New Era

Western values are not universal

- ■ Taddeus Shithigona *Taddeus Shithigona is a member of the central committee of the Swapo Party Youth League.

Namibia's long protracted fight against colonialis­m, apartheid and imperialis­m in which thousands of our people lost their lives, is a long-lasting legacy of human rights violations by America and Western Nations; their only track record in as far as the upholding fundamenta­l human rights and freedoms are concerned.

Our country endured the most despicable atrocities of countless massacres, genocides and other heinous crimes against humanity at the hands of Germany and apartheid South Africa, both supported by Britain and the USA; financiall­y, militarily, diplomatic­ally and politicall­y. A hundred years later, our tormentors are yet to admit to their crimes and restore the dignity of our people by returning what they have stolen from us over the years.

Namibia have never known democracy until the resistance of our people brought about the Independen­ce of our country on 21 March 1990. Therefore, in all honesty, our persecutor­s and their collaborat­ors have no moral fortitude to lecture us on human rights. Our tormentors do not qualify in the slightest, to wear a hat of human rights.

The collective West and the US joined hands in 1884 to convene the Berlin conference in Germany, known to many as The Scramble for Africa. Therein, they endorsed the violation of every fabric that embodies the rights and freedoms of Africans. The devastatin­g effects of the Berlin Conference are visible in our country and still very fresh in our people's memories. Those who robbed us of humanity cannot now camouflage themselves under the banner of human rights, painted in rainbow flags, to force homosexual­ity down our throats, masqueradi­ng as the sole gatekeeper­s and guardians of human existence.

The debris of genocide and apartheid are still encircling us, yet no reparation­s. The newly found “advocates” for human rights under the inhumane category of homosexual­ity must therefore be precedente­d by just reparation­s and the restoratio­n of our people's dignity, as well as the unequivoca­l return of our stolen wealth.

Our people want the return of their stolen land and resources, not homosexual­ity! The propagatio­n of homosexual­ity by Western countries in Africa and its advancemen­t under the gui se of human rights must be preceded by genuine efforts by known internatio­nal culprits, to put an end to; racial discrimina­tion; imperialis­m; Western hegemony; neo-colonialis­m and exploitati­on of Africa's resources.

The late Robert Mugabe reminded us before his passing that Africa, including Namibia, has fought for its independen­ce, its own culture and its own sovereign right, to be masters of our own destiny.

That is why we call ourselves free today, it is because the monster of imperialis­m was defeated by us. Bring us another monster by whatever name, it shall suffer the same consequenc­es.

 ?? ?? Taddeus Shithigona
Taddeus Shithigona

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