THE CRYING PRESIDENTS

THE CRYING PRESIDENTS(Case study of Patrice Lumumba,Ed.Blyden and Pierre.Mulele)
A PROSE

In the days of old, there used to be a typical saying that: it's all about whom you know. As it's now down-played than before , everything seems about the same as it was.

Once upon a time, we never knew much about freedom and its importance until we were subjugated and put into a state of total silence. It was about colonialism and imperialism; it was about Authoritarianism and Democracy; it was about liberalism, bourgeoisie and the proletarianism;it was about Egalitarianism and petty bourgeoisie; it was the worst of times, the saddest of days; moment of strives,'' moment of infamies''; it was a tale of a system under strict measures; it was not about what to eat nor drink, but what you should eat; it was about total darkness taking dominion over light; it was the days of chaos and martial law.

[I once watched a documentary on the Berlin Wall and its collapse, when an old but now freed man made a thoughtful comment, that: those who were born into freedom do not know the real meaning of freedom, so they misuse and abuse it”. The Berlin Wall was a total separation of East Germany from the West Germany]

The crying presidents, little did they know about total liberation, and little did he also know about self-rule until nature shown them the light to freedom.

These men wished well for their continent in whatever they did, they were not used to prayer but expected the people around them to be praying everything time for the nation. They were visionary and patriotic.

Years ago before they became the men in the highest office,one answered dazzlingly yet with a poetic answer.

Man: Do you pray for the country?

President: No, I look at the leaders and I pray for the country. If the leaders have vision, the country is free and ‘save’, if not then expect the otherwise.

These crying presidents were indeed the men of the people and of prayer. They never believed in politics but in the voice of the people they did. They understood the language of the people and had the heart of a child, a woman and that of an angel.

The attitude of the crying president has made me remembered a saying from a Ghanaian martyr, Sergeant Attipoe. He said this during a riot of the then Christian ‘Borg’ Castle now Osu Castle. He said…in all things, your motherland first”.

“Whatever you do, wherever you go, there would be one day that somebody will look you up. Either to kill you or to thank you”-Gen E. K .I. Acheampong,

THE HISTORY OF IMPERIALISM IN THE DAYS OF THE CRYING PRESIDENT

Young but vibrant and gallant people of the days stood up and formed an alliance to fight against the forces of imperialism on and beyond the shores of Africa.

Pan-africanism, was the first-moving philosophy proposed and based on the ideology of self rule, equal right and total liberation. It was a movement against the strong arms of their enemies, the imperialist. Even though they were in their country; they had enough influence over the affairs and dealings of many countries across Africa, North America, Asia, Scandinavia, South America, Europe and many parts of other continents.

In Africa, Emperor Haille Selassie’s Ethiopia was the only fortunate country which was not governed by the strong arms of the imperialists.

The crying President was unthinkably a conservative who was with the notion of achieving sufficient for his nation than abumdant,when it is to go with the spilling of blood.

These crying presidents were partly with the notion of self-reliant now or never.They upheld partly the views of Socialism and Conservatism.

The world has changed and we need to go back to basics-back to the drawing board.

To make it a better place for ourselves and the generations to come.

Uncle Ato