Gaddafi's idea has great setbacks

SIR-The Libyan leader Muammar Qaddafi is reported to have called for an expulsion of the white people from the African countries which still harbour them, and for the rejection of adopting foreign languages. In his book The Green Book, p.121, Qaddafi says the memory of slavery under the white people will persist until the black people have vindicated themselves and that this tragic and historic event will constitute a psychological motivation of the Africans for vengeance. However, Qaddafi's call faces serious challenges because there is territorial mistrust, hypocrisy and conspiracy between the African Arab north and the rest of Africa. The black Africans are not accommodated on the Arab league and yet the Arabs of North Africa are members of the Organisation of African Unity. In my letter in The New Vision of July 21, 1989, under "Regional Mistrust: The curse that won't let Uganda be," I explained how regionalism and tribalism affected the unity in Uganda. Hypocrisy and conspiracy by some African leaders may be hightened by economic, political, cultural and social considerations which, in East Africa, led to the breakdown of the East African Community. Unfortunately, the people who compose the Organisation of African Unity are mere symbolic figures, passing indecisive and ineffective resolutions at their summits. If such an organisation has failed to bring positive changes or to halt wars in Africa, the removal of the colonial legacy remains a mere wish. Twinoburyo-Omwanawomuntu, Mbarara. In his book The Green Book, p.121, Qaddafi says the memory of slavery under the white people will persist until the black people have vindicated themselves and that this tragic and historic event will constitute a psychological motivation of the Africans for vengeance. However, Qaddafi's call faces serious challenges because there is territorial mistrust, hypocrisy and conspiracy between the African Arab north and the rest of Africa. The black Africans are not accommodated on the Arab league and yet the Arabs of North Africa are members of the Organisation of African Unity. In my letter in The New Vision of July 21, 1989, under "Regional Mistrust: The curse that won't let Uganda be," I explained how regionalism and tribalism affected the unity in Uganda. Hypocrisy and conspiracy by some African leaders may be hightened by economic, political, cultural and social considerations which, in East Africa, led to the breakdown of the East African Community. Unfortunately, the people who compose the Organisation of African Unity are mere symbolic figures, passing indecisive and ineffective resolutions at their summits. If such an organisation has failed to bring positive changes or to halt wars in Africa, the removal of the colonial legacy remains a mere wish. Twinoburyo-Omwanawomuntu, Mbarara. ends