Judging by my name, my family originated from somewhere near Jerusalem. My skin tone places me towards Britain. And the past few centuries of my family’s history and accomplishments (pre-Colonial, Colonial, post-Colonial, anti-Apartheid, post-Apartheid) place me squarely in this little Southern African corner of the world. My one and only passport says I have nowhere to simply escape to, other than SADC countries, should I be tossed from SA. And my heart and mind place me firmly as an African. Race be damned.

(Think that was more a comment to leave on Chippla’s posting but, ah well.)

Improved leadership and political commitment to the long-term development of Africa is desperately needed, as is the majority’s commitment to democratic processes, if that is what we really want. Too many people here though are so hungry for power (political or economic) that they promise the world to the desperate majority, and then steal it from under the majority’s noses, and we allow it and even sometimes seem to praise & respect this “intelligence” & leadership.

African doesn’t mean BLACK, thats something that most black Africans and black Americans don’t get!!!!

African means somebody raised in Africa within a culture that is unique to that continent. Surely there are differnet degrees of “Black”, Morrocans are African but might not qualify as black enough to be considered African in the eyes of say a dark skinned Ghanaian or dark skinned “African” American.

Anyway thanks for the comment but I think you should think more carefully about who you are and what culture and/or society you are a part of!

I thought the mantra of anti-rascism was that skin colour does not determine who you are?????????? But you are saying it does, somebody who is black is your “brother” or “sister”. Rascist, I think you ARE!