PAMBAZUKA NEWS 235: 2005 - THE YEAR IN QUOTES
CONTENTS: 1. Letter to Subscribers. 3. Editorial
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2. Editorial
THE YEAR IN PERSPECTIVE: QUOTES FROM PAMBAZUKA NEWS
It’s been a frantic year for Africa. On the international stage
there’s been the release of Tony Blair’s Commission for Africa
report, the G8 meeting in Gleneagles, Scotland and the World Trade
Organisation ministerial meeting in Hong Kong, all of which have had
enormous implications for Africa. There have been elections in
Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kenya and elsewhere, while the crises in the
Ivory Coast and Darfur have dragged on throughout the year. To this
you can add ongoing issues related to women’s rights, human rights,
justice, the environment, HIV/Aids and refugees. We’ve tried our best
to bring to the fore commentary and analysis on these issues that
can’t be found anywhere else, to showcase the voices of the African
continent. The result is over 150 originally commissioned or
submitted pieces of commentary and analysis from over 100 writers. It
would be impossible to summarise or reflect all of these in one
article, but in this issue you can find a selection of key quotes
from the year 2005. Click on the links to read the full articles or
browse the back issues to find out what happened in the year that was.
MAKING REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH RIGHTS A REALITY
“Within the health sector systemic violence against women remains
highly invisible and there are glaring gaps within the health sector
as well at the community level for dealing with violence against
women. Most health providers have consistently failed to recognize
and consider violence against women an important part of their work.
Some health workers, being products of a culture that condones
violence against women, view it as a normal way of life and do not
feel obligated to pay attention to women who present with signs and
symptoms of abuse.” - Anne Gathumbi, Pambazuka News 190: 20 January 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=26455
TRADE LIBERALISATION, HUNGER AND STARVATION
“The agriculture negotiations when taken up by our governments are
treated as gender neutral. These discussions do not take into account
the 75% contribution women make to agricultural production. They
assume a common myth that separates affluence from poverty. If you
produce what you consume, you do not produce. This is the basis on
which the production boundary is drawn for national accounting that
measures economic growth.” - Mohau Pheko, Pambazuka News 191: 27
January 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=26551
ZIMBABWE’S MARCH: THE STRUGGLE CONTINUES
“Democratic elections are supposed to give a nation an opportunity to
reflect and choose – to continue with the current policies and
leadership or to give others a chance. When an economy falters and
people’s lives become more difficult, sitting governments normally
pay the price, whether or not they are responsible for the problems.
But in Zimbabwe, when a government wilfully destroys an entire
economy, and leads the whole nation into catastrophic collapse,
misery and even starvation, elections have failed to provide
opportunities to punish those responsible by removing them from
power. As far as their democratic role is concerned – to hold
governments responsible and bring them to account – elections have
been exercises in futility.” - Mary Ndlovu, Pambazuka news 199: 24
March 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=27428
ZIMBABWE: ELECTIONS, DESPONDENCY AND CIVIL SOCIETY'S RESPONSIBILITY
“The official results of Zimbabwe's March 31 parliamentary elections,
announced on 2 April, give the ruling Zimbabwe African National Union-
Patriotic Front (Zanu PF) 78 seats, the opposition Movement for
Democratic Change (MDC) 41 (down from 57 seats in 2000), and 1 to an
independent (Mugabe's notorious former information officer, Jonathan
Moyo). What happened? Simply this: the urban poor and working-class
were cheated. The rural poor were intimidated into supporting a
government whose costs to them now far outweigh the limited benefits
(for 130 000 households) of the ineffectual land redistribution
strategy that began in 2000. And the regional super-power
collaborated to the full.” - Patrick Bond And David Moore, Pambazuka
News 201, 7 April 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=27627
BEHIND THE IMAGE: POVERTY AND 'DEVELOPMENT PORNOGRAPHY'
“Increasingly graphic depictions of poverty projected on a mass scale
by an increasing number of organisations over a long period cannot
but have an impact on the consciousness of the target audience. That
is the desired objective. But there can also be unintended
consequences. In this case, the subliminal message unintended or not,
is that people in the developing world require indefinite and
increasing amounts of help and that without aid charities and donor
support, these poor incapable people in Africa or Asia will soon be
extinct through disease and starvation. Such simplistic messages
foster racist stereotypes, strip entire peoples of their dignity and
encourage prejudice. - Rotimi Sankore, Pambazuka News 203, 21 April 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=27815
ECONOMIC ALTERNATIVES TO NEOLIBERALISM
“Any attempt to build economic alternatives to neoliberalism also
needs to take account of its ideological and repressive elements. As
potentially viable alternatives are developed, the neoliberal system
will do all in its power to repress these initiatives. Therefore, as
well as being visionary and identifying offensive demands towards
realising that vision, attention must also be given to defending the
space that is available to develop alternatives. The closing down of
forms of expression, passing of restrictive legislation and acts of
violent repression must be resisted together with the building of
alternatives. Maintaining the space to be able to develop
alternatives is thus an integral dimension of the struggle for
alternatives.” - George Dor, Pambazuka News 209: 2 June 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28420
When wearing white is not chic, and collaboration not cool
“So when Sachs, Oxfam, Mbeki and others continue to insist that the
way to cure poverty is to expand the world market and reverse
Africa's alleged 'marginalisation', they elide the reality that
Africa's trade/GDP ratio has for many years topped the world charts,
and the reality that ever-greater reliance upon exporting cash-crops
and minerals - most of which have suffered huge declines in price due
to gluts - is a recipe for underdevelopment.” - Pambazuka News 211:
16 June 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28625
THE LIVE 8 CONCERTS: HOLD ON AFRICA – HERE WE COME!
“The real reason the rich world should be racing to deal with African
poverty is the central role we have played in causing and
perpetuating it. Has anyone told Paul Wolfowitz that vastly more
money pours out of Africa each year back to rich countries than flows
in? That's the key to Africa's development crisis, and it's almost
entirely unrecognized.” - Gerald Caplan, Pambazuka News 212: 23 June
2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28738
MAKE LOOTING HISTORY
“Some 120 years ago, in 1884-85,, European governments met in Berlin
to 'negotiate' the carving up of Africa - a meeting that in essence
was very little different to this week's G8 meeting in Gleneagles.
Had Bob Geldof and Comic Relief been around at the time, would they
have held pop concerts in Paris, London, Berlin, Brussels, Lisbon
etc. calling on their rulers to be nice about carving up the
continent, to ensure that a few more crumbs fell off the table into
the mouths of the poor while they carried out their project of
occupation, colonisation, military subjugation, looting and genocidal
slaughter? The very idea sounds absurd because we have the benefit of
hindsight. … The G8 meeting should be seen as a gathering of the
descendants of the Berlin Conference. Their agenda is fundamentally
the same. We shouldn't be begging them to be nice about it. We
shouldn't be begging them to carve us up 'fairly'. Let's end this
charade about 'fighting poverty': turn, instead, to fighting those
who cause and profit from impoverishment.
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28865
FIGHTING FOR THE RIGHTS OF AFRICA'S REFUGEES: WORLD REFUGEE DAY 2005
“The problem (with participation rhetoric in regards to refugees) is
that it is just that, rhetoric. The first thing that any agency
assisting refugees would have to do to allow them to meaningfully
participate in 'planning' is to tell them how much was the budget for
a particular project. Can you imagine an Oxfam or a Save the Children
or a UNHCR actually sharing such information with refugees?” -
Barbara Harrell-Bond, Pambazuka News 212: 23 June 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28733
HOME-GROWN RIGHTS INSTRUMENTS: SUPPORTING THE PROTOCOL ON THE RIGHTS
OF WOMEN IN AFRICA
“This Protocol can rightly be called the Bill of Rights for African
Women. It may not be perfect but it has the special distinction of
addressing specific problems and issues that have been major
constraints and hindrances for African women in the past. The
Protocol covers fundamental issues like the right to inheritance,
widowhood, affirmative action to promote equal access and
participation in politics and decision making; rights of particularly
vulnerable groups of women i.e. the elderly women, women with
disabilities, women under conflict situations, pregnant women and
nursing mothers, protection against harmful traditional practices. It
also boldly addresses current and emerging issues like HIV and AIDS,
refugee women, right to food security and adequate housing etc.” -
Gladys Mutukwa, Pambazuka News 213: 30 June 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28753
ASPIRATION INTO ACTION: RATIFY THE PROTOCOL NOW!
“Affirmative action in politics in Uganda has delivered numbers.
Presence and action of women has expanded and relatively deepened
public concerns. Both at the national and local levels, the relative
presence of women has brought new questions on the political agenda.
The experience of the constitution making process in 1994 and the
resultant 1995 constitution indicate that numerical presence of women
in the Constituent Assembly had a lot to contribute to the gendered
contestations and outcomes. The outlook of decision-making bodies has
changed, ideologically accommodating the construction of a leader as
male and female.” - Jacqueline Asiimwe, Pambazuka News 213: 30 June 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28752
MEETING AFRICA’S HUMAN DEVELOPMENT NEEDS AND THE FAILURE OF EPAS
“Indeed, given the asymmetry between African and European economies
and the huge subsidies the latter enjoy, any reciprocity in trade
liberalisation, as implied by the economic partnership agreements,
would deal a major blow to Africa’s development prospects. It would
mean not only more unemployment and poverty on a larger scale, but
worst of all, the total collapse of the agricultural sector in sub-
Saharan Africa, which in turn would aggravate the food crisis on the
continent. It is widely acknowledged that trade liberalisation has
already entailed huge losses to African countries. It has been
estimated that the combination of deteriorating terms of trade and
the trade restrictions introduced by developed countries has led to
an average annual loss of $60 billion for Africa, about four times
the amount of development 'assistance' to the continent.”
Demba Moussa Dembele, Pambazuka News 216: 21 July 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=28905
IT WILL SUFFICE TO STOP THE BLEEDING
“My image of Africa is a beautiful, welcoming and sharing person
bearing a gaping and bleeding wound that threatens her/his happiness
and life. Africa’s wound is old (historically rooted) and still
festering. There are scars around its edges suggesting partial but
superficial healing. The wound is constantly poked both by external
objects as well as self. As a result, it is still gashing. Stopping
the bleeding is a first aid priority to protect life, before healing
is possible. To heal, we must get the diagnosis right and recognise
the age of the wound, how it was caused and what continues to
exacerbate it.” - Charles Abugre, Pambazuka News 217: 28 July 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29008
JOHN GARANG AND SUDAN’S SEARCH FOR PEACE
“Garang was a pan-Africanist, charismatic, independent-minded and a
well-informed leader. He successfully led a guerrilla movement for
more than 20 years since May 1983 and survived numerous moments of
serious trouble including threats to his life, challenges to his
leadership and secessionist elements within the SPLA/M. Some of his
strong points were his pragmatism, independent mind, unshakeable
conviction about the unity of the country and relentless resistance
to attempts to transform Sudan into a Muslim and Arab-centric state.
His resilience conferred on him the respect of his enemies and
political opponents in Sudan and the confidence of regional and
international observers.” - Abdelbagi Jibril, Pambazuka News 218: 04
August 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29135
IN SEARCH OF THE “DISAPPEARED”: TAKING THE CAMPAIGN TO AFRICA
“Enforced disappearances are an ongoing worldwide phenomenon. While
the exact numbers for and extent of disappearances in Africa is not
known, estimates clearly run into the tens of thousands. After twenty
years of debate, the United Nations is now poised to finalise an
international treaty to deal with disappearances in September 2005.
It is critical that African civil society organizations and families
of the disappeared join the debate and ensure that this international
legal instrument becomes a reality and addresses the needs of African
victims.” - Polly Dewhirst and Ewoud Plate, Pambazuka News 218: 04
August 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29134
BORN OUT OF GENOCIDE; BORN TO LIVE OFF GENOCIDE
“Capitalism has been so genocidal that it is worthwhile to posit that
it cannot do otherwise, despite attempts to humanize it. How it came
about, how it has been portrayed (by friends and foes) over the
centuries but especially now, reinforces the idea that it cannot be
done away with. How and where it has slaughtered in massive and
horrific ways should be understood as only the smallest manifestation
of its genocidal nature - not just against one group of people, but
against all human beings. Could it have been otherwise?” - Jacques
Depelchin, Pambazuka News 219: 01 September 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29263
THE CHANGING DEVELOPMENT DISCOURSE IN AFRICA
“All in all, the development discourse in Africa among African
intellectuals is alive, kicking, mentally refreshing and
intellectually formidable, notwithstanding declarations of World Bank
technicians, called consultants, proclaiming ‘the end of
development’. Africans are reclaiming their right to think for
themselves. - Issa G. Shivji, Pambazuka News 224: 06 October 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29728
DISPOSSESSING AFRICA'S WEALTH
“In Washington, perhaps the most highly regarded of African elites is
South African finance minister Trevor Manuel, who until late last
month served as chair of the World Bank/IMF Development Committee.
Having failed for four years to get even partial democratisation of
the Bretton Woods Institutions onto the committee's agenda, Manuel
gloried in the return of attention to Africa: 'Right now, the
macroeconomic conditions in Africa have never been better. You have
growth across the continent at 4.7%. You have inflation in single
digits. The bulk of countries have very strong fiscal balances as
well.' These statements are true only if we take misleadingly narrow
economic statistics seriously.” - Patrick Bond, Pambazuka News 227:
27 October 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30074
IMPUNITY AND INDIFFERENCE LEADS TO “DRAMATIC DETERIORATION” IN DARFUR
“Even as attacks on civilians have continued uninterrupted albeit
without the aid of government air forces, the international community
have taken little substantive action to resolve the situation and
thus alleviate the humanitarian disaster unfolding in the region. The
rhetoric from United Nations bodies including the Security Council
has been one of condemnation and outrage; however rhetoric has failed
to translate into action with the exception of the African Union
(AU).” - Adwoa Kufuor, Pambazuka News 229: 10 November 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30274
SMILE, WOMAN OF AFRICA, SMILE!
“It has been a long journey; a journey and a battle well fought by
national, regional and international lobby groups. Most of us were
not aware of this but we are glad that their collective and
consistent lobbying, cajoling and canvassing has finally born fruits.
The Second Summit of the African Heads of Governments and States
sitting in Maputo, Mozambique finally adopted the Protocol as a
supplement to the African Charter on Human and People’s Rights. The
only rider was that it had to be ratified by 15 states out of a
possible 53 member states. The fifteenth state to deposit its
document of ratification with the Executive Council did so on the
26th day of October, meaning that within 30 days from this date, the
Protocol will come into force!” - A. N. Kithaka, Pambazuka News 231:
24 November 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30542
WORLD AIDS DAY 2005: PAMBAZUKA NEWS INTERVIEW WITH STEPHEN LEWIS
“I do think it's dawning on even the most regressive policy makers,
though, that the AIDS pandemic is part of the price we are paying for
allowing unabated gender-based violence and inequality. But that
dawning awareness is excruciatingly slow, and we just don't have time
for incremental progress. Entire countries run the risk of being
depopulated of women! Nothing short of a global social movement
demanding an immediate end to all forms of gender inequality can
begin to reverse the trend.” – Stephen Lewis, Pambazuka News 232: 01
December 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30689
GRASSROOTS COMMUNITIES AND THE MDG FRAMEWORK
“Five years since the debate on MDGs kicked off, the language is
still very much within development institutions and government
offices at the national level. Therefore, it is too much to expect
collective efforts that also bring particularly grassroots
communities on board in the debate unless deliberate effort is made
to unpack and share this language. The irony is that while many
agencies and governments are gearing themselves to the development of
programmes and tools that will help them account for their
contribution to achieving the MDGs, many of the grassroots
communities are busy contributing to the set targets oblivious of the
ongoing debates.” - Esther Mwaura-Muiru, Pambazuka News 220: 08
December 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=29378
STRONG-ARMING, SWEET-TALKING AND BELLY ROLLING – BUT NO DEAL ON
AGRICULTURE IN HONG KONG
"The WTO is meant to be a forum of governments, and to the extent
that governments represent the will of their people, peoples' voices
ought to be heard at the WTO. It just happens that very few
governments represent any kind of popular will, and the few that are
able to represent these are sidelined, bought off, or brow-beaten." -
Raj Patel Pambazuka News 233, 08 December 2005
http://www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30831
THE WTO: CHUGGING ALONG, SPREADING ECONOMIC TERRORISM OF THE
FUNDAMENTALIST KIND
"The importance of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) belies its
relatively obscure birth in 1995. Since then it has been quietly
chugging along, spreading economic terrorism of the fundamentalist
kind. Market fundamentalism is dressed up in the clothes of growth,
trade and development and yet this emperor is still naked. And the
emperor will stay naked irrespective of what happens in Hong Kong,
China. Whatever deal is brokered during this round of negotiations in
Hong Kong or thereafter, developing countries cannot benefit much." -
Riaz Tayob, Pambazuka News 233, 08 December 2005 http://
www.pambazuka.org/index.php?id=30832
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