TEARS OF AFRICA
By Pastor Richard Tembo
(News of The South) – I wish was able to make our beloved African leaders listen to the secret message spoken in silence by the forgotten spirits of the ancestors of Africa. The spirits are whispering from all directions to warn Africa but no one seems to listen.
Taiwan and China are brothers and sisters, who by virtue of creation, should be sharing the same plate from the same table but unfortunately this is not the case.
Generally, there is a two pronged conflict of supremacy between the Mainland China( People’s Republic of China) PRC and its brother Taiwan (Republic of China) ROC.
Under one China policy as recognized by the United Nations resolution 2758,Taiwan is part of China on one hand. While Taiwan struggles for recognition as a separate sovereign state from Mainland China and to be admitted as a separate member of the United Nations on the other.
It is worth reminding our African leaders however,of the danger of Africa being drawn into unnecessary conflicts and for which the Continent is not responsible. For example the first and second world wars had nothing to do with Africa’s problems, but a lot of innocent African people were conscripted and died in the two useless wars.
What I am worried about is that, if Africa gets involved in trade or bilateral deals with both China and Taiwan while the issue of relationship between those two countries is not given a bed to rest, China can turn around and say Taiwan deals with any country around Africa, remain China’s deals until the problem of China/Taiwan relationship is resolved. If that happens, it means that those African countries involved in contractual deals of any nature with the two countries, will inevitably be involved indirectly or directly in any altercation between the two brotherly countries.
If Taiwan forges ahead with buying and developing parts of Africa extending financial assistance and building infrastructure at same pace as their brother China, then the danger is that, the two countries which have not yet solved their grievances back dating to 1945, will inevitably draw Africa to their problem at some point in future.
Now The question to consider is that if one day Mainland China decides to say every part of
Africa under Taiwan’s assistance belongs to China because resolution 2578 of the United Nations charter says that Taiwan is part of China, then no body can argue that and it will be too late for Africa to argue the argument. By the way China has power to veto any substantive resolution at the UN security council and this is something else to worry about in the event of any argument being referred to the UN security Council and Africa can not take China to UN security council for any mediation because China can simply veto the argument.
However, notwithstanding this reality, China can not stop Taiwan doing business with Africa. Currently the only officially known country in Africa to have diplomatic ties with Taiwan is the Kingdom of Eswatini.
I once posted an article about China and possibly Taiwan, operating an educational infrastructure in Malawi going by the name ‘Amatofo’ and both countries were mentioned in that project, with students having to be asked whether they will one day go to China or Taiwan.
Whether one likes it or not, there is an unprecedented pandemonium for recolonisation of Africa and before our leaders know anything, they will be singing choruses of regret.
One wonders what exactly is Africa’s problem,is Africa cursed or what,or is it facing a problem of identity and or originality? If the identity of those leading Africa makes them acceptable as bonafide sons and daughters who are recognized spiritually, as being from the enclave where their ancestors actually came from, may be the story could be different. It seems to me that some leaders who make pernicious decisions about their countries,have not been spiritually accepted to lead the countries they lead. They are possibly not true descendants of the bonafide ancestors of the countries they claim to be their countries, hence the leadership chaos. For instance, a Sudanese leader whose true ancestors are Somalis, will not be blessed to rule Sudan and vice versa. This will be manifested in the chaotic ruling because the ancestors will be fighting in spirit. It means something needs to be examined spiritually to hear what the spirit says about them. May be authentication to rule must first be done spiritually before selection by ballot. Consequently, it is high time the true spirit mediums are given the spiritual role to vet African leaders before they are given the rod to rule. Selection by ballot is a foreign system which I believe our ancestors never used during their life time,and possibly this is why people fight and shedding blood at most elections.
Looking at Tunisia, Libya, Egypt, Malawi,Zambia,Kenya,Tanzania,
Ethiopia,Eritrea,Rwanda,Sudan,Nigeria, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, Zimbabwe, Morocco and Mozambique, just to mention a few, does this partition of Africa give any sense of sanity? Did our ancestors look alike and are we going to really look like them in future when we become ancestors too? Did our ancestors interchange their origin and if so, does this have any effect to the way we live and govern ourself? If our ancestors came back today or tomorrow, where would they go and live? Will today’s geographical structures of our habitation be acceptable to our ancestors? Are we doing the right things that please our ancestors? The languages we speak are they the same as the languages they spoke? or we are just playing to the tune of foreign indoctrination. All these questions need answers, than just ignore them and more researches must be conducted.
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