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Original Post Date: 2001-09-07 Time: 12:01:35 Posted By: Jan
Bashing Colonialism has become such an International Sport and yet, a friend
of mine pointed out some time back that there is something wrong. He reminded
me that neither Liberia (the country to which many African Americans went)
nor Ethiopia were ever colonised – and yet, look at how backward they are.
Liberia, especially, is a most interesting case. It was purchased by the US
government and African Americans went there. Yet, Liberia, is no different to
the rest of Africa.
I received this today from another friend of mine. This piece below is a
quote from Garfield Todd, a former Prime Minister of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe).
Jan
This is interesting reading in the light of assertions currently being
made at the UN Conference on Racism etc. in Durban. (Emphasis in bold
is mine.) Liberia was established as a home country for American
slaves who were voluntarily repatriated to Africa.
John R
Extract from Hon. R.S. Garfield Todd’s article in ‘Southern Rhodesia –
the price of freedom’, p.137. First published 1964 by Stuart Manning,
Bulawayo:-
“… the defence made by a Liberian who is reported to have explained
his country’s backwardness by the fact that it had never had the
advantage of being a colony. There were advantages. I once heard a
young Moroccan, French to his fingertips, addressing the students of
an American University on the evils of colonialism. There was not one
good thing in the colonial heritage, he maintained. But the 1,500
students in his audience did not leave it at that, and there was a
barrage of questions, covering health, education, economic
development, representation in government and so on. The Moroccan
found himself obliged to recant to some extent. Eventually, when he
stated that his university had been the Sorbonne, he threw his hand
forward, broke into a smile, and said, “Oh, well, yes, I am of the
West. Everything I have that I prize has come from the West, but I
don’t like the way I was given it.” There is no doubt of the value of
many of the things which came from the colonial system, and there is
so much of value in Rhodesia which has come directly as a result of
white colonisation.”
The Reader should note the two overlapping pieces:-
(1) A Liberian claiming his country was backward because it had the
“advantages” of colonialism
(2) A French African who didn’t like colonialism, not because it was bad but
because of the way it was given.
Either way, it goes to show, that underneath it all, many of these blacks
know full-well that colonialism brought them many benefits. They just don’t
want to admit it.