[Dean's World] Aziz P: he blogs the rains down in Africa

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Posted by Aziz P:
he blogs the rains down in Africa
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   Africa. The Dark Continent.

   I referred to it the "single highest locus of barabric misogyny on the
   planet, irrespective of religion" for the simple reason that no
   continent has had a more wretched history of genocide, imperialism,
   colonialism, plunder, and exploitation. The origins of the human
   species are there, shrouded in time, and the origins of human
   civilization are there too, stained with blood.

   Bringing light to Africa should be the greatest human rights priority
   of the human race.

   But whatever stereotypes we have of Africa, it is true that for
   hundreds of years Africans have strived to bring themselves out of the
   darkness and empower themselves. Some efforts are more publicity than
   pragmatic policy; look to Muammar Ghadafi's [1]United States of Africa
   proposal which is a fine concept in the ideal but has never amounted
   to anything more than rhetoric.

   The real work being done to change the direction of the Mother
   continent is painstaking and slow, by the usual flawed yet still
   essential levers of democracy. However, the blogsphere has been
   largely silent on the matter of African liberty, preferring to focus
   more on the Middle East.

   With one exception: [2]Jonathan Edelstein, of Head Heeb blog. He's
   better known for his essential [3]Israeli-Palestinian conflict
   analysis (which I credit with single-handedly convincing me that the
   Israeli Wall was a good policy move and not a brazen land grab). But
   the Head Heeb has been blogging on Africa for years - both [4]Politics
   and [5]Society. I strongly urge everyone with any interest in African
   liberty to be a regular reader.

   Jonathan is as essential a voice in African politics as [6]Abu
   Aardvark is to middle-eastern media analysis.

References

   1. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/829060.stm
   2. http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/
   3. http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/cat_israelipalestinian_conflict.html
   4. http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/cat_africa_politics_and_law.html
   5. http://headheeb.blogmosis.com/archives/cat_africa_society.html
   6. http://abuaardvark.typepad.com/