Greetings Lado
Could you provide some links which may clarify your views on Mr. Mandela? i am familiar with some of what you shared on Mr. Ghandi but there was little in your post to substantiate the views expressed about Mr. Mandela. I have heard others express reservations about the ANC in general and would be glad if you could help enlighten me on those as well.
I was disappointed in what appeared in the Western to be his(Mr. Mandela's) chastizement of President Mugabe on the occasion of his(mandela's) birthday [in Hyde park in the U.K]with little or no reference to the wider issues involved. but about his earlier history particularly that which may inspire your sentiments I am totally oblivous.
I look forward to your sharing
blessings
To the eyes of the Black Africans in the every corner part of African Continent , Mandella was a revolutionary. But Mandella consciousely
' sold out ' this revolutionary based mind . He sold out, albeit under duress ?
The economic shituation in S.A. for the majority African populous is largely the same as what it was before the end of Apartheid. That is to say , the White minority is still in economic control. They still control the resources and industry . Mandella consciously let drop the ball on the re - distribution of wealth, and he, as well as and other members of the ANC were paid off to do so ( literally with millions ) to abandon the black Africans to their fates . What fate then ?
The ANC is much like the NAACP is now, They had their revolutionary, ' moment ', but they are largely now part of the Bourgeoise, and are no longer a revolutionary organization . The PAC( Pan African Congress of Azania ) organization, which was formed in response to the ANC's betrail during the struggle against apartheid (1959) are the true uncompromising heroes. They were the ones, headed by Mangaliso Robert Sobukwe , who orgnanized the Protest against the Pass Laws, that provoked the Sharpville Massacre, the actual turning point in the anti-apartheid struggle.
Her is a bit of the history to explain where coming from. Mandella was jailed for 27 years ; 18 on Robben Island . He was moved to another 'cushier' prison ( unlike other prisoners ) once he agreed to
' comprimise ' and ' compile ' the new constitution for the country with the ' assistance and approval ' of the Declerk government.
Just Immagine ; Who writes a constitution while in prison !!!!! This is how the "coalition government of national unity" came to be and therefore No guess as to why Mandella ' accepted ' that shared nobel peace prize and it is hard to come to know what type of threat, torture, or duress Mandella was under, or if he was just plain out worn down, tired, and therefore easily bribed...but the fact remains he 'caved'.
You see, many of the former ANC members traded in the interests of their people for a voice ( backed by their former enemy's money ) in parlarment. They traded in the true liberation of the Azanian people's land (economically & politically ) for a comfortable position ( economically and socially ).
In 1963, the S.A. aprtheid government passed a clause which enabled it to detain people after the completion of their sentences. Sobukwe was the only person to be affected by this infamous clause, which became known as the ' Sobukwe clause '. It was renewed annually in parliament. After his release from Robben Island in 1969, Sobukwe was kept under house arrest in Kimberley until his death in 1978. In August 1977, Zephania Mothopeng, the most senior PAC leader after Sobukwe, was detained, and in December of that year, he and 17 others were put on trial for terrorism .
Note Bene : Usually, when the West holds someone up as a Hero ( N . Mandela is now one ) and promotes them as such, there is a reason (
it serves their interests ). There is usually a more militant hero ( and movement ) in history that they are trying to distract the people from identifying with. The West wants Mandela to be the focus because he allowed them to maintain economic control of Africans resources. He didn't threaten their bottom line... Money & Power. Something which is different with Mugabe . ( cf : President Idi Amin of Uganda who got a short at by the British to overthrew him as President of the protected Uganda by the British for their political and economic interest in the country Uganda . )
Mandella is no Marcus Garvey , King Atabua of Lado (or Francis Kwame Nkrumah or Johnstone Kamau Jomo Kenyata ), he is more like an NAACP era W.E.B. Du Bois...but even Du Bois wasn't officially and openly ' paid off .'
For further information on this I would suggest your futher reading : More info on Dr. Pheko & PAC
The Land is Ours!-The Political Legacy Of Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe by Dr. Motsoko Pheko
Click to this link for the insights :
http://www.panafricanperspective.com/pac/index.htmlBy Lado
Lado - Institute of Sudanic Studies .
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