Part IV of AfroAmerica Network’s series: The Dilemma of Dictators focused on arguably the most ruthless, corrupt, and cunning dictator that Africa has ever known: the self styled General Paul Kagame, President of Rwanda. As we write this, the extent of his appalling human rights record and massacres and his empire of corruption is being…
In Part III of our series, the Dilemma of Dictators, we urged dictators to break the cycle of violence and fade away in peace, instead of being haunted by the ghosts of their crimes for years in dark cells, if not killed in the process, meeting the same fate as Samuel Doe, Nicolae Ceausescu, and…
In our previous discourses titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part I and Part II, we contrasted a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible and looked at the dilemmas faced by dictators. We then put forward propositions on how to overcome the dilemmas. Since then, a lot happened. Laurent Gdagbo of Ivory…
In our discourse titled the Dilemma of Dictators Part 1, we set a stage by contrasting a few African dictators with a figure from the Hebrew Bible. In this second part, we will continue by looking at the dilemmas faced by dictators and propose how to overcome them. We focus on how dictators come to…
On October 8, 2010 AfroAmerica Network published a discourse titled “A Case For General Paul Kagame: the President of Rwanda”. Following the publication, AfroAmerica got a lot of comments from the readers. Some reproached AfroAmerica Network of having turned pro-Kagame, others said we showed our bias against the regime led by General Paul Kagame and…
By David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network Editor. Cartoon: credit AgaculamamuKibunda AfroAmerica Network has been following with ambivalence the election process in Rwanda. Ambivalence because for one, in the absence of a serious challenge, Paul Kagame was a sure successor to himself, and most importantly because, despite our persistent criticisms of how Paul Kagame is leading Rwanda,…
Rwanda: the Charybdis and Scylla dilemma. by David O’Brian Recently I was reading an illustrated book on Rwanda titled “Au Rwanda. La Vie Quotidienne au Pays du Nil Rouge” by Omer Marchal, ©Didier Hatier Bruxelles, 1987. With the help of a French speaking friend I will translate in English a little below. This what he…
Response to Pr. Jendayi Frazer: US President should not shake bloody hands of dictators Jendayi E. Frazer, former US Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs proposed ways to help Africa in the article titled “Four Ways to Help Africa”, published in the Wall Street Journal on August 25, 2009. One of the four ways…
The Black History Month: A reflection on the dilemma of Black tyrants in Africa. Felicien Kanyamibwa, PhD with the edits from David O’Brian, AfroAmerica Network, Baltimore, MD, March 1, 2007. Recently, I read an article from Mr. Servilien Sebasoni, the spokesperson of the ruling RPF, about the dilemma of a liberator, comparing Rwandan General Kagame …
