This issue had been delayed due to health issues affecting the Editor but we are here again. Our articles here are a miscellany.
An assumption that the laws of history and society did not work the same way among non-Western societies was ingrained in many people’s understanding. However, to understand the present wave of history, we need to re-establish not merely the unity of mankind but also the agency of all human societies. This agency is for both good and bad but it also takes away the Western assumption of victimhood in non-Western societies. Any true and good history of mankind would show the period of European domination to be a mere interregnum in the history of the world and as compared to the histories of ancient Egypt, India and China.
Our first peice, ‘The Fifth Column in Nigeria’, identifies those sectors in Nigeria that actually seek its destruction and which have always been supporters of foreign interest against Nigeria. Many Nigerians were brought up to believe that all Nigerians want the best for Nigeria but are unable to decode all the different interests and the tide of events. When considering other societies, fifth columns invariably abound from the role of Edward VII, the British King, supporting Nazis in WW2, to Benedict Arnold betraying the US during the war of independence, to the Vichy French collaborating with the Nazis etc. Not only are there individual betrayals but also class betrayals. African history must be looked at rigorously, and any reluctance to face the truth for nationalist reasons should be shown to be utterly misguided.
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Following the concept of fifth column or enemy within, is its application to aspects of contemporary Black American history. Horne berates certain African Americans for lack of ‘national solidarity’ as if that was a matter of the least concern for them. This article challenges Horne’s assumption that Black leaders would behave any differently than vassal European leaders.
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For some occasions poetry is more appropriate with its ability to heighten tension with few words. Shakespeare’s words needed little alteration to adapt for the present purpose in relation to the events in Gaza.
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