Wednesday, February 13, 2019
SHOCKING HYPOCRISY: RACISM AT CLIFTON BEACH,SOUTH AFRICA.
When the collective consciousness was aroused by the sheer repugnance of the utter audacity of open and unbridled Racism at this open access Public Beach, the people opted to communicate their anger in the most emotive way possible. They slaughtered a Sheep on the beach as a symbol of a cleansing ritual to rid it of the evil blemish of racial segregation. What we have seen is a huge expression of sympathy for the Sheep from Animal Rights Groups and The Humane Society in South Africa. The hypocrites campaigned vehemently for the Sheep to be spared and they sought to have its Rights to Life protected. They sent letters and campaign pleas but to no avail. Its carcass was eventually eaten at a braai on the very Beach.
Why did they seem to be oblivious to the injustice of Racism when Black people were barred from their ancestral Land solely based on their skin hue? This segregation was clearly an infringement on their quality of Life and it is a total disregard of their Human Rights but they chose to support the Sheep and begged for its Life when they were extremely quiet in the light of racially motivated human lynchings of people of colour.
THE FALLACY THAT IS FATE OR PREDESTINATION.
In Arabic we call it Kis'met. To all the believers and adherents to the falsehood and intellectual airlock that is the human existence of a life pre-planned and foretold and us merely fitting in simply as pawns in the grand scheme of things at the behest of other higher determinants of our great chain of being. If a Tornado,Hurricane or Tsunami strikes does it occur in your mind to say that those people's time had truly come to die? If a Bus or any form of public passenger mode of transport carriers off the road and kills many, does it really make sense to any satient and truly thinking Homosapien to believe that ,somehow by sheer happenstance a randomly constituted crowd can so conveniently board the same Bus and be killed together because their collective day to die was synchronised in the heavenly Chronicles. This is to some of us balderdash and sheer Hamburg.
THE PHILOSOPHY OF MODESTY: AN AFFRONT ON A HEDONISTIC LIFESTYLE
"The outward aesthetic appeal of any Distance Reducing Contraption that Motor Vehicles are is essentially a hedonistic allure meant for onlookers since when inside, either as a passenger or driver, you are largely oblivious to its outside Beauty which you only briefly appreciate when getting into it. Are you really justified in paying all that extra money to sustain an aura of a cosmetic flashy materialistic existence using a Car as the Status symbol to project your Station in Life?" - Namakando Nalikando-Sinyama
KALOMO MALE NURSE TONGA JIBE: THE UNASKED QUESTIONS.
By Namakando Nalikando-Sinyama
For the record,may it be known that, I have never been one to condone or allow Tribal Dominance where ever it raises its ugly head or in which ever fashion it is packaged or promoted either as a subtle official policy or otherwise as a mere protectionist posture of Ethnic Groups to prevent themselves from being culturally overrun by another as an excuse.
Perhaps,more importantly, this is why we do not,in the least, appreciate or believe it is right that the life of an innocent infant was unprofessionally and needlessly put on the line in order to state a political stance on a burning issue by a Public servant no matter how justified he may have felt, is permissible at all. That action by the Medic could well have constituted reckless endangerment of a Life which totally goes against any known medical ethics or Hippocratic Oath which would send Lady Florence Nightingale reeling in repugnant disgust at his conduct. He should thus be reprimanded accordingly and be helped to see the folly of his chosen course of action.
However, people need to be courageous enough to address a matter that may be dangerously simmering underfoot seeking release in perhaps the most destructive ways possible if left unaddressed.Enter Dr. Austin Mbozi's Language Debate.
So,why are people rather conviniently not asking why that Lady did not speak a more neutral and less polarising Nationally accepted Official language that English is since she clearly knew how to, but instead sought to impose her indigenous language on another person? Is it acceptable social etiquette for you, as a guest in other people's land to impose your language on them? Is it not generally accepted universal show of courtesy,politeness and congeniality to first make a genuine effort at learning the mode of communication of your hosts instead of rudely seeking to dominate them by forcing them to use your language? Do please,also consider, if you may,whether it would be logical or justified if one was to go and speak Luchazi at some hospital facility in Osaka, Japan while seeking medical attention there? If this is too far-fetched an example,something a little closer to home might be in order. Do you feel it would be advisable for me to go and insist on speaking and imposing my Kwangwa to the local medical personnel in Lundazi or Chadiza when I could simply use English? This scenario would have been totally different if that lady did not know a word of spoken English but as the video shows, she was more than perfectly conversant.
These are clearly very emotive issues which should be allowed to be freely discussed so that there is a boisterous exchange of views from the citizenry if you are to foster that ever elusive environment of genuine National Unity and not the usual empty parroted slogan of fictitious cohesion which, in the end ,is but a mere expression of a naive wish whose burning aspects surrounding its realisation or actualisation are ignored. The unfortunate observation on the ground is that ,if the issue of language is not adequately addressed to bring about lasting Tribal unity, the repetitive mantra regurgitated at us which was muted by your founding father of One Zambia One Nation may only be in people's heads and will be seen by most as one meant to tranquilize and subdue the ethnically unassertive lot whenever they attempt to promote their cultural identity and Pride as a people. It will be considered a vehicle for suppression when it should actually be a rallying point for lasting unity and Co-existence of the people of that country. We have always stated how language is nothing but merely a different way of flickering ones tongue in the buccal cavity to produce varying sounds that are in turn used as an Ethnic identifier of groups that share the resulting mode of expression or coordinated sound we call language. This should never be used as a tool to divide Humanity at all.This would be as irrational and senseless as using Skin Hue to be a basis for segregation against another being within the species as practiced in Racism. Now, we have even observed the emergence of Intra-Racial Racism among Afrikans where certain cliques of ignorant Black Afrikans of a much lighter shade of skin deem themselves better looking and more superior than those spotting proud Chocolate Nubian features of unadulterated negrescence. It is this very psychological handicap and twisted thought process that has been the cornerstone or basis for a multi-Billion Dollar Skin Bleaching and Fake Hair industry to thrive on the Continent.
It should be noted that,the European Rennnaisance and the attendant levels of massive industrial and technological or generally developmental strides there were achieved largely after they had long since conquered or overcome certain retrogressive isms fueled by things like Tribe that can potentially fragrament the efforts of a people after a common beneficial Goal. Our counterparts have long since graduated from these primitive divides as they no longer have Gauls,Saxons,Picts Vikings or Angles but simply Europeans with identifying National Languages merely for ease of communication. Africa clearly does still have a multiplicity of divisive and backward practices that she grapples with which effectively hinder her progress like the issue of Tribe and Language ,which,sadly sometimes,even selfish politicians have sought to capitalise on to further their own ends. I do remember how on a public bus there was a near rapturous rancor from a section on the bus which protested the playing of a video of some local production which featured a Bi-lingual dialogue of English and one of the local languages which they claimed was unacceptable as they claimed, rather shockingly that,despite countless years of their coexistence with that Group,they still could not hear a word of that language but instead preferred and insisted that a Nigerian production ,from Thousands of Kilometers away ,in West Africa,replete with a fudged mix of Creole and pidgin English and unpredictable defeaning sound variations was better. There is need for concerted efforts at raising the national consciousness and confronting these pressing matters in a more open manner instead of shying away from them while you witness the steady creation and degeneration into a dangerously balkanized National landscape.
TELL-TALE SIGNS OF TRUE DEMOCRACY.
Without seemingly claiming full knowledge and conversance with the tenets and hallmarks of Pure Democracy as envisaged by Grecians ,it was such an envy and joy watching Democrat Nancy Pelosi deliver her acceptance speech after her latest election as US House of Congress Speaker and the Conduct of House of Commons speaker on the other side of the pond oversee business of that house during the tumultuous BREXIT Debates , your skin hairs literally stand on end with admiration about just how mature Business there is conducted.
P.S. Although ,to be honest,it was quite worrisome how she kept giggling away in that grand motherly way as if she was almost yielding to some terminally crippling or battling some pre-existing condition which could prematurely impair her capacity to ably execute the demands of that high office. Although,at 70 it is perfectly expected.
THE FALLACY OF GRADUALISM IN PURSUIT OF REDEMPTION.
It is should now be pretty evident how staining ones thumb with Pemanganate of Potassium may not suffice to bring about the El dorado the majority seek and a changed landscape of an oasis of tolerance, Integrity and accountability in the management of public resources. The Modus operandi of bringing about this dispensation however, is the Million Mupu question. Quoting Sherlock Holmes,"How My Dear Watson,is the Question?' Because clearly,the electoral process scarcely suffices in helping the masses achieve this outcome and never will. As revealed by the bloke benefiting from Archimedes' upthrust Principle not really in the Ultimate Pool, their talons are sunk way too deep into the near putrid flesh of the cadaver that is Chambia. They know only too well that departure will equate to imminent prosecution hence their,quite frankly, understandable dogged resistance in making way for a new dispensation. Demon.cracy is ill-equipped to deliver the required outcome,this is sadly the elusion that the masses are still inebriated with. There is an End Game to all this though. It is just a pity folks cannot visualise it. It is,if you like, a form of Marchiavellian Strategem that would leave the citizenry agape in awe of its simplistic sophistry when implemented. Niccolo would turn green with envy at its seamless execution. It has to be done now as a matter of greater urgency or the damage will be way too great. It is a Marshall Plan of sorts. And what really annoys me is how it has been hidden in plain Sight all along. It can only be disclosed to a select few on a Need-To-Know basis due to its sensitivity. This is classic MI5 stuff alright. The very best of Modern Lewanikan Statecraft from the Plains.
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