[From the book Advocates for Change] The assumption of independence by the new leaders in Africa heralded a new dawn with a change of guard from colonial governors/administrators to indigenous African leaders who inherited, lock, stock and barrel, the colonial institutions and laws. There is ample evidence to show that no sooner had the new elite stepped into the shoes of the departing colonial powers did they rigorously enforce the same oppressive laws that they had fought against. That this was the case is not surprising because most of the new rulers were educated by the same colonial powers and even imitated the culture and lifestyle of departing colonial administrators whom they held in awe and esteem. It makes sense why we still learn about colonizers and not our ppl; why Afrikaaners can be taught in their own language from Primary to Varsity while we treat our Afrikan languages as inferior; why we are scared to ask for our land back especially in cases where our people were forcefully removed; and why educated black people feel its right for their children to want to be white. Pila pila for how long are we going to put makgowa on a pedestal? This is why the EFF appeals to me. The EFF says to me that we cannot wait for imperialists to say Hey guys, we are done here, you can now have the land and economy. South Africa (Azania) belongs to all its people. It will not happen overnight, but the current government policies will ensure another 100 years of white domination. Why? Because the same imperialists have given our leaders stakes in mines and other entities enough to take care of their great-great-grandchildren, while the children the masses will grow to receive social grants. They thought by removing Thembisile Chris Hani the revolution would stop. Well, it did for 20 years for the sake of peace...but now we are getting gatvol. No matter how rich you or I become, but as long as we keep quiet about economic emancipation, money will not change the fact that your children will grow up in a country where they are still seen as secondary to makgowa. ••If only we still had Hani, Biko, Nkrumah, Sankara, Lumumba...& of course a young revolutionary Mandela••
Posted on: Thu, 10 Apr 2014 13:54:02 +0000
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