Wednesday, May 7, 2014

MUST AFRICA UNITE? IF SO HOW? TO WHAT END?

Africa cannot unite being Christian, Muslim, traditionalist. Blackness is no basis for African unity, being an imposed ideological construct. Wish I knew, upon what basis such vaunted unity could be attained other than by a greater paradigm not yet fully emergent which whispers in the wind... After all, is Europe united? Home to two world wars? There is yet a heightening Russia-Ukraine conflict. Is Asia united, given the Korea conflict, and China and Japan's simmering animosities? Is the Asian subcontinent united any better, given the India-Pakistan conflict. And Afghanistan? Moving to the west, there are Iran and Saudi Arabian tensions; the Iraqi debacle; and Israel against the world. Even in the Americas, there is a partial wall between Mexico and the USA; Canadian trade tensions; and Cuba. So, "Africa must unite"? Says who? How? And to what end?