So it seems that 2011 is the year of the Arabs. It's only been three months into the year and two dictators have already been removed from their seats.
I think its great! I mean don't get me wrong but I've always gotten the vibe that Arab Africans don't really see themselves as part of this continent. I mean, most of their relations are with their over-the-seas northern counterparts.
And we, the 'lesser' or the 'real' Africans were the only ones with the drama, dictators, chaos and so on and so on.
So seeing all this activity occurring in the north is quite cool. Firstly: because for once I can see a link to tehj rest of the continent, Arabs weren't living as lavishly as we (well I) always presumed. They've had Mubarak and Ben Ali there for 30 years and 23 years respectively. I mean gosh, people (the media and cynical politicians) have been making poor old Mugabe seem as though he's the worst thing that ever happened to africa. Why were his buddies upper north not treated the same way he's been treated?
I don't remember hearing about groups of delegates going to Egypt or Tunisia to go speak to Ben Ali or Mubarak about getting him to step down.. Why has the northern countries' dramas been kept so well under-wraps?
I really do wonder about that.. Tisk Tisk.
