I’m sure Bob is Not Happy looking down on this today.. which would have been his 65th earthyear

How Does returning the Pickled Lost HEAD of a King 200 years later say “I’m Sorry”.

That’s what we want to know. we’ve written about the Saartjie Baartman story several years ago; and when we saw this it was like Deja Vu.

Why do they put people in formaldahyde and hide them; then forget about them for a hundred or so years and boom – ohhhh you found this head.

are you sure you lost it ?

we doubt it since the dutch are so metiliculous about cataloging everything, including HEADS and Slaves.  am I still pissed from my last trip to holland ? well lets just say this was a none too subtle reminder of the larger than life reminders of how holland sees’ itself; aside from it’s Slaving History.

This Chief – King Badu Bonsu II, was killed by a Pirate – who was conscripted by the Dutch Masters at the time. how did HE come into Ghana and Kill a King ?

Welll That’s the part of the story that we’re still waiting to hear from Our Brothers in Ghana. we know many many kingdoms were financed by selling their captives and enemies. could one of those tribes have taken a contract to off the king and then delivered his head to the dutch pirate ?

according to Dr. Van Sertima, the dutch outlawed slavery in 1814 – but our king was wacked in 1838 – wayyyyyyyyyy after the dutch stopped slaving supposedly.

sounds more likely that a buncha pissed enemies did the deed;  than a buncha dutchmen sailing into a village and just going “Off With Your Head” King.  I’d really like to hear the REAL TRUTH behind this tragedy.

Somehow these stories seem to leave it out

Dutch return severed head of Ghana chief

Ancient king’s head discovered last year in a jar of formaldehyde

Dutch return severed head of Ghana chief – Europe- msnbc.com.

Who’s Lyin ?

We looked for the latest info on the situation in Zimbabwe; since the return of Moe. well a bumper crop and hungry mouths aren’t a good mix; especially when the soldiers run the diamond mines..

Won’t You Take a Moment and Tell Us Please, Who Do You Believe ?

Zimbabwe has had a bumper maize crop but the hunger crisis remains

Some three million people face hunger in Zimbabwe, despite a significant rise in food production, the UN says.

Good rainfall over the past year has boosted production of the staple crop, maize, by 130% to 1.1m tonnes.

But about 2.8m people will still face food shortages this year, warned the report from the Food and Agriculture Organisation and World Food Programme.

They found that Zimbabwe’s situation remains critical with basic necessities out of reach for most households.

The BBC’s Andrew Harding in Johannesburg (the BBC is banned from Zimbabwe) says that, as so often with Zimbabwe, it is one step forward and two steps back.

The report also forecast the lowest ever harvest of wheat this winter because of high seed prices and electricity shortages.

‘Struggling to survive’

“This year’s improved harvest comes after two consecutive years of poor production,” said the World Food Programme’s Jan Delbaere, who worked on the report, reports AP news agency.

“Having depleted their food stocks and sold livestock and other assets to cope with the effects of the recent crises, many rural households are still struggling to survive.”

Zimbabwe’s vice-president pleaded for an international financial stimulus

The warning comes a day after Zimbabwe’s vice-president called on the international community to provide her country with a financial stimulus package to offset its economic crisis.

Addressing a gathering of the world’s richest and poorest countries at the UN in New York, Joyce Mujuru, a Zanu-PF member, said the lack of external support for Zimbabwe was threatening the unity government’s programme.

Also on Wednesday, Zimbabwe launched a public consultation as it prepares to draft a new constitution to pave the way for the next elections.

Plans for the charter were enshrined in February’s power-sharing pact between President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF and Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai’s Movement for Democratic Change (MDC).

In April, parliament elected a 25-member committee, drawn from both parties, to tour the provinces and carry out a consultation on the new constitution.

The draft document is supposed to be introduced in parliament by February next year, with a referendum to be held by July.

Until the military moved in illegal diggers were seeking their fortune

Lobby group Human Rights Watch has accused Zimbabwe’s army of using forced labour, including children, to mine diamonds in the east of the country.

Local villagers who do not co-operate with the military are beaten and tortured, the US-based group says.

Their report also details an alleged massacre of diamond diggers last year, after the disputed elections.

It urges the unity government to take control of the mines and use the revenue to help rebuild the country.

“Zimbabwe’s new government should get the army out of the fields, put a stop to the abuse,” Human Rights Watch’s Africa director Georgette Gagnon said.

“The police and army have turned this peaceful area into a nightmare of lawlessness and horrific violence,” she said.

‘Buying off the military’

The report is based on interviews done in February in Marange district.

Its researchers say that as far as they are aware, the situation has not changed since the former opposition joined the government four months ago.

Millions of dollars in potential government revenue are being siphoned off through illegal diamond mining, Human Rights Watch statement Eerie silence at Zimbabwe mine Blood diamond scheme ‘is failing’

Human Rights Watch claims control of the mines is part of a systematic attempt by President Robert Mugabe’s Zanu-PF party to buy support from the military.

The diamond fields in Marange were seized just one month after the power-sharing deal was first agreed in September 2008.

On the face of it, the military takeover was an attempt to seize control from unlicensed miners, the lobby group says.

But in reality it was a systematic attempt to enable key army units, whose support President Mugabe needed following June’s elections, to have access to riches, Human Rights Watch says.

“Documents that we reviewed that we got from the military and the police clearly indicate that this was a clearly designed system to benefit the army,” researcher Dewa Mavhinga said.

Witnesses say it involved a brutal military operation that saw some 200 people killed in three weeks.

It says army brigades are still in control forcing hundreds of children and adults endure forced labour for mining syndicates.

While the new Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai is touring the West lobbying for aid, “millions of dollars in potential government revenue are being siphoned off through illegal diamond mining, smuggling of gemstones… and corruption”, the rights organisation says.

If the diamond industry was legally regulated, Human Rights Watch estimates it could amount to $200m a month for the country.

It is calling for diamond exports from Zimbabwe to be banned and for the country to be suspended from the Kimberly Process – the certification scheme for diamonds – until the demilitarisation of the mines is achieved.

On Wednesday, Global Witness reported that the Kimberly process was failing – partly because of the situation in Zimbabwe.

Zimbabwe makes me so angry, that today I am drawing a parallel look at the situation – from the news.

first we have the story of the children, forced into prostitution – to survive. now if that doesn’t just make your heart break I don’t know why.

these children are as young as 12 years old – so how can they be old enough to be prostitutes ?

anyone who would buy sex from a child is a very sick individual. this type of abuse is created by the desparation of the situation; which it seems we write about weekly, these days.

Poverty is robbing many young Zimbabwean girls of their childhood

Growing numbers of children in Zimbabwe are turning to prostitution to survive, the charity Save the Children says.

The aid agency says increasing poverty is leading girls as young as 12 to sell their bodies for as little as a packet of biscuits.

It also claims that the coming football World Cup in neighbouring South Africa could soon make things worse.

Unemployment in Zimbabwe is thought to top 90% and many cannot afford to pay for food, medical care or school fees.

The deputy head teacher of a large school with 1,500 pupils east of Victoria Falls told the BBC that hundreds of her female students are now selling their bodies for whatever they can get.

“It could be books, it could be biscuits, chips, some even just to be given a hug.”

Throughout my conversation with the deputy head, two small teenage girls in threadbare school uniforms sat watching from a brick wall by the playground. Both are orphans.

The older one, who is 14, said she knows many girls here who have become prostitutes.

“I don’t want to do that but life is so difficult, so very difficult. Both my parents are dead and I rarely see my two sisters. Recently I stood by the river and I thought about throwing myself in but I didn’t. I don’t know why.”

There is also evidence that many girls are being targeted by child traffickers, Save the Children’s country director Rachel Pounds says.

They are thought to have plans to send young Zimbabwean girls to South Africa to work as prostitutes during next year’s football World Cup finals.

(end of bbc story)

Apparently Moe is out Hoe’n himself; and that is not being met very well in lots of places. In London on Saturday he was met by boos from a crowd of Zimbabwean expats. this was not unexpected, I’m sure. how could he even dare to show his face to anyone with his dirty hands.

he is the chief fundraiser for his pimp Mugs Hoegabe.

Don’t you think it’s time for this to stop ?

Tell Obama to Recind that 73 Large he’s sending back with Mugs – because it will never feed a child, or make a drop of clean water - in a nation of desperation.

The International community must start to speak out and act more vigorously toward this bloody regime. there is no excuse for giving any money to Zimbabwe, while there are still two year old children in jail. yes IN JAIL – 2 Year Old Kids. how can we support that ?

Tell Obama that You Don’t Want Zimbabwe’s Babies Blood On Your Hands..

Stop the Tragedy, Prevent it from stealing another generation of Zimbabweans.  Remember, if they came for your neighbor last nite, they will be coming for you this afternoon.

Amandla Awethu !

This is coverage from our friend Denford Magora’s Zimbabwe Blog – the best source for Real Honest Facts and News about Zimbabwe -

Take a look for yourself.

(end of clipping from Denford Magora’s Zimbabwe Blog)

This is from BBC – notice that they left out the transcript, and the reactions of the Zimbabweans, which is Key to Understanding What Happened.

Zimbabwe’s Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai has been forced to cut short an event where he was addressing Zimbabwean exiles due to jeering.

Mr Tsvangirai was addressing more than 1,000 exiles, whom he urged to return home to rebuild the country, during an event at London’s Southwark Cathedral.

But his appeal was poorly received as questions were raised over assurances he made about the country’s stability.

Mr Tsvangirai’s UK visit is the final stage of a tour of Europe and the US.

He has been seeking funding for the unity government he formed with President Robert Mugabe in February.

Mr Tsvangirai, the leader of the opposition Movement for Democratic Change who became prime minister in the power-sharing deal, said the country needed the exiles’ skills and money to help to rebuild Zimbabwe.

Our mission is to make sure that we give the people of Zimbabwe hope Morgan Tsvangirai Prime minister, Zimbabwe

During his speech, the prime minister said: “Zimbabweans must come home.”

He told the audience that improvements had been made through the creation of a “transitional” government, and that no-one had been “fooled” or co-opted.

Referring to the power-sharing deal, he went on: “It represented the best solution to a crisis that has engulfed us as a people.”

The Zimbabwean prime minister said inflation had been cut, schools had reopened and previous scarce commodities were now available, adding that the government had “made sure that there is peace and stability in the country”.

That assertion provoked a noisy reaction from sections of the audience.

Mr Tsvangirai is expected to hold talks with Gordon Brown

He went on: “Our mission is to create the necessary space, the necessary freedoms for Zimbabweans. Our mission is to make sure that we give the people of Zimbabwe hope.

“Zimbabwe is changing for the better, and that change is for you and me to ensure that we can build a Zimbabwe together.”

He acknowledged that no-one should forget the struggles and suffering of the Zimbabwean people, adding that he, as a victim of beatings and arrests, would be the last to forget the past.

However, Mr Tsvangirai told the gathering that the plan to work towards a new constitution and referendum over the next 18 months was the correct one.

The European Union still holds sanctions against Zimbabwe, and EU leaders have told the Zimbabwean prime minister they want to see improvements in the human-rights situation in the country before they consider lifting them.

The Foreign Office in London has sounded a similar note, with minister Lord Malloch Brown saying sanctions would not be lifted until Zimbabwe’s transition to democracy has “reached a point of no return”.

Mr Tsvangirai is expected to hold talks with British Prime Minister Gordon Brown on Monday.

(end of bbc clip)

Take Your Freedom Seriously, because in Zimbabwe just saying the word could get you killed,

A Luta Continua, Viva Zimbabwe !