A bond that must never be broken (6), By Femi Fani-Kayode

Many forget that black South Africans only won their freedom and independence 32 years ago and up until today they are still suffering from total and complete economic bondage, because the wealth of the nation is still concentrated and trapped in the hands of a tiny white minority… This is what has led to so much frustration, resentment, anger and bitterness amongst black South Africans, and sadly instead of resolving the issue by insisting on a more equitable degree of wealth sharing, they are targeting foreign black African nationals and venting their spleen on them.

I close this massive six-part 13,000 word contribution with the words of President Olusegun Obasanjo, a man who I love and revere, whose government I had the privilege and honour of serving as minister of Culture and Tourism and later minister of Aviation many years ago, and one of the few elder statesman and fathers of the African continent, who was not only there from the start but who also played perhaps the most significant role of all in the fight to liberate South Africa and Zimbabwe from the oppression and evil of Apartheid and white minority rule.

Outside of that, one thing is clear: those that carry out these barbaric hate crimes and acts of Afrophobia in South Africa deserve more of our pity than our anger… I say this because when you see a black South African attacking or threatening a foreign African national and telling him to “go back home,” it is like a person pouring petrol all over his own body, setting a match to it and burning himself alive.