Richard Adelman
Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:06:12 -0800
Thursday, January 28, 2010 Son of Peasant
“It is too good to be true. Behind its glittering mask [Uganda] wears a sinister aspect----a sense of indefinable oppression------a cut will not heal, a scratch festers. “[A] garden of sunshine and deadly nightshade” Winston Churchill ---My African Journey, 1907 “Hard though it is to imagine now, Uganda was becoming self-sufficient -----It aimed to be self-reliant, free of aid by 1974. “It was not policies that messed up Africa. It was politics. A deadly combination of internal competition for power and outside interference wrecked Africa. “In the end, the greatest impact of European imperialism in Africa may have been neither political nor economic. It may have been psychological: the destruction of African self-belief.” Richard Dowden ---Africa Altered States, Ordinary Miracles, 2009 Son of peasant rises to the top Or rather, Bulldozes to the top Rails against Predecessor sons of peasants: You killed recklessly You killers You hoarded power Ruled with iron fists Not unlike colonial overlords Brought shame and miseries No alternatives but Mighty Kalashnikovs To rid off pests To read more click the title or Odiyatalks below. Odiya Just Be Odiyatalks _________________________________________________________________ Hotmail: Free, trusted and rich email service. http://clk.atdmt.com/GBL/go/196390708/direct/01/
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