Political Commentary on the African situation, by Bogdan War By Bob Marley (Speech by H.I.M. Haile Sellassie I, CA 28th Feb. 1968) "What life has taught me I would like to share with those who want to learn . . . Until the philosophy which holds One race superior and another inferior Is finally and permanently discredited And abandoned That until there are no longer First class and second class citizen Of any nation Until the colour of a man skin Is of no more significance than The colour of his eyes That until therebasic human rights Are equally guaranteed to all, Without regard to race That until that day, The dream of lasting peace, world Citizenship and the rule of international morality Will remain in but a fleeting illusion To be persued but never attained And until the ignoble and unhappy Regime that now hold our brothers In Angola, in Mozambique, South Africa In sub-human bondage, have been Toppled utterly destroyed Until that day the African continent Will not know peace We Africans will fight, if necessary As we know we shall win As we are confident in the victory of Good over evil, of good over evil" While the Great Industrials (countries) as well as the Transnational Corporations will help fight poverty (to a limited extent) in other places, they have completely ignored the African plea. They say that there is no immediate interest in helping the Africans. Financially they may be right, but morally they have an obligation as well as a duty to do so. It seems to me that the investors have forgotten how to invest. Some may see the aid of Africa as a financial drain on his/her resources, yet they fail to realize that in truth the uplifting of Africa to humanity would lead to a gigantic new market for products as well as access to a continent rich in resources (mines of diamonds for example). Congo (ex-Zaire) as well as other African countries have huge mines of diamonds that have yet to be exploited, yet due to the absence of currency the respective governments don’t have the money to pay miners. As to the market, Africa has millions of potential customers who are being allowed to kill each other off for nonsensical reasons. The moral aspects of world intervention in African genocidal impulses are obvious. In the 1999 State of the Union Address, President Bill Clinton mentioned something about aid and increased cooperation with Africa, however his vagueness underlined the lack of a clearly defined plan and any trace of a genuine initiative as well as foresight in American policy. Also an American led aid program may win the US valuable allies in the region in time to prevent or to be able to efficiently oppose the Chinese bid for World’s Only Super-Power in the 21st century. Also the world cannot efficiently globalize while the existence of racism and the presence of Second and Third world nations (2nd world being communism and 3rd world being ‘developing countries’). The US must also either change its policies against genocide and the violation of human rights or obey them instead of being hypocritical imperialists.
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