Liberian Literary Magazine Promoting Liberian literature, Arts and Culture they would rather keep doing their nothing. That is why I am here typing away my anger. Hoping against hope that they would just do something other than the nothings they know to do. Any African who limits Africa to geography instead of ideology is joking. Any leader that considers physical location more important shared identity, culture, traditions and history can’ t be expected to be taken seriously. Interestingly, these same leaders troop to the Commonwealth sessions with pride. Some maintain an old English woman who could barely remember their names, as the head of state, yet they do not consider Haiti one of them. Seriously? They obviously do not know about NATO, OPEC or the ARAB LEAGUE. If they did, they’ d know that membership is more than physical location. Anyways, what do I know? AU / EGYPT. Whoever said that KARMA was a b #+@# did not know what they were talking about. Karma is a bundle of Mabel Simmons, Big Momma and Mrs. Jones all in one. No one wants Mardea glocking around their neighborhood, especially not if she is looking to find their house. No one wants Big Momma poking in his or her business either. You see, karma is more like this. She start off as being a Kru or Grebo mother who just learned that her child had misbehaved and done the very thing she warned the child not to do. She collects the fattest rotten or the thickest cane and waits for him / her to enter the yard proper. This is a peppering mission. Boy, if you’ re unaware of what a rotten or cane is or know not what peppering is, then you are blessed. Karma starts off as a mad Liberian mother fixing for whooping and pepper that child and ends up with all the stereotypes of a mad black woman. No I am not trying to be sexist or racist here. I am aiming for emphasis. So, if the AU really wants to do something, it is simple, just actually do something. But they should not play with people here saying our kin is one of us but not black enough. KARMA / AU-EGYPT. Now here’ s the fun part. Shortly after they screwed Haiti up, they had to deal with Egypt. Apparently, they want Egypt to apologize over comments made by her diplomat who called them‘ dogs and slaves’. Irony does not even begin to cover this. Why are they crying? Are their feelings really bruised over what we all know to be true? The dude only spoke what he has been thinking all along. I dare say he is not alone either. No apology would erase the fact that he feels that way; that many times his compatriots had acted and responded that way to Africans in general. The AU actually wants something this time. Wow! Even if it is a measly apology, it is‘ progress’ right? The man supposedly spoke the truth, albeit in relation to his feelings and thoughts. I guess their‘ black enough’ brother who thinks he’ s more Arab, found a way to wake the machinery and wound their fragile pride. I wish I could say kudos but that would not be how I really feel. This is not the case of your enemy and mine are friends. Many of us that have travelled up north, have at different times, encountered the discrimination at the hands of our northern brothers. For some it has been more than for others. This is no secret. Yet, our leaders who often benefit from using diplomatic passports,‘ know of’ this, but do not know it. But for those that have really experienced it, the stain unapologetically remains because it shows little signs of abating. Oh I do hope this wakes them up. As we wait to see what comes out of the official investigation and how they will spin this to save face. Next time, I hope they remember those that stood by us in our dire needs.
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