celebration of our diversality
> should constitute a stage in the process toward an African federation
> or the United States of Africa, the only way that will enable us to
> stand united. Together we stand; separated we will fall. Our unity
> will empower us to face up to the different hegemonic blocks that
> share this planet.
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