Human trafficking is the tip of the iceberg of a colossal monster known as transnational organized crime. What really lies beneath is a vast corruption network that has impeded human development and denied Africans the first two basic needs in Maslow’s hierarchy.
From the utilitarian perspective, is there any African country where the greatest number of natives have their physiological needs met and feel safe? The answer is a categorical NO. That place is hard to find for African “Hitlers” have chosen to rein terrorizing their people, violating their fundamental human rights, and posing a serious threat to world security.
It is no secret that, following the non-stop looting
in the colonial era, most of Africa has fallen for the past five decades into the
hands of dictators, tyrants, and career thieves, whom I often call “little
devils in human shape” or “career criminals behind presidential desks”. These
are the infamous street criminals who prey directly on Africans to feed
invisible mafias around the world with stolen goods, dubious contracts, a wide
range of other illicit goods and services, and transfers of billions of dollars
every year from the countries they help loot!
Death by hundreds drowned in the Mediterranean Sea
and xenophobia in South Africa are the two events that will shape forever what I
dare call “Africa’s Civil Rights Movement”. They have sent a clear message to
the international community that those rights will be attained only with global
cooperation to degrade, dismantle, and destroy those little devils coated in
human skin who have victimized millions of Africans and forced them to flee
abroad to meet at least two of their basic necessities: physiological and
safety needs.
Now is the time to think out of the box and act
intelligently by supporting Africa’s Civil Rights Movement. Focusing on the tip
of the iceberg while ignoring the root of the problem will only achieve one
thing: temporarily eliminating the symptoms and not solving the real problem.
P.S. I published this article on April 22, 2015 at:
