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WHITE JESUS MUST PACK HIS BAGS AND GO

It’s time for Africans to start asking uncomfortable questions, according to renowned Pan-Africanist Joshua Maponga. And that includes scrutinising what warped interpretation European Christianity has brought to our continent. In his view, ‘White Jesus should pack his bags and go home’.

Mr Maponga was speaking on the Zimbabwean podcast The Denny J Show. To back up his line of thinking, he said if the Chinese colonised Africa, we would be Buddhists. Therefore, Africans proclaiming they’re Christians, even though it’s the ‘colonisers’ religion, doesn’t make sense, especially as very few Africans follow the Ethiopian Orthodox Church (328 AD). That predates the European Roman Catholic Church and Protestant Church founded in 590 AD, which the colonisers brought and weaponised.

Is Mr Maponga talking sense, or is he taking things too far? Let us know in the comments.

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@MapongaJQuotes

THE TRUTH ABOUT LIBYA

As Libya today celebrates 73 years since its independence from Italy, it is important to remember how this once uniquely thriving African country ended up in its current turbulence.

Libya, a land of ancient civilisations and vast stretches of Sahara Desert landscape, enjoyed the best fortunes in Africa after nationalising natural resources, such as oil. This was all before factional violence, competing governments and external interventions were engineered after the 2011 NATO-led bombardment. That led to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi being overthrown and killed that year.

Continued….. Listen to Rizza Islam of the Nation of Islam making a compelling argument in a 2020 interview on the hip-hop broadcasting network Revolt on the very insidious reason for destroying the once most prosperous country in Africa, Libya. Western governments and media have smeared former leader Muammar Gaddafi as a monster, but the prosperity he delivered to Libya was on the verge of going continental.

They say money is the root of all evil, so it's not hard to imagine what happens when you have plans to disrupt the global financial order.

It is usually curtains after that, and there is no better example than in Libya.

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Video Credit: Revolt

AKALA: DON’T BLAME RELIGION FOR INDIVIDUAL CRIMES

International media is quick to condemn an entire religion for the crimes of an individual, especially when the perpetrator is a Black, Brown or Muslim. That’s according to Akala, a British rapper and activist, in a 2016 episode of UK-based Not For the Radio.

He argues Europeans’ crimes are whitewashed, citing the example of Norwegian Anders Breivik, who shot and k*lled 77 people at a Norwegian summer youth camp in 2011. Akala (@akalamusic) said the media did not describe Breivik as a white nationalist Christian t*rrorist, but as a ‘lone wolf.’ 

Continued……Yet, when Seifeddine Rezgui k*lled 38 mostly European tourists at a Tunisian resort in 2015, Tunisian authorities cracked down on mosques for supposedly radicalising the youth, blaming Islamists for breeding terrorists in the North African country. However, the core issue for Tunisian youth is economic and political disenfranchisement due to decades of mismanagement. A sad reality that sparked the Arab Spring uprisings was when 26-year-old Tunisian Mohamed Bouazizi set himself ablaze in 2010 to protest government corruption.

Do you agree with Akala’s assessment? Let us know.

Video credit: @notfortheradio 

SIDGI KABALLO SAYS THE SUDANESE ARMED FORCES ARE AN ISLAMISTS-LED ARMY

Sudanese generally acknowledge that the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) are historically guilty of many crimes and atrocities. More recently, a SAF airstrike on a market in north Darfur killed over 100 people and left many more injured.

In the current war, however, many have rallied behind the army, celebrating moments when the SAF prevails over the genocidal UAE-backed Rapid Support Forces (RSF). Many consider the SAF as the lesser of two evils, their argument pinned on the belief that the army will be held accountable once the RSF is defeated.

In this clip, economist, academic, and Central Committee member of the Sudanese Communist Party, Sidgi Kaballo, tells us why this point of view is problematic.

Continued……. He contends that such a position allows for the continuation of a war whose death toll is now said to be grossly underestimated, with reports of 60,000 people killed just in Sudan’s Khartoum State. He emphasizes that the SAF has been hijacked by Islamists dating back three decades. Consequently, the Sudanese regular army, rather than being representative of the Sudanese people, is an Islamist-led force.

Islamist rule in Sudan is mainly responsible for the vicious cycles of wars the country has been subjected to. Therefore, professor Kaballo argues that the current military leadership cannot spearhead genuine reform or justice and that Sudan needs civilian-led governance.

The whole episode of this critical discussion between African Stream’s editor-in-chief Ahmed Kaballo and his father is available on X, Patreon, and Rumble.

Sources:

https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/sudan-army-air-strikes-kills-over-100-north-darfur-market

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/sudan-war-death-toll-much-higher-than-previously-recorded-new-study-finds

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2024/11/14/sudan-war-death-toll-much-higher-than-previously-recorded-new-study-finds

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BEN BELLA

On this day in 1916, independent Algeria’s first elected president, a true revolutionary fighter, was born.

Ben Bella's journey to prominence began during World War II, in which he actually fought for his colonial master, France. For this, he was awarded the Croix de Guerre. However, the massacre of Algerians by French forces on 8 May 1945 was a turning point - it spurred him to organise resistance against colonial oppression.

His leadership of the National Liberation Front (FLN) during Algeria's war of independence was instrumental to the country's liberation in 1962. Following independence, he held significant political roles, serving as prime minister and later as first elected president. His tenure was marked by efforts to rebuild Algeria and implement reforms aimed at national development, including campaigns for literacy and land redistribution.

Continued……Internationally, Ben Bella was a proponent of pan-Africanism and sought to strengthen alliances among emerging nations. He collaborated with leaders such as Gamal Abdel Nasser, Kwame Nkrumah and Che Guevara to support liberation movements across Africa. Despite his overthrow in 1965 and years of isolation, Ben Bella remained committed to pushing for reform and global solidarity until his death at the age of 95.

His legacy as a champion for the oppressed and an advocate for socio-economic equality continues to inspire generations.

Happy birthday, Ahmed Ben Bella!

JESUS WAS BLACK IN AFRICA BEFORE HE WAS WHITE!

Many assume Christianity in Africa was a purely Western missionary import. However, as Ethiopian Christian Orthodox history shows, the religion was on the continent as early as the 4th century AD. It was heavily influenced by local Ethiopian culture. Depictions of figures such as Jesus and the apostles show them with dark skin and giant afros - very different from the blond-haired, blue-eyed figure many associate Jesus with. The Ethiopian Bible is also among the oldest and contains 81 books, 15 more than the King James’ 66.

Surely it is time we replace the images of White Jesus with this more historically accurate one especially on our continent.

We often get trolls in the comments asking us why we post about Palestine and why Africans should care?

The answer is simple: as Africans, we can view the Palestinian struggle for self-determination and justice as analogous to our historical struggles against colonialism and apartheid. This shared history of fighting oppression fosters a sense of solidarity against imperialist forces.

But the late honourable Rev Dr Martin Luther King, Jr, (1929-68) has a much better answer than that featured in this week’s Wednesday’s Wisdom, ‘Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.’

Source:

https://www.gphistorical.org/mlk/mlkspeech/

ETHIOPIAN JEWS STERILISED IN ISRAEL

Aside from Palestinians, Ethiopian Jews have faced their own form of ethnic cleansing in the Zionist state. For decades, Israel hustled to bring Ethiopian Jews to Israel. However, since they arrived in the country, they have suffered rampant racism and have frequently complained of being treated like second-class citizens. Then, from 2003 to 2013, the community experienced a 50 per cent decline in its birthrate. Israel admitted in 2013 that it had been injecting Ethiopian Jewish women—without their knowledge—with the contraceptive drug Depo-Provera, which can prevent pregnancy for months at a time.

Watch @leadingleah break it down and let us know what you think in the comments.

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ETHIOPIA'S ROCK CHURCHES: AFRICAN CIVILISATION ON DISPLAY

The Lalibela churches in Ethiopia are a complex of religious buildings that were skillfully carved out of stone in the 12th century. The churches are not only architectural marvels that have stood the test of time. They also serve as a clapback to racists, who often say colonialism and slavery brought 'civilisation' to Africa. Outstanding African civilisations, such as Lalibela, show this theory has no legs to stand on.

IS RELIGION HOLDING BACK AFRICA?

The oft-quoted Jomo Kenyatta saying goes something like, ‘When the white man came, he had the Bible. We had the land. He told us to shut our eyes and pray. When we opened them, he had the land. We had the Bible.’

While we cannot dismiss the ancient grassroots history of Christianity in Africa, the European version of the cross came before the flag, with missionaries paving the way for European settlers to permeate the continent. Initiatives like missionary education for the natives supported the colonial project and created a class of African elites to govern us after ‘flag independence’ in the mid-20th century.