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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