African War Crimes: Forgiveness if you're White, 'Justice' if you're Black

Kola Odetola — 2006-04-03T17:22:48Z

There is indeed ‘no place to hide' in the African continent for war criminals, except you are a white one resident in South Africa.

Nigeria's recent handover of the ex Liberian warlord and President, Charles Taylor, to the International war crimes court, after intense pressure from the United States has been greeted with the usual lazy banalities about there being ‘no place to hide' for people guilty of crimes against humanity. More especially in Africa, the main stop for liberals out to burnish their consciences and conservatives eager for a bit of hypocritical bullying.

There is indeed ‘no place to hide' in the African continent for war criminals, except you are a white one resident in South Africa. (...)

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Why Imperialism loves Africa

Kola Odetola — 2005-06-03T04:15:00Z

A study into present African passivity.

Imperialism loves Africa. It fights itself, unlike the Arabs who prefer fighting invaders. It speaks a million tongues, unlike the unhelpfully monolingual Arabs, presenting rich opportunities to resourceful foreigners. All of Africa's incorruptible heroes are dead - Cabral, Fanon, Sankara, Hani, - those of the Arabs - Hamas, Hizbullah, the Iraqi Muquama, still live - and don't we know it! Africa has a short memory, the Arabs a long one, we know because we wrote Africa's history, the Arabs, rebellious as ever, wrote their own. (...)

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