Canute - Chronicles from the Heartland

And If Obama Doesn't Go After African Tyrants?

By Canute Tangwa

We would not say he merely blew hot air on January 20. We must look at our backyard, wrack our brains, examine our consciences and ascertain whether we said yes, we can or depended on Barack Obama to work miracles for us or spent precious time blaming our ills on the West.

Indeed, we have acted out the victim for too long and thus played into the hands of our distasteful, bloodthirsty, visionless leaders and intellectuals who speak with both sides of their mouth.

Zimbabwe Shoes And School Blues

By Canute Tangwa (The Post, 25 July 2008)

I do not know of anyone who still has a pair of Zimbabwe shoes. Since Zimbabwe is on the spotlight, a pair of Zimbabwe for auction at say Lloyds (Bob Mugabe would for sure clinch his fist and curse) would fetch billions of worthless Zimbabwean dollars.

Worthless indeed, because Zimbabwe is the home of the world's poorest billionaires! The top bidder would go home with a pair of Zimbabwe shoes that even at the height of its popularity was a source of derision.

FON DOH’S INDICTMENT AS METAPHOR OF THE EROSION OF TRADITIONAL AUTHORITY

BY CANUTE TANGWA (February 16, 2008)

Traditional authority in Cameroon and elsewhere is shrouded in myths. The Fon, Chief or King never dies. He disappears! The King is dead, long live the King!  A Fon eating in public is as rare as the tear of a dog. Shaking hands with the Fon in public is an abomination, to say the least. This explains why Fon Achirimbi of Bafut allegedly had reservations shaking hands with a female British royalty! Everywhere a Fon goes, his subjects and those who know prostrate. The King is God’s representative on earth. Almost all peoples extol the divine right of Kings. This notion has been abusively stretched in Africa to include sanguinary dictators.