Why are we not more angry about it?
Yes, the dignity of
African people continues to be derided in the eyes of the whole world. So why
are we not more angry about it? In the pamphlet by Stephane Hessel ‘Time for
Outrage’ this foe of Nazism said ‘Look around you, you will see the reasons to
justify your indignation: the treatment of illegal immigrants, those without documents,
and the plight of Palestinians in the Gaza strip, human rights in
most of the African countries.’ Yes, there are so many situations which anger
us and which ought to push us to a greater commitment in the service of the
human race, created in the image of God. However, to make sure that these
actions are at the service of human dignity, non violence is the way that we
ought to take, following the example of Desmond Tutu, Gandhi, Nelson Mandela,
and Martin Luther King.
Emmanuel Ngona, M. Afr.
