Dear President Barak Obama
I am a son of Africa and behalf of all my fellow Africans I would like to state that we, Africans, are capable of self rule. Yes we can!
Right across the length and breadth of Africa, from Cairo to Cape Town and from Mogadishu to Dakar, it is one tragic story of one failed state after another. Africa has more than her fair share of tyrants and dictators and I know it is the duty of every citizen to fight for justice, liberty and freedom. My contention is that it has not been a fair fight not so much because the dictators fight dirty – some like Zimbabwe’s Robert Mugabe, are shockingly ruthless and brutal even for a dictator - but because those one would expect to be on the side of justice are instead betting abetting the dictators.
The West, led by your country Mr President, has been propping up some of Africa’s tyrants and dictators with disastrous consequences to the ordinary people and to the continent as a whole. America’s role in Zaire during Mobutu’s reign of terror is the root cause of the continued instability, sufferings and deaths in that country. Egypt is one of the cradles of civilizations but its all in the past. That nation will never rise again as long as it is ruled by little men of little vision; whose tenure is secured by American backing.
America’s foreign policy in Africa was based on the need to keep the Russians and Chinese out, its own economic interests, etc., etc. America threw aid money to ease Africa’s unnecessary human suffering and lose of live instead of addressing the root cause- bad governance. The native Africans aspiration for peace, freedom and liberty was at the very bottom of America’s foreign policy.
When Africa emerged from white colonial rule and oppression it faced a very sceptical and patronising world. The independent African states were expected to fail and so confirm the white supremacists’ racist claim that blacks are incapable of self government.
It is Africa’s fervent hope, Mr President that you will give Africa a fair chance in its search for freedom and liberty by putting good governance at the very top of your Africa policy.
Mr President, congratulation on election as President of the USA. It was a remarkable achievement and a source of great pride and inspiration to many, especially us in Africa. On behalf of all the Africans, especially those in the back waters who will never hear of you, I wish you, your family and administration well.
Yours truly,
Wilbert Mukori.
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