In the meanwhile there is not a single Caribbean island state that is not threatened with a tide of violence. Haiti, Barbados, Jamaica and Trinidad are besieged by murder and mayhem, blood and hellfire by Darcus Howe in When law and order break down is another type of black on black violence that is beyond senseless. The citizens of these islands are alert to the fact that they are living on the edge of darkness.

These two examples are my benchmarks when I referred to what we saw in SA a couple of weeks ago. I do not accept that it is stereotyping to inform on what we have all accepted that regardless of its root causes is not acceptable anywhere on the planet bar the Nationalist Skinheads worldwide. Even though their home countries are working hard to eradicate these but I am yet to see one African state come up with a government that does not use its police as its thugs. That is the type of black savagery I am talking about in Africa but the SA type simply is beyond believe.

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Precisely my point Rethabile. And the circumstances of the lives of many of South Africa’s black people over many years makes for the likelihood that this would be especially so in their case, as the facts clearly suggest.

I tend to think that anybody can “have a habitual inclination towards violent behaviour” depending on the circumstances of their life.

I will want to begin by apologizing for a statement which I made and which seem to have given a wrong perception of my persona. I can’t be happy at what is going in South Africa. But what I wanted to say and which I may have wrongly expressed, was that, most often, I have heard people claim that, solidarity is based on color. But since I have always denied such notions, I just wanted to point out that, the South African example as an evidence that, solidarity is never built along or around color.

I also noted that, I was a tad contradictory, because I wanted Nigeria to also start requesting her own, for all the sacrifices she has done to other African countries. Well, while I did not really mean business or wasn’t serious, Nigeria will not go that low. I nevertheless brought up the idea because, I read some victims of the unacceptable violence were claiming that, because they aided South Africans in the past, they have become liabilities . Does that make me contradictory?

As for Nigeria’s backyard or I guess , it was the Niger Delta that, you were talking about, I know your mastery of the subject. But in all humility, I think you are aware that, the problem of the Niger Delta is as old as Modern Nigeria. Furthermore, it also appears as though, those claiming to fight for change in the region are toeing contradictory lines. For example, they do take as hostage engineers and other contractors send to work in the region and not necessarily in the Oil industry but to construct roads and bridges. The Nigerian government is also not honest or truly dedicated at finding a lasting solution. As things stand, it seem both parties like what is going on. On this, thank you very much for reacting to my comment and I must also confess hereon that, your page is truly an educative place. In other words, it is a gem. Remain Blessed.

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