Africans Behaving Badly
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Attacks on Africans by other people of Negro descent are a real cause for concern, particularly when it happens in this day and age.
I grew up in the era of the Cold War and at the time Africa was awash with dictators who were hell bent on terrorising their local populations. What comes to mind in the endless list of these men are Emperor Bukhasa of the Central African Republic, Mobutu se Seseko of the Democratic Republic of Congo and Idi Amin of Uganda. The list is endless. Mind you, the role of dictatorship in Africa has been exclusive to men.
It highlights the need to protect rights such as access to clean water, education, healthcare and freedom of expression.President Duma Boko, rightly honours past interventions from securing a dignified burial for Gaoberekwe Pitseng in the CKGR to promoting linguistic inclusion. Yet, they also expose a critical truth, that a nation cannot sustainably protect its people through ad hoc acts of compassion alone.It is time for both government and the...