Politics Café


Black Politics Must Be More Relevant
by Francis Bruno Nyamador

Time has marched on - but has Black activism marched with it? A little more than four decades have passed since Black people in America and Africa engaged in titanic struggles and sustained political agitation to achieve emancipation. The battle lines were drawn and effectively crossed to defeat several things: the shackles of political oppression, institutional segregation and colonial subservience. From Angola to Alabama Black people of all ages, were willing to be subjected to physical brutality by racist policemen, and in some instances crazed soldiers. Black people for a season suffered harsh iniquities determined to assert their dignity and to pave the way future generations to take their rightful place as equal members of the human family. While progress has had its moments since the heat of the Civil Rights Movement and the preceding years; those who put their lives on the line bask in only limited triumph.

It is disheartening to observe that any modicum of achievements from those struggles have been horribly dented by the failure of Black governments and leaders. While they stand at the forefront of media attention, they have largely been unable to grapple with the multi-faceted problems that Black people are facing. The consequence, the "criminal" failure to significantly lift the race socially, financially and on the health and education fronts.

Today many, especially the younger generation, are seemingly trying to rewrite history by eschewing political activism/engagement without active involvement. Among them are men and women of towering intellect and perspective. They seek to sell themselves as innocent bystanders or naive spectators who stand at the sidelines and watch innocuous debates. So that begs the question, “what factors have influenced this inimical trend?

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