Saturday, 20 December 2014
Movement against second slavery
Nigeria is dysfunctional because of the inability of the people to take personal responsibility over their lives. We mostly look for saviours when power resides with us. We look for the veneration of the west and foreigners. We do not believe in our own success stories. Corruption has never been the issue. What the issue in Nigeria is involves growing the economy , creating an industrial base, setting up federal protected grazing lands for Fulani herdsmen to resolve clashes with sedentary farmers and creating a country where people like the infamous OBJ will never be condescending in speech or deed to those they feel are minorities. In spite of the problems we have in Nigeria some people have built industrial bases in the east. Spare part sellers have moved to now making their products here in the country. We had years to encourage the Nnewi industrial base but we didn't. We could have improved agriculture and brought down the price of food but we didn't. Instead we have a society where most people rush to the service industries not realising the lack of industry will hurt us long term. It is ok to moan about bad situations but what did we do to survive the situation and make the best out of it? We have never told ourselves the truth. The things we fear about each other . What we whisper in boardrooms and beer parlours. This current attempt by the elite to align with reactionary forces will fail. If not now then in the near future because the indomitable spirit of our ancestors will never allow. As for those who point to the example of America I suggest they read history and realise the horrors on which that country is built. Would you be happy to build a Nigeria on the blood of second and third class citizens? To allow criminals to select an alternative and window dress their plans by using technocrats and professionals is the second slavery Fela Kuti was talking about. . It is instructive to note that most of the intellectual class are right wing apologists who have no idea of real class struggle and the need to drag millions out of poverty by using mass education and creating the environment where people can create jobs and grow organically. As usual it is the same old story of Pot calling Kettle black.
Saturday, 6 December 2014
Fela (Tribute to Fela Kuti) _ TANGARA SPEED GHODA
Afrobeat is African music simple and has been around for long. We know who and where we are and no one can come and claim some revisionist historic bullshit. Fela Kuti's pioneering work spread Afrobeat to the continent and it had taken root before he died in countries like Ghana, Mali, Cote D'ivoire, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Zimbabwe and many more. Enough said.
Fela (Tribute to Fela Kuti) _ TANGARA SPEED GHODA
Afrobeat is African music simple and has been around for long. We know who and where we are and no one can come and claim some revisionist historic bullshit. Fela Kuti's pioneering work spread Afrobeat to the continent and it had taken root before he died in countries like Ghana, Mali, Cote D'ivoire, Burkina Faso, South Africa, Zimbabwe and many more. Enough said.
The next time the Nigerian police shoot a bus driver because he refuses to give them a bribe they should get the same treatment. How many times have our politicians sanctioned the military forces over their brutality towards their own? The Police have killed ordinary folk and mostly nothing happens because of the culture of impunity which has been there from the time they were an arm of a colonial force which treated everything and anything with contempt. We should withdraw their legitimacy. The idea of a police force is outdated in the face of new global economic realities and the rise of community based security.
If our government will not protect us then it is time to rise and do something wherever we are. If the army can invade communities and kill Nigerians in their own country then which lie are we telling ourselves. The same people we are deceiving ourselves are our protectors because the corporate overlords want to maintain territory will turn on us in an instance like mad dogs . Are we citizens of a country where we can be safe knowing that we belong to a society which protects and nurtures or are just slaves on a plantation with most slaves living in poverty while less than ten percent live a middle class lie of a life. If there was no threat from the Boko haram group and you were not rich would you say the average soldier or policeman is there to protect you given their record of destruction inside Nigeria ? At the slightest provocation they begin to burn and loot like an occupation force so why will people in their right minds support or help them? The irony of the same army which was involved in the Asaba (1967) and Odi (1999) massacres and left destruction in their wake when they visited Fela Kuti's residence (1977) doing the unthinkable and throwing his aged mother out of a window now running scared when confronted with an enemy who can fight back is not lost on me. .
Democracy without justice is a demonstration of craze. Politics is not the best way to enhance human life. Politics as democratic capitalism is a dangerous lie. Leadership is a not a cash and carry business . It is a matter of life and death with serious sanctions for failure. In this game of politrics they play people who should be treated like crime gang bosses parade democratic credentials and use public works to enrich themselves while millions of Nigerians are condemned to a life unexplored through poverty and the lack of protection from organised criminal rackets in the civil service and political sector. Some will never know if their daughters can play tennis like the Williams sisters because they are not rich enough to afford basic gear. Some will never get to the point where they can develop a cure for diseases such as Ebola or HIV. Most will be waiting for the global community to sell them everything they need including NGOlitis. Many in Nigeria cannot even afford to visit natural wonders like the bar beach without paying N200 to touts to enjoy what was once free. They will bribe to get official documents and our elected officials will continue to pretend they do not know that you have to pay a bribe to get a Nigerian passport , secure driving papers , go across land borders or get your electricity connected. Wetin concern politicians when they can fight over who is the more efficient thief to chop and clean mouth while stealing our commonwealth and then have an army and police to keep us in check and inane entertainment to hypnotise us.
Remember the next time they try it be ready. Life anywhere is sacred. If Nigerians are not safe in their own land then they have the right to protect themselves. If their government has brutal criminal elements then Nigerians have the right to resist them. if dem dey burn burn make we give dem back times two. Then dem go serious.
Free yourself jare. Dem don use dem own hand put kerosene for cloth now you get fire for hand.
http://www.nairaland.com/421679/extra-judicial-killings-how-police
If our government will not protect us then it is time to rise and do something wherever we are. If the army can invade communities and kill Nigerians in their own country then which lie are we telling ourselves. The same people we are deceiving ourselves are our protectors because the corporate overlords want to maintain territory will turn on us in an instance like mad dogs . Are we citizens of a country where we can be safe knowing that we belong to a society which protects and nurtures or are just slaves on a plantation with most slaves living in poverty while less than ten percent live a middle class lie of a life. If there was no threat from the Boko haram group and you were not rich would you say the average soldier or policeman is there to protect you given their record of destruction inside Nigeria ? At the slightest provocation they begin to burn and loot like an occupation force so why will people in their right minds support or help them? The irony of the same army which was involved in the Asaba (1967) and Odi (1999) massacres and left destruction in their wake when they visited Fela Kuti's residence (1977) doing the unthinkable and throwing his aged mother out of a window now running scared when confronted with an enemy who can fight back is not lost on me. .
Democracy without justice is a demonstration of craze. Politics is not the best way to enhance human life. Politics as democratic capitalism is a dangerous lie. Leadership is a not a cash and carry business . It is a matter of life and death with serious sanctions for failure. In this game of politrics they play people who should be treated like crime gang bosses parade democratic credentials and use public works to enrich themselves while millions of Nigerians are condemned to a life unexplored through poverty and the lack of protection from organised criminal rackets in the civil service and political sector. Some will never know if their daughters can play tennis like the Williams sisters because they are not rich enough to afford basic gear. Some will never get to the point where they can develop a cure for diseases such as Ebola or HIV. Most will be waiting for the global community to sell them everything they need including NGOlitis. Many in Nigeria cannot even afford to visit natural wonders like the bar beach without paying N200 to touts to enjoy what was once free. They will bribe to get official documents and our elected officials will continue to pretend they do not know that you have to pay a bribe to get a Nigerian passport , secure driving papers , go across land borders or get your electricity connected. Wetin concern politicians when they can fight over who is the more efficient thief to chop and clean mouth while stealing our commonwealth and then have an army and police to keep us in check and inane entertainment to hypnotise us.
Remember the next time they try it be ready. Life anywhere is sacred. If Nigerians are not safe in their own land then they have the right to protect themselves. If their government has brutal criminal elements then Nigerians have the right to resist them. if dem dey burn burn make we give dem back times two. Then dem go serious.
Free yourself jare. Dem don use dem own hand put kerosene for cloth now you get fire for hand.
http://www.nairaland.com/421679/extra-judicial-killings-how-police
Thursday, 4 December 2014
Mami Wata - Bembeya Jazz National
A gem from the great Bembeya Jazz National of Guinea. West African music.
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