It is another dark day for the African continent. Another fallen hero. The last hero that we will ever see for years to come. The demise of President Mugabe reminds me of the painful losses we have suffered in the past. The death of President Ghaddafi. The end of President Sankara. The death of Patrice Lumumba. The demise of Kwame Nkurumah. True Pan-Africanists. True fighters for and liberators of their people. True defenders of the African continent. Visionaries. Legends. They were brought down by Western greed and capitalism. Tears roll down my eyes.
We have seen leaders come and go. Nobody has been brave enough to solve the land question in Africa as Mugabe did. It is disheartening that the African remains colonized today in his own country. Look at South Africa. Look at Kenya. The descendants of colonialists are the significant owners of lands in these countries. Yet, praises of Mandela and Jomo Kenyatta are sung everywhere- leaders who lacked the steel needed to free the African man from western domination.
Observing BBC, I am almost inclined to smash my TV to pieces. The level of name-bashing and propaganda against Mugabe is unimaginable. What moral authority does a colonialist have to speak about an African liberator? Our African liberator. They raped our lands and left them in a dilapidated state; they allocated our resources to their descendants, whom they bullied us into allowing to live freely in our countries. Yet they frustrate our brothers who live in their countries, honest, hardworking, and hopeful people who move to their countries to soil their hands and toil their lands to give them greatness. Yet, no dime of appreciation.
The white race is the pure race; that is what they believe. They brand those who attempt to challenge this fallacy as despots, tyrants, autocrats, and much more. It is no surprise. That's the essence of capitalism-greed. It was expressed in the early days of Mugabes, Lumumbas, Machels, and Nyereres as colonialism and today as imperialism and neocolonialism. The savagery of white capitalism lies in its wild belief in survival of the fittest; the most inhumane notion or idea ever developed by man. That is why, for centuries, they have labelled Africans backward, weak, and unintelligent- just because we are humans. Just because our Mugabe, Ghaddafi, Kwame, Sankara, and Lumumba were human. They were leaders who stood with the African people after centuries of slavery and colonialism. We know them as heroes. We respect them. Our belief in our humanity and strength as African people cannot fade away, even if we are a few.
They talk about economics. About the performance of Zimbabwe's economy under Mugabe. Is it Mugabe that placed economic sanctions on his country? Was it not bullies that tied down the growth of a vibrant nation under an energetic and focused Pan-African leader? After shamefully and illegally amassing wealth by exploiting our generous and kindhearted forefathers, they use it today to bully us through sanctions. They use it to instigate divisions and civil strife throughout the African continent. Who profits from the wars in Congo? Who profits from the violence in the oil-rich Niger Delta? Who profits from the wars in the greater Sudan? Who benefits from the "xenophobic" attacks in South Africa?
No. You will not soil Mugabe's impeccable reputation. What moral standards do colonialists, imperialists, and economic terrorists have to discuss our Mugabe? Mugabe is impeccable. There is no man alive that does not sin. Whatever Mugabe's weaknesses were, he did much better and greater things for the African continent than any other leader today.
I focus on the liberation of Zimbabwe from the shackles of our white colonial masters. Zimbabwe is the only African nation that is closer to ever-elusive freedom. I pray Mnangagwa remembers that. I chose to focus on the provision of Zimbabwe's land to the many landless Zimbabweans. I prefer to focus on the fight against neocolonialism and imperialism still gripping the African continent today. I focus on principles and ideals that show the African people can stand against white colonial bullies even in the face of sanctions and poverty. I choose to be proud to have lived in the time of one of the very few African legends.
Rest in peace, comrade Mugabe.
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