XENOPHOBIC AFRICANS FROM THE SOUTH

While the atrocities are growing in their numbers, the blame game is being exchanged from different quarters; other African leaders have refused to develop their countries, the foreigners have taken up the jobs of the locals, the foreigners are the ones committing crimes, the South African government is doing its best to curtail the violence, yet, the violence still escalates and the very persons who instigated this attack have not been prevailed upon to call the people to order.

To have a civil state in a state of reckless abandon leaves a lot to be desired. While everyone look up to the government to take a decisive action, to halt the chaos and disorder that has engulf South Africa the killing just went on in a more gruesome manner that truly unravel the brutality of South Africans.

Not even little kids were spared, what crime did these ones commit?  With these heinous atrocities, is there any legitimacy in their agitations? One will only struggle between insanity and madness in an attempt to justify this callousness. What happened to peaceful protest? What happened to crying out to the government to make legitimate decisions? This is truly madness.

In the view of late Fela Kuti, he compares Racism to be a serious crimes and that it becomes more worrisome when a black man becomes a persecutor of a fellow black man.’’ Owing to our similar struggles, we are expected to be in one accord and share solidarity with one another.  Again, with what is happening in South Africa one will want to question the sanity of the motivators of these violent attacks. Most importantly because black South Africans are the very recent beneficiary of the world’s sympathy especially from their fellow Africans most recently one of their own who was known for bravery, fairness and justice was laid to eternal rest and his burial took the world to a standstill as almost every leader in the world was in attendance.

The virtues and the ideals that Nelson Mandela lives for, where all exalted to the affirmation of every one and even re-echoing the already known truth that never again will there be any semblance of apartheid.

Today, South Africans who are the very recent victims of hate and oppression, who knew what it means to be oppressed have now becomes xenophobic. At will they killed, loot and destroyed the properties of those who they were supposed to play host to.

It is particularly worrisome that in every section of the world there is a rising trend of terror, dehumanization and total neglect to the value of lives. The quest for dominance and relevance has made man to be enemy of men. Whose benefit it is really for this conquest quest?

To my fellow Africans who share the region of South Africa be reminded that the space is not for you alone as the very success you claim today was built by the collective efforts of others. And if what is good for the goose is also good for the gander, you must remember that your nationals are also in other countries.  I am sure you will not wish this befall your brothers and sisters resident in other countries. In my country there are South Africans even when we think they over step their bound with unwholesome exploitation through their businesses and neglect to our concern we never raised our hands. Take the part of caution and live responsible as fast as you can. The growing temper and seeming patience does have limits and to the leaders who sworn to protect and act for the interest of all your actions are under scrutiny. 

African leaders need to do away with selfish interest and stop being mediocre to their contemporary in other continents. Take bold steps to transform your nations and prevent this self exile by Africans in the bid to gain economic survival that exposes them to all sort of inhuman treatment all over the world.

We are all Africans STOP THE HATE.