---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 06:00:17 EST
From: [log in to unmask]
Reply-To: [log in to unmask]
To: [log in to unmask]
Cc: [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask], [log in to unmask],
     [log in to unmask]
Subject: [wa-afr] Powell's Appointment Is Deceptive - Pan-Africanist

Powell's Appointment Is Deceptive - Pan-Africanist

A Pan-Africanist in Accra Monday described President-elect George W. Bush's
naming of Gen. Collin Powell as Secretary of State as "cosmetic and a
deceptive political strategy that cannot alter the track record hatred of the
Republican Party for Blacks."

Hamet Maulana, a co-chairman of Afrikan World Reparation and Repatriation
Truth Commission (AWRTTC), said "Powell has never identified himself with
African-Americans and (has) denied being a Black-American."

"When Powell rose to fame during the Gulf War that he was the (Chairman)
Joint Chiefs of Staff of US troops, he stunned the Black World for referring
to himself as not Black but an American," Ghana News Agency (GNA) quoted
Maulana, a historian, as saying.

"American politics (does) attest that never has any American Republican Party
President ever designed nor approved of any US government policy nor Bill
that would uniquely help Africa to develop," Maulana said.

According to him, "...the whole Republican Party, are registered
conservatives. Conservative, in African-American vernacular means
anti-Black-American."

Maulana said, "however, the same cannot be said of the Democrats. Of late,
the Democrats' President Bill Clinton visited several black African
countries, making Ghana his first stop.

"President Clinton helped draw up a special Bill for the US Congress to
approve that would give Black Africa access to the US Business Markets
(Growth and Opportunity Act)," he added.

Observing that the former Democrat President Jimmy Carter, also visited Black
Africa in the 1970s, Maulana asked which Republican President ever visited or
associated himself with the development of Africa.?

He said Africa and Black-Americans should not be enthused by the appointment
of Powell, because "the Republicans are insensitive to the plight of Blacks".

He claimed that "the controversial Presidential election between Governor
Bush Jr. and Vice President Al Gore, has revealed to the entire World, "the
malpractices that are historically endemic to the American political system."

PanAfrican News Agency * December 18, 2000 * Accra
**********************************************************
llllllllll
 *  //\\//\\ unioNews Newsgroup //\\//\\   *
 *http://members.aol.com/GhanaUnion*
 *          We're One People         *
 *          Join the Chorus          *
 -        "Africa Must Unite!"       -
 =============================

-------------------------- eGroups Sponsor -------------------------~-~>
eGroups eLerts
It's Easy. It's Fun. Best of All, it's Free!
http://click.egroups.com/1/9698/1/_/23029/_/977223624/
---------------------------------------------------------------------_->

Our next meeting is Wednesday, Jan 31, Garfield Comm Ctr, E Cherry and 23rd, Seattle
7:00 PM WSAN business meeting
8:00 PM Program: TBA
We usually meet the last Wednesday of the month.  To post a message: [log in to unmask]  To subscribe sending a blank message to [log in to unmask]  To unsubscribe send a blank message to [log in to unmask]  For complete information on the Washington State Africa Network visit: www.ibike.org/africamatters

----------------------------------------------------------------------------

To unsubscribe/subscribe or view archives of postings, go to the Gambia-L
Web interface at: http://maelstrom.stjohns.edu/archives/gambia-l.html
You may also send subscription requests to [log in to unmask]
if you have problems accessing the web interface and remember to write your full name and e-mail address.
----------------------------------------------------------------------------