Sunday morning and there is a typical Sunday morning talk show on the radio. The journalists, who have nothing else to do on a Sunday, get paid well for appearing on a Sunday morning. The BBC has one as well.
One of the subjects today is the recent discussion at the African Union summit of President Gaddafi´s proposal to make “a United States of Africa”.
Let me start by being rational …
It has taken
Last week we celebrated our Independence Day. The
We are one of the few countries in decolonised
Let us consider another
Let us consider another
Mexico … Guatamala … Honduras … Bolivia … Venezuela … Brazil … Uruguay … Paraguay … Argentina …Chile …
Have either of these continents even considered some kind of common economic community, let alone a mega-country?
No.
Sure, there are customs and tariff agreements – MERCOSUR amongst the South Americans. Sure, they have regional summits, ASEAN, for some of the Asian countries. Have any of their leaders proposed a
And I haven´t even got to the Middle-East (deity forbid) or the Pacific …
So let me start being irrational and I´ll leap some countries along the way
Egypt … Libya … Algeria … Chad … Sudan … Nigeria … the rest of west Africa … Somalia … Uganda and Kenya … Congo (both) … Zambia … Namibia … Angola … Zimbabwe, and South Africa (zig-zagging across a continent).
The African countries cannot organise the Economic Community of East African States, SADC etc
So at the African Union summit you waste time talking about President Gaddafi´s idea rather than discussing
I think President Gaddafi is mad! I think some of you are of the same opinion.
So why the fuck did you let it get on the agenda?
But hey let us have a continent wide election for a continental leader. I will vote for President Gaddafi. Will you?
2 comments:
Only 6 colonisers? Didn't Spain have a small colony in Equatorial Guinea (or one of the other Guineas), and didn't the Dutch have some of what's now Ghana? If so I'm thinking 8 - Britain, Germany, Belgium, France, Portugal, Italy, Spain, Holland.
Sorry that was terribly pedantic of me, wasn't it?
You're right of course - will correct.
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