Afrocentricity
International condemns the attack on Africans in Libya
Afrocentricity International calls for an immediate
investigation into the attacks on Africans by the Arab rebels of the
Transitional Council in Libya.
There are ominous signs coming out of Libya
about the assault on “dark-skinned” people who live in Libya or who
are migrant workers in the oil and agricultural sectors.
As in Misrata and now
in Tripoli we have seen the NATO and
Western-backed Benghazi
rebels take out their frustrations on black people. Blacks in Libya have long
believed that the Gaddafi regime was the one force that was willing to hold
back Arab racism. Now with the end of Gaddafi's government many in the Arab
population have assaulted blacks with impunity, lynching Africans in Benghazi like the Ku Klux
Klan did in the American South. Afrocentricity International stands on the side
of justice and fairness and we condemn the attacks on the unarmed blacks of Libya.
We reject the unjustified attacks on black people in Libya.
We reject the Arab response to these racial attacks.
We reject the Transitional Council's explanation that
these workers and citizens of Libya
are a danger to the Libyan people.
We reject the negation of Africans on African lands.
WE DEMAND AN IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF ALL BLACKS HELD IN
PRISON IN LIBYA!
The people of the cities of Bani Walid and Sabha are
indigenous Libyans. Since Libya
is in Africa it is to be understood that blacks are the original people of Libya. The fact
that Arabs from Arabia, Syria, Iraq,
Egypt, and Palestine
who arrived in Africa recently now assume the role
of aggressors against the indigenous people is a sign of disrespect and racism.
Perhaps this is another reason why the West and the Benghazi ethnic groups disliked Muammar
Gaddafi.
There was never any doubt in the mind of Gaddafi
about the status of black people in Libya. He knew that Africa was a black continent and that the Arabs were the
real “migrants” to the continent however long they had been there. Gaddafi also
warned that there were elements among the Arabs in North
Africa who were committed to undermining the black populations.
Thus, the Transitional Council, in its misguided attack on black people in Libya, has
demonstrated the correctness of Gaddafi's views.
He wanted to see Libya take its place alongside other African
nations like Niger, Chad, Mali, and others in a continental
state that would bring about unity. This was what the Sirte Declaration was
about that created the African Union. Afrocenricity International is outraged
at the mass killing of Chadians during the early days of the revolt. We are
shocked by the lack of international protest. We need a United States of Africa
now more than ever!
However, the West never wanted to see a United States
of Africa. All along Europe has tried to
subvert the idea of unity among Africans. The Western nations feared Gaddafi's
vision of Africa and went about encouraging the most primitive and
retrogressive actors in Eastern Libya to undermine the progressive democratic
government of Libya.
Such a primitive attitude as exercised by the Arab racists harks back to the
days when Arabs fought against Africans in Egypt,
Sudan, Algeria, Morocco,
Mauretania, and Somalia.
The idea that black people are “abd,” meaning “slaves” in Arabic has never been
washed from the mind of many Arab Libyans.
Therefore, Afrocentricity International demands that
the African Union act with urgency to protect the lives of black citizens and
residents of Libya.
We believe that the African Union must mount an investigation, an expedition if
necessary, and a propaganda campaign against the physical attacks on Africans
in Libya.
This must be done in haste to avoid the massacre of the blacks in Libya. Do it
now! Our motto remains, “Unity is our Aim, Victory is our Destiny!”
Ama Mazama, Per-aat, Afrocentricity International
Molefi Kete Asante, International
Representative, Afrocentricity International
By Afrocentricity International
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