adminObi Egbuna Jnr Correspondent
Because land reclamation and indigenisation have emerged as the cornerstones of Zimbabwe’s third chimurenga, this clearly explains without question why US-EU imperialism consider President Mugabe and ZANU-PF, their biggest impediment to maintaining a monstrous grip on Mother Africa’s natural resources.
For this reason US-EU imperialism’s illegal and racist regime change agenda has taken on the character of a game of chess, which has resulted in the Obama and Cameron administrations attempting to coerce neo-colonialist governments in Africa who they view primarily as pawns, to help them isolate Zimbabwe, who ideologically speaking, has emerged as our queen the board’s most powerful piece.
If Mother Africa was an actual chessboard this distinction would give Zimbabwe the latitude to navigate vertically, horizontally and diagonally. This metaphor describes how President Mugabe and ZANU-PF have used the platforms of both SADC and the AU inside African borders, to convince the most exploited and downtrodden citizens in every African nation that our natural wealth is not for the consumption of the world’s most wicked plunderers and rapists.
This epic battle is taking place at a moment in history when it appears for every homosexual who comes out of the closet the vacancy gets filled by a socialist, that feels corruption and consumerism among African people at home and abroad is prevalent. Any attempt to remind us individually or collectively that Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah taught ”Socialism and African Unity are organically complementary” will fall on deaf ears and we must choose our battles wisely.
Our lack of commitment to ensure Africans are constantly politically-educated if we are not careful, could very well lead to an entire generation embracing a pro-imperialist entrepreneurship models, that fundamentally reject both Zimbabwe’s land reclamation programme and indigenisation Act, because they objectively have a scientific socialist leaning that promotes sharing our resources and emphatically reject greed.
When African businesswomen and men rub shoulders with Fortune 500 companies that consider our sacred land what Jesus Christ called a den of inequity, we can only imagine the character these exchanges take if the term wealth is infused into these discussions, unfortunately many African parasites take pleasure in participating in dialogue that mortgages our future.
Speaking of Jesus Christ, those Zimbabweans who are still avid churchgoers and embrace Judeo-Christianity would have to admit it has been an eternity, since the pastor has told the story of how their saviour fed an entire village with a loaf of bread, these humane and egalitarian parables have been phased out by men of god like Pastor Chris Oyakhilome, Bishop David Oyedipo, and TB Joshua who are all multi-millionaires that oversee billion dollar enterprises. It is ironic that during Zimbabwe’s 2013 Presidential elections, the former Prime Minister Mr Morgan Tsvangirai went to visit TB Joshua seeking his endorsement and spiritual blessing.
This overture by Mr Tsvangirai was without question creatively opportunist, however Pastor Joshua was far too wise and crafty to risk his religious empire by standing too close to any politician who did not stand a legitimate chance of emerging victorious. Perhaps when Pastor Joshua prayed to God concerning Mr Tsvangirai the response was, “Pamberi Ne Chimurenga”.
We are reminded by the great son of Africa Frantz Fanon who when dealing with this question boldly stated; “Wealth is not the fruit of labour but the result of organised protected robbery”. The current generation of entrepreneurs in Zimbabwe in particular and Africa in general, must not under the guise of defending their national sovereignty, camouflage ruling class interests aimed at monopolising our riches for their own personal gain.
Another key source of support for President Mugabe and ZANU-PF stems from hope that an agricultural revolution leads to a golden opportunity to wash away the sins of Ancient African feudal lords, who decided to ruthlessly monopolise Mother Africa’s wealth for themselves and their families. This was our major challenge long before the 1st Arab or European touched down on our beloved continent with the intention of kidnapping and enslaving our ancestors.
Our extended family in the diaspora remembers that in 1975 when Angola and Mozambique won their political independence and Zimbabwe was still deeply entrenched with Second Chimurenga business, the Anheuser Busch Corporation began commissioning a series of paintings by 23 so-called African American artists entitled Great Kings and Queens of Africa. The research was spearheaded by the internationally acclaimed scholar and historian Dr John Henrik Clarke. These paintings were featured extensively in Ebony Magazine.
What was even worse than establishing an unholy alliance with a beer conglomerate that was blatantly using our history and culture as a springboard to continue pedal poison and genocide in our community, the way their ancestors gave indigenous Americans liquor, we were feeling the aftershocks of promoting historical figures who amassed a fortune at the expense of Africans languishing in poverty.
Some of President Mugabe and ZANU-PF detractors in these bourgeois circles are teaching so-called African American children that the Huffington Post published an article on Mansa Musa ruler of the Malian Empire as the richest man in world history. According to the existing data used by the Huffington Post Mansa Musa’s fortune would be equivalent to around $400 billion.
When President Mugabe and ZANU-PF first launched the land reclamation programme US-EU imperialism’s first damage control campaign was that government cronies and the military hierarchy received land.
As time went on it was exposed that 350 000 families where the average families consists of six people were the actual recipients of this gallant efforts.
This means President Mugabe and ZANU-PF embraced the lesson of the Osagyefo, who taught us that Socialism finds its ancestral roots in Communalism and Capitalism finds its ancestral roots in Feudalism, therefore, instead of duplicating the self-indulgent efforts of Mansa Musa, President Mugabe and ZANU-PF returned the land to its rightful owners, the masses of Zimbabwean people.
Our so-called African American sisters and brothers remember Dr King during his condemnations of US imperialism’s war in Vietnam. He called for a radical redistribution of wealth. Today our artistes and athletes are used as mouthpieces by corporate warmongers whose fortunes are a by-product of chattel slavery and settler colonialism.
Those sentiments certainly resonate with Zimbabweans who fondly recall the lucid definition of socialism of the iconic guerilla fighter Josiah Magama Tongogara. Simply stated if one has two pairs of pants and one’s comrade has none, one gives them the other pair. This is more befitting for a people in tune with their African fighting spirit instead of a monarch from the antiquity period who gave away gold if he was in a benevolent mood.
What President Mugabe and ZANU-PF learned many years ago is their quest for national liberation and a unified socialist Africa made them not only a beacon of hope and light at home and abroad, but also the envy of those in our midst who have opted for capitalism and neo-colonialism, because due to mental enslavement true liberation and sharing, every grain of Mother Africa’s wealth is unfortunately beyond their comprehension.
This includes Zimbabweans whose greed and corruption is even a bigger threat to the Third Chimurenga than the US-EU regime change agenda.
Obi Egbuna Jnr is the US Correspondent to The Herald and the external relations officer of ZICUFA(Zimbabwe-Cuba Friendship Association). His email is [email protected]
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