Authored:- Essa Bokarr SEY
Do me a favour brainy, just revisit a sizeable idea that said this..."...In revolutions one cannot be neutral,the participant is either pro or against..." No sitting on the edgy fence. Desire oh desire! someone says:- "....you are the cause for this hunger for power!...." Power are you a cake? Power is not for taste buds,power is the terminal bud on the huge tree thats against all odds! Did you taste the creed of Franz Fanon's writings?! Franz never budged to appease the neutral. In revolutionary tactics being neutral means being hypocritical. Where is my crystal ball again? Where is it? Roaring power is sour power! Offer me not! Offer me not those sharp sermons. Lumumba said:-"....If they do not stop half way when committing their political crimes,I will never stop half way while fighting against those crimes...." My dear Patrice! How I wish you were here roving and roaming with Nelson Mandela.
I cannot visualise the difference between words and swords in these deadly sermons. Some words are swords hidden in bloody sheaths. Please turn the word "tac-tic" the other way round then repeat the rhythm..."tic-tac" over and over. It will make the sound of a ticking pendule,hanging on the walls of inevitable change! Change does not run on a dry chain. Change runs on a greased chain. These peddals are rotating faster and faster.
Once upon a time an African thinker said this:-"....Imprison the body but you cannot imprison the mind!..." My crystal ball sees so many images within and without. Some are cool in the pool some are wool in the pool. Does wool swim? It doesn't! Can a swimmer become a whale within a second? I do not think sense sees sensibilty in that thread.
Curse not the darkness! Light candles and walk through the tunnels. History is a long story that drags a lot of "sorry facets" for Grand Mother Africa! History has already been pasted on the huge wall of time. Is humanity colourless or colourful? Once upon a time a Nigerian writer transitted at an airport. He was given a form to fill. On that part where he was asked to fill in "race" he went ahead then put in "human"! Good God of reality! This man was so Intelligent!The answer he put in there amazed the airport police. Who could have disputed him? Who on earth? Not me anyway!
He insisted thus left it like that. The best way we can avoid the side effects of such abstract drugs is by not taking them!
When we recall history's bad cards,a lot can be shameful. There in our dear Africa, kings sold their bretheren with a price tag showing nothing more than a tobacco leaf! Do me a favour and read Adu Boahen's books. Who is free from these stigmas that are chasing humanity? No one! All we want is the plate to be filled with food that has no poison. Bob Marley said:-"....One good thing about music is, when it hits you feel no pain...." Hail Jah! I would also say this near Bob the great "....One good thing about Ideas is when they hit callous minds feel more pain!..."
"Tara-Tataaa!!!" You see when yesterday calls me, I will pick up the phone then inform yesterday that, tomorrow is on the way!
Once upon a time an African Philosopher said this:-"...No one will point at his father's hut with the left hand..." Left means bad omen for this mind. Right means good omen alongside.
Who hates home? No one hates home! Home does not roam. Home stays waiting for us to come back with backs full of hope. Once upon a time a great wolof philosopher said this:-" Touki Yagga aayut-touki fatteh mo bonn" meaning staying away is not bad,forgetting home is what traditions do not accept!" What a wise dictum.
Rise up and trample the serpent before the serpent uses its short fangs on you! I met a Mandinka who told me this:-"Faa-Fissiya-Ning-Faa-Kaawa-koo" Oh Yes! which is which? In this field of slippery slopes there are chameleons,amoebas and shapeless crabs! Catch me if you can cause running on a muddy path isn't too easy for a sleepy brat. Wake up!
The feelings we have are hidden,the actions we show are noticed. So be it!
Authored:- Essa Bokarr SEY