Muniini K. Mulera

Franco, Mobutu and the folly of power

By 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 ...

Pierre Nkurunziza’s fatal attraction to corrupted “Christianity” and power

By Muniini K. MuleraJune 16, 20200 comments

#Nkurunziza #Burundi #COVID19 #Power #Christianity

The autocratic, manipulative and bloody rule of President Pierre Nkurunziza of Burundi must not cloud our obuntu (civilized humaneness). A human being is dead. At a young age. Now forever lost to his wife and family. We have all been there. The death of a loved one is ...

People Corrupt Power, Not The Other Way Round

By Muniini K. MuleraJanuary 7, 20190 comments

#Power #Corruption #Lord #Acton

"Power tends to corrupt, and absolute power corrupts absolutely." So said English Historian Lord Acton (1834-1902), though in our laziness, we have dropped the word "tends" from recent iterations of the great Englishman's observation, thus altering the original meaning. ...