Governance

"By what standard of morality can the violence used by a slave to break his chains be considered the same as the violence of a slave master?" - Dr. Walter Rodney

Scenes of the infamous Slave Trade haunt Africans. Boats with rotting sides and water-logged engines hauling human cargo packed and sometimes locked three deep in the hollows. All that is missing are the chains and shackles.

INTRODUCTION

For the last year, Andrew Franklin, a former US marine and now security consultant in Kenya, has been advocating for the building of a separation barrier between Kenya and Somalia.

Muhammadu Buhari has emerged as the President-elect of Nigeria, following the decision of Nigerians in the 28 March presidential elections. President Jonathan is probably tidying up files for the transition process to commence.

23 April 2015,

Dear Chair and Commissioners of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights,

Nestled in the turbulent Horn of Africa, Ethiopia is Africa’s oldest independent modern nation-state and second most populous. Discourse on Ethiopia has traditionally revolved around poverty, conflict, disease and famine.

At Oliver Tambo International Airport, the lady at the immigration desk is speaking quietly to another South African, in their language. I smile indulgently as she ignores me. Let her have her moment, I think, looking at how smart she was in her dark blue jacket. Then,

Anti-Black racism, always just beneath the surface of polite racial discourse in the U.S., has exploded in reaction to the resistance of Black youth to another brutal murder by the agents of this racist, settler-colonialist state.

When South African security services prevented a Cape Town girl from boarding a plane allegedly to join ISIS, many South Africans were pleased but at the same time surprised at how swift the reaction of our security services were.