The End Of Despots In africa is Approaching Fast

The End Of African Despots Is Finally Here

The recent current of  revolutions  here  in Africa should be a warning sufficient to cause both obvious and subtle African dictators  adequate jitters.Like in the olden struggles for  people- backed political systems,the latest wave of unrest here shows clearly what happens when people are fed up.They can  mount a mammoth  protestation march  that may serve to enlighten the  dictator one or two things about the source of his power.In the  effort of  revolutionaries of old ,the issue was wrenching  power from demigods claiming the power had been accorded to them by the divine.

Now it is about taking the power from  people who have made themselves gods,callously oppressing the people who have,curiously,given the power to them.

Let us begin our examination with an interesting case of a not-so-obvious dictator who was caught mid stride grooming his son to take up dictatorship from him after a three-decade stay at the helm.Folks,we are talking about President -impose  Mubarak--I forget his first name.In the past few years the signs  of an impending political upheaval has been  very apparent in Egypt.But Mubarak has always seen it as something  small.The president  has  used the country's economic strength as a justification for dictatorship.He is likely to be toppled,not by a coup,but by the people.

In Tunisia the president took to his heels after an unnerving  protestation at his leadership.Now,Am not very familiar with  Tunisia's system ,but I have it at the back of my mind that African leaders of a certain generation behave alike.They are  heroes when they are given power,but they soon become wolves when they  realize how much power they have.

Talking about generations,let's journey together to Zimbabwe.President-impose  Robert Mugabe(he has more names)will probably let go of power in his death.The only struggle he is familiar with is that against colonialism.He forgets we are now in post-colonialism or,better still,neo-colonialism.

If the things we are seeing happening here are anything to go by,Mugabe will most likely realize presently that power is not from himself but the people who  are now suffering in the name of sovereignty.These are signs of things to come.Amnesty is on offer for  Mugabe and his type now.