Its a good article about ongoing genocide in Sudan. By, Molefi Kete Asante 1/16/2015 Thousands have been killed and are being killed simply because they do not want to be Arabs. The Nubians, Nuba, Blue Nile people, Darfur people, Beja, Dinka and Nuer, as well as scores of other African groups, are being marginalized in their own lands. The death toll is more than 3 million people over the decades of the war in that country. Sudan is not experiencing a religious war. It is experiencing a war of aggression based on race and culture. If the Arabs are able to unseat the legitimate owners of the land from their places in the country, they will be able to exercise complete authority as a colonial force to remove Africans from their homeland. We must say no to Arab colonization of Africa. Because of its weakness, the African Union has not been able to do anything concretely to prevent the Arab conquest of African lands. Arabs are not indigenous to Africa; they are like the Europeans who were in Africa in charge of South Africa. The Arab idea of controlling Africans is like the white minority regime’s idea was in South Africa. They believe that they are superior to Black people and that they have a right to rule over them. Certainly, people should be free to live in any society, but no humans should ever condone the crushing and killing of the original owners of the land as in Sudan. This is genocide. There is no other word for it, yet the United Nations and the African Union have acted as if they cannot do anything to relieve the situation in Sudan. What I say is, “Black lives matter everywhere, even in Africa!” We cannot and should not be silent about the Arab attacks on Black Africans in Sudan. This war is the war that has led to many of the other battles throughout the continent. We know that it is not religious because the Arabs have attacked African Muslims and the Boko Haram attack African Muslims. It is about the imposition of Arab culture, influence and philosophy over Africa. It is time for a righteous uprising against all forms of human oppression. Omar al-Bashir’s regime in Sudan has been one of the worst on the continent for continuing to persecute and humiliate those who simply want a free and democratic Sudan. Let the 85 percent of the people of Sudan vote and the regime would be ousted immediately. Let’s save Nubia, the Blue Nile, the Nuba Mountains and all the people of Sudan. Let the United States step up to the plate and counter the actions of the al-Bashir regime. Molefi Kete Asante is the most published contemporary African-American author. His book “The History of Africa” is a standard in the field.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 05:45:40 +0000
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