Do African lives in Congo matter to us?By Muniini K. MuleraFebruary 12, 20240 comments#Congo #Israel #Palestine #Gaza #M23 The war between Israel and Hamas has triggered great angst among many Africans. Many on social media platforms to which I belong have engaged in passionate debate about the horror in Gaza. Most have expressed sympathy with the Palestinians, and anger with the Israelis. They ...
Franco, Mobutu and the folly of powerBy Muniini K. MuleraEast AfricaOctober 26, 20200 comments#Franco #Luambo #Lwanzo #Makiadi #Congo #Zaire #power Franco. A single word that needs no elaboration. In the Africa of my youth and young adulthood, Franco was the name of only one man. Mention of the name ignited the stored sounds of his music in one’s brain, and visions of the towering figure that he was. It still does for me. I ...
Rwamatego, Kanyonza and stories of a bull, blood and treachery - By Davis NdyomugabeBy Holiness Edimandi ByomuhangiUgandaJune 12, 20201 comments#Congo #Belgians #Colonialism #Rwamatego #Kanyonza Whenever the story or the tale of the Belgian brutality in the Congo is told, it would appear to the world that it is only the people what now comprises the Democratic Republic of the Congo that are concerned. The short reply is that the Belgian leeches brutality extended as far ...
Redraw Africa’s MapBy Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Africa #map #Congo (Map of Africa in the late 19th century) FROM THE ARCHIVES Redraw Africa’s Map By Muniini K. Mulera August 31,1998 One of these days, the guns in Congo will fall silent, leaving the cities, villages, forests and rivers strewn with bodies ...
Congo, as it was, is now and ever shall be?By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 5, 20190 comments#Leopolds #Ghost #Congo #Democratic #Republic #of #Congo #DRC #Mobutu #Kabila The regular traveller along the Masaka-Kampala highway in Uganda is accustomed to a dangerous stretch of road that has claimed thousands of lives since it was built by the Europeans. A road sign carries the grim warning: "WEKUUME LWERA", meaning "BEWARE OF LWERA." Many have ...