Why Sudan leaders’ “Cheapens and Chicken” African leaders?
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By Trayo A. Ali
With all the shock, surprise, anger, dismay and protestation,
indignation and outrage by which the world wide pro-justice forces
greeted South African decision of letting al-Bashir to escape, the
average Sudanese, both supporters and opponents alike, including Al-
Bashi0r’s war crime victims, remain to belief that, President Omar
Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir can never ever be arrested in an African
country. Why that? How come the two dichotomous poles (victims and
perpetrators) to come into this paradox?
(1) “fear of him” not “solidarity with him”
The reason they all give? Is the “fear of him” from the side of the
African head of states, and not because of “solidarity with him”!!
On how that come, and why this strange “bed-fellow” come to this
similar conclusion? They build their argument on psychological
explanations and on the prevailing game of power politics.
Well, who knows? They are entitled to their opinion. Then let us
examine some of their logical premise that justifies such a
conclusion. Probably they got a point, while others may be waiting for
nothing!!
Out of thousands of posts, letters, messages, video and audio tapes in
the internet groups commenting in support or against Al-Basheer,
jubilating or condemning, hailing or wailing, I took only three
samples of their argument (all in Arabic) to demonstrate this
“strange” common conviction they advanced and the ground upon which
they moved from on “President Al-Bashircan never be arrested in an
African country”.
To start with, here comes this Sudanese blogger who sent me this piece
of article, granting me the permission to translate, edit whenever
necessary, and if I deem it relevant, he suggests, I could publish it.
(2) In Arabian dictum “Slave listens to big stick”.
The blogger captioned his piece with the above title and wrote: “It
all has to do with the psychology of superiority complex versus
inferiority complex”, he starts.
“Remember how the racist Arabian poet treated the Black Slave Egyptian
King of the time”, the blogger asked and continues to explain:
“The story has it that, the satirical and notoriously racist Arabian
poet of the 9th century, Abu-Al-tayyab al-Mutanabbi, who was bitterly
disappointed for not getting a post he earnestly sought for, from the
then castrated former black slave who was “King of Egypt” of the time,
Kafur Al-ikheshidi. So upset was he, the racist poet, escaped Egypt,
showed his true racist color and rebuffed in an insulting manner the
“Black Slave King” in a sarcastic poem, which a part of it (in
unofficial translation) reads as: I never thought I would live to a
time when a black Slave would insult me and he would be praised for
doing so”.
“Who, on earth, have taught the castrated, emasculated, neutered black
slave to become a noble?
“His white masters did? Or, how possible his ancestors were aristocrats?”
“I am amused by how your flat foot looks in your shoe”.
“I would think you had shoe on, even if you were bare foot”
“Upon buying the Slave, it is a must to have a stick in your hand”
“For the Slaves are sleazy and belligerent creatures”.
All that above being said, the blogger insists that: “What many people
do not know now a day is the fact that, Sudanese leaders treat African
leader on the basis of the above Arabian dictum. They, the Sudanese
see the Africans nothing more than the one depicted by this classical
racist Arabian notion”. “And that once master (or even if one claims
to be so) always remains to entertain a kind of master-behavior and
tends to down look, undermine, diminish and devalue those whom he
imagined were once his slaves. It’s a state of a sick mind, yet it
works in him and that is damn unfortunate reality”. The blogger
asserts.
According to the blogger, “The unfortunate and devastating fact is
that, in the eyes of the Sudanese leaders, nothing cheaper and subject
for ridiculing and manipulation than African leaders. And nothing
equally unfortunate fact than to see African leaders do compromise
with this self demeaning reality, especially as that is done on the
expenses of their very dignity and that of their people. They do this
as they bow and their heads down in shame and fear”. The blogger
concludes.
Today, in Sudan’s political literature it is a heroic piece of poem,
and it inspires when recited in every challenging occasion. Every
single secondary school student in the “Arab-World” (including Sudan)
is compulsorily taught, memorized and considered as part of Arabian
apocalyptic “legendry” literature.
Our question is that: Could it then be, as one reflects and conjugates
over this comic drama that befallen involving Sudan president Gen.
al-Bashir where he ruthlessly ridiculed and rolled every African
leader in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa (the symbol of
Africa’s liberty, freedom and dignity), the result of this
psychological intimidation that effected this mess, as the blogger
asserts?
You better check it yourself and you will be surprised to find out
that this is the hero poet whom Gen. al-Bashir imitates and
impersonates his character, recites his poem and raises his stick
whenever he feels victorious. He always displays when his army comes
out of a battle against the “rebels” and claim victorious. He also
shamelessly utters against Southern Sudanese too. The last time he
said it, while “indicatively” waving his stick, was during the Heglig
clashes 2012.
(3) All are in his pocket, none would dare to challenge
In Sudan, and probably anywhere else, when they say someone is in
somebody’s pocket, it literally means he or she has bribed the person
to the extend he or she can’t dare to harm him in any way or by any
means, leave alone dare to think of him be arrested.
Thus, the other argument (in audio records) authoritatively insists
that that “President al-Bashir can never be arrested in an African
country”, because of “Fear of him” and not “Solidarity with him”. It
bluntly reveals that “President al-Bashir has all the African head of
states “in his pocket” and that “he takes every African president for
granted” and he was dead sure that nobody could have dared to arrest
him”. This serious allegation means that Sudan government virtually
bribed and / or corrupted all the African head of states and their
governments. So in that sense, al-Bashir is not only committing
genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity, but he is also
polluting the entire Continental body politics with one most demonic
and infernal diseases!!
(4) “Mama NCP” degrades African leaders
A few weeks before the “great escape” episode, a Sudanese comedian,
who was emulating himself as “Mama NCP” (Sudan’s ruling party) and
acting as a wise and experienced adviser to Sudan’s “First Lady” have
released a play in which she sarcastically laughs at African head of
states.
She calls the “First Lady” and gives her counseling on who to be
invited to the inaugural dinner party to be organized by the “First
Lady”. Hear her saying her remarks on African leaders:
“Hello darlings, the first-lady, how are you, God bless you. Darling,
listen to this very important protocol arrangement. Please put the
names of your invitees in clean order. I know you can do, just to
remind you. Do not forget that the name of His Majesty, King Suleiman
of the Holy Land (Saudi Arabia) should be on the top of the list. He
is the guest of all guests. The name of the Egyptian President (His
Excellency president Sisi) should be the second on the list. Names of
the Gulf Sheikhs should come third in order”.
Remarkably, “Mama NCP” deliberately avoided mentioning African head of states.
When the First-lady asked her whether “those Africans” could be
invited, “Mama NCP” then squeezed her face and said: “What!!!
Afriii?….Afffroofro?....Aficanius. Mmmme. Well, in case the Gulfs are
not coming then you may invite them.” And then She reminded the
First-lady and told her that: “Those guys eat a lot of food, so you
better be aware. They just come for food and that is all. Remember
what we need most in the coming five years are the Gulfs and not
those. Those, we can have them anytime and anywhere”.
(5) What “Lion of Africa” symbolizes?
Sudan ruling party (the National Congress Party-NCP) officially gave
Sudan’s president al-Bashir the title “Lion of Africa”. As one analyst
observed, the name was carefully selected and has particular
significance and message. The analyst is of the view that, depicting
al-Bashir as a “Lion of Africa” means he is the “the King of Africa’s
jungle”, and that everybody else can be anything else, except Lion.
The rest can be Giraffes, hyenas, elephants, birds, zebras and so on
and so forth. But after all the Lion remains the “King of all animals”
(6) With him free, the victims will pay more
It should be considered that, this South Africa’s ill-judged decision
has not only dealt a profound and deadly blow to the flourishing South
African judicial system and opened all kinds of speculations about the
viability of the rule of law and further damaged the already
diminishing capability and eroding reputation of the ICC and exposed
the court as a toothless mechanism. But most importantly the encounter
encouraged the perpetrator who is a “free-fugitive” to gain more
impunity and unleash an uncurbed vengeance against the victims in
Darfur, N. Mountains and the B. Mile.
The author is the head of external relations of the Sudan Liberation
Movement Minni Minawi (SLM-MM) Sudanese Revolutionary Front secretary
of humanitarian affairs. He is reachable at [email protected]
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