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WASHINGTON (FinalCall.com)�During his news conference
of July 22, at the National Press Club, the Honorable Minister
Louis Farrakhan painstakingly explained the plight of Zimbabwe,
America and Europe�s depiction of its leader President Robert Mugabe. It proved to be a much-needed education for the press
corps gathered and even surprised them to know that the general
audience was more aware of the realities Southern Africans face.
"The historical injustice of the land question
has to be resolved; hopefully amicably," began Min. Farrakhan.
"Now, the way the media in America and Great Britain and Europe
have written and shown President Mugabe, they showed him as an
undemocratic, wicked man who is now taking land from the white
owners," but that is not the truth, he said.
"Under Joshua Nkomo and Robert Mugabe, men,
women and children fought a war of liberation. They fought to
liberate the land so that the resources of that land would
accrue to its natural and original owners. Unfortunately, just
as they were about to capture the whole country, negotiations
began with Great Britain." Thus, fomenting the argument over
what to do with the land settled on by Whites that originally
belonged to Blacks, he said.
 "The British wanted Zimbabweans to buy the land
back from somebody who never used a dollar to get it. That was
an insult," Min. Farrakhan said closing on the point by warning
Whites that they are the minority in Africa.
Mr. Sign Chabvonga, counselor, representing the
Zimbabwe Embassy expressed his joy to The Final Call. "We
were very impressed by the way Minister Farrakhan presented the
situation in Zimbabwe. I think a lot of people misunderstand our
situation, but he put it right. We are not being racists. These
people took our land away from us and the biggest problem we
face in the United States is that people read from the Western
media and they forget everything else. They don�t even look for
the other side of the story. So we are very pleased with the
Minister�s presentation, and hope to spread it worldwide," he
said.
"To the Whites of Europe and America, I am
pleading with you to think with wisdom. Justice is not what you
are being offered. You are being offered mercy. And if you
reject mercy, then justice comes. And what is justice?" Min.
Farrakhan asked. "The Prophet Obadiah said, as thou hast done so
shall it be done unto you. That�s not what you want. You have
given something to Africa so why not accept a merciful solution
that allows you something but does not deprive the indigenous
people of what belongs to them; what they rightfully deserve,"
he said.
The wealth of South Africa is not in the hands
of her Blacks, he said. "We can�t live with a national anthem
and a flag and no food, clothing, shelter, electricity, running
water, and decent homes," Min. Farrakhan said. The impatience of
Africans now to resolve the land question has created the
mindset of Europe and America to make Nr. Mugabe an example so
that South Africa�s Thabo Mbeki or Sam Nujomo in Namibia and
others would not follow suit, he said. "What right does a Black
congressman have to vote for a democracy bill that sanctions
Zimbabwe? As a Black person in Congress to represent the rights
of Black people, when you hear Whites saying that Mugabe is
wrong for what he is doing, why don�t you get on a plane and go
on the ground and see for yourself and come back and report to
those of us who sent you to Congress?" he asked.
"I was pleased to hear the Minister speak on the
developments in Africa and in favor of Robert Mugabe and the
efforts of Black people in Zimbabwe to take back what is
rightfully theirs," said New Black Panther Malik Zulu Shabazz.
He expressed additional glee over the Nation of Islam leader�s
ability to draw on a wide range of people of all stripes in
support of the Zimbabwean position.
�Eric Ture Muhammad
Photos: 1-Minister Louis
Farrakhan speaks at June 22 Press Conference (Credit: Askia
Muhammad); 2-Minister Louis Farrakhan is received by President
Mugabe of Zimbabwe during recent Peace Mission (Credit: Kenneth
Muhammad)
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