Safari Notes

I have always wondered at America's Africa strategy! And agenda! It some times seems to me: the US doesn't have any long term policy or agenda on Africa. That is most likely! I still remember how the US handled apartheid South Africa - taking too long to put pressure on it; then Sudan: for years, the US wholly supported the North against the South which was then supported by the Soviets, then - in the nineties, America turned against the North and shifted its support to the South. In both South Africa and Sudan, the human suffering and toll has been enormous! And then, there's the recent shift in Libya ! And now: Chad !

I spent some of my happiest and most peaceful moments and years in and around Lira, Northern Uganda. The breathtaking green planes; the fresh water rivers and lakes at almost every few miles; the butterflies and cranes, and the endless site of: elephants, hippos, buffaloes and birds of all colors! And abundant food: fresh fruits and vegetables of the kind that I have never seen or found any where else! It was then very peaceful: no robberies, or rapes or murders. I visited almost every major trading center around Lira. And Lira had an excellent infrastructure, a well equipped hospital, working institutions, schools & colleges, phone and TV services, well stocked groceries et cetera. And civil order. Incredible! But that is how it was! I never ever thought then, that I and my family would flee such a stunningly beautiful place! That was way back in the sixties and before 1971. Before Idi Amin and the LRA ! Now, just the thought of visiting Lira - horrifies me! 'They seem to hav...

A very interesting and disturbing blog! Very educative and instructive too! I am learning more about Botswana; a side of Botswana that I never knew about! Visit the blog to read more on what these very good people are doing to fight HIV/AIDS in Botswana.

They got him ! No punishment can befit him! I can not think of any! What a joy! How relieving! But the relief isn't complete! There have been many like him who got away! And there are many who still 'rule' many parts of Africa and other parts of the world! Idi Amin ! Yes, if it wasn't for Idi mishandling and suffocating Uganda - would I be here? Most likely: not! At least I survived and live much better than I thought I would, years ago. Many, in Africa have their lives directed and decided by a few despots and 'monsters'! Fate for millions of Africans is in the hands of a few! Any hope? “ For Africa to me... is more than a glamorous fact. It is a historical truth. No man can know where he is going unless he knows exactly where he has been and exactly how he arrived at his present place. ”