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Safari ya Usagara

Tarehe 10 Novemba 1884 Peters alifika Unguja pamoja na wanakamati wawili ili aendelee kuzunguka kwenye Tanganyika. Serikali ya Kijerumani ya Chansella Bismarck haikukubali mipango yake kwa sababu iliogopa vurugu kwenye mkutano ulioitishwa tayari. Hivyo Peters alipofika kwenye ubalozi wa Ujerumani mjini Zanzibar alipokewa kwa barua kutoka Berlin iliyosema ya kwamba hawezi kutegemea msaada wowote kwani juhudi zake ziko nje ya siasa ya nchi.
Peters akimwogopa Sultani pamoja na Waingereza alivuka kwa siri kutoka Unguja kwenda bara. Alifaulu kutembelea masultani au machifu kadhaa waliotia aina ya sahihi kwenye karatasi walizoonyeshwa na Peters. Karatasi hizo ziliandikwa kwa lugha ya Kijerumani zikisema ya kwamba chifu fulani aliweka eneo lake chini ya mamlaka ya shirika la Kijerumani pamoja na kulipatia shirika hilo haki ya kutumia maeneo na malighafi yote.
Kuna hakika ya kwamba machifu hawakuelewa walichofanya kwa kuchora alama zao kwenye karatasi hizo; walifikiri kwamba wameahidiwa ulinzi kutoka kwa mtawala wa mbali ambaye labda siku moja atakuwa na faida kwao, lakini hawakuelewa kwamba walitoa kibali kwa wageni kutawala nchi.
Peters mwenyewe alisimulia jinsi alivyowapa machifu pombe kali hadi wakawa tayari kuchora alama zao kwenye karatasi walizoonyeshwa bila kuelewa maana yake.
Kwa njia hiyo katika muda mfupi kati ya tarehe 23 Novemba na 17 Desemba 1884 Peters alipata hati kutoka machifu wa Usagara, Nguru, Useguha na Ukami kwa ajili ya shirika lake, jumla eneo la km² 140,000.

Jinsi alivyowatenda Waafrika

Katika msafara huo tabia za Peters zilionyesha jinsi alivyodharau Waafrika. Aliamini na kuandika kwamba Mwafrika hutawaliwa kwa kiboko tu. Kwake Mwafrika hakuwa mtu kamili. Akijiona mwenyewe ni bwana ambaye wenyeji wanapaswa kumtumikia, aliwadharau.
Alipopitia Ugogo alimkasirikia Mgogo aliyecheka alipomtazama akinyoa ndevu zake, akaamuru apigwe kiboko. Tendo hilo liliwasababisha Wagogo kuchukua silaha, ikawa vita ambapo watu wakauawa kwa wingi.
Watu waliosafiri naye na kumjua walisimulia jinsi alivyowapiga mara nyingi mahamali au watumishi wake, hata akapewa nao jina “mkono damu”.


Dr. karl peters (kati) akiwa na wenzake Dr. karl juhike na Joachim Graf, huyo Dr. karl peter ndio aliwaingiza mkenge machief wa Taganyika kwa Mikataba ya Ulaghai.




Dr. karl peters (kati) akiwa na wenzake Dr. karl juhike na Joachim Graf, huyo Dr. karl peter ndio aliwaingiza mkenge machief wa Taganyika kwa Mikataba ya Ulaghai.


Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo).

Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza.

Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika.

Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua!

Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani.

Katika mikataba ya  kina Chief Mangugo wa leo wanatuuza wananchi kwa kutwambia mikataba ni siri, kwanini iwe siri wakati rasilimali ni za watanzania wote.
wawakilishi wa wananchi wanajifunza nini kutoka kwa chief mangugo na Karl peter?
Je hawana mpango zaidi ya kuhakikisha wanapata maslahi yao na mposho zao wanasahau kazi ambayo wananchi tumewaamini na kuwatuma kutuwakilisha katika mambo yanayohusu maendeleo ya nchi yetu.
hebu tujaribu kufikiri mikataba feki ambayo inapitishwa na Wabunge wetu, huku ikishangiliwa kwa makofi na vigeregere.
inatuumiza wananchi na wawakilishi wetu wako wakipotea kitu kidogo kwa ajili ya maslai yao je? Ni kweli akili zao zipo kama za kina chief mangugo au ni makusudi?

Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri....

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Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri....

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Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri....

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Mmoja kati ya machifu wa Tanganyika aliesaini mkataba na  wajerumani enzi za ukonloni. Mikataba hiyo ndo ilipelekea kutawaliwa na wajerumani.

MTWARA KUMEKUCHA Mathaba Highlights Monday, February 4, 2013 UJINGA WA MWAFRIKA: MABABU ZETU WALIKUWA NA UDHURU SISI JE? Na M .M Mwanakijiji, Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri.... 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MTWARA KUMEKUCHA Mathaba Highlights Monday, February 4, 2013 UJINGA WA MWAFRIKA: MABABU ZETU WALIKUWA NA UDHURU SISI JE? Na M .M Mwanakijiji, Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri.... 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MTWARA KUMEKUCHA Mathaba Highlights Monday, February 4, 2013 UJINGA WA MWAFRIKA: MABABU ZETU WALIKUWA NA UDHURU SISI JE? Na M .M Mwanakijiji, Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri.... 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Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri...

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Kwa wale wenzangu na miye watavikumbuka vizuri "Mfululizo" wa vitabu vya "Ujinga wa Mwafrika". Vitabu hivi vilikuwa kwa muda mrefu sehemu ya simulizi la "Mazungumzo Baada ya Habari" na vilisimulia hadithi fulani ya maisha wakati wa ukoloni au baada ya ukoloni na jinsi gani Waafrika tulikuwa hatujui vitu vya wageni na hivyo tulijikuta tunafanya vitu ambavyo baadaye tukivifikiria tunacheka. Lakini mojawapo ya vitu ambavyo vinatokana na somo hilo ni habari ya jinsi gani mababu zetu walivyoweza kuuza utajiri wa ardhi yao kwa wafanyabishara ya ukoloni ambao kinara wao alikuwa Carl Peters (Mkono wa Damu)- Mjerumani. Sasa Carl Peters ndiye kwa kiasi kikubwa alisababisha Ujerumani itafute makoloni Afrika na alifanya hivyo baada ya kuona Waingereza na Wabelgiji (Chini ya Mfalme Leopold II) wakitanua maeneo ya mamlaka yao. Carl Peters alipokuja maeneo haya ya Tanganyika enzi hizo alijileta kama Mwakilishi wa Ujerumani na akabuni mikataba mbalimbali ambayo aliingia na machifu na watawala mbaalimbali (akiwemo Sultani wa Zanzibar na Kabaka Mwanga wa Uganda) na alifanya mikataba hiyo kwa niaba ya kampuni aliyoiunda ya German East African Company (mliosoma historia mtaikumbuka). Mojawapo ya mikataba hiyo ule maarufu wa Chifu Mangungo wa Usagara na mingine mingi. Katika mikataba yote hiyo machifu walikuwa wanakubali kuyaachilia maeneo ya ardhi yao kuwa chini ya ulinzi wa Mjerumani na kutumiwa kwa faida ya Mjerumani kwa milele yote. Wengi tunafahamu kuwa wazee hawa walikubali kwa sababu moja kubwa walikuwa hawajui kilichomo kwenye mikataba hiyo na hivyo hata walipokuja kugundua kuwa wameuza ardi yao "mikataba" ile ilikuwa halali na Ujerumani ilikuwa tayari kuhakikisha inasimama hata kwa vita (Kilimanjaro ni mfano mmoja wapo). Mikataba hii ilifichwa kwa wenyewe na ilifanywa na watawala wao; wakulima na wanakijiji wengine hawakujua kuwa machifu wao wameuza ardhi yao. Na hata kama wangetaka kujua wasingeweza kujua kwani mikataba ilikuwa ni siri kati ya watawala na kampuni hiyo ya kigeni. Na hivyo ndivyo kihistoria eneo ambalo baadaye lilikuja kujulikana kama Tanganyika lilivyoangukia mikononi mwa Ujerumani - hii ilijumuisha Rwanda na Burundi. Hii ilibadilika baada ya vita ya kwanza ya dunia ambapo Tanganyika ikawekwa chini ya uangalizi wa Umoja wa Mataifa kupitia Uingereza. Mjerumani kwa kutumia kampuni ya GEAC kujenga reli, kuanzisha mashamba ya katani, pamba n.k na vyote hivi vilifanywa si kwa ajili ya kuwanufaisha wazawa au wananchi bali hatima yake mazao yanayopatikana yapelekwe Ujerumani kuwa malighafi katika viwanda vyao na zile nyingine za kuuzwa sehemu nyingine kuwa chanzo cha mapato kwa Ujerumani. Wananchi hawakuwa na uchaguzi wowote wa nini kinapandwa, nani anasimamia na hata hawakuwa na uamuzi juu ya matumizi ya faida ambayo Mjerumani alikuwa anapata. Hapa ndipo ulipokuwa Ujinga wa Mwafrika. Sasa ujinga si ugonjwa au tusi; ujinga ni hali ya kutokujua (ignorance). Mtu aliye mjinga akijuzwa anaerevuka na ujinga humtoka katika lile jambo ambalo alikuwa halijui. Na kila mwanadamu ana ujinga wa aina fulani na hivyo katika maisha yote anatakiwa awe tayari kujifunza. Lakini kwenye eneo ambalo ufahamu upo tayari na unapatikana mtu hatakiwi kuendelea kuwa mjinga. Ujinga wa aina hiyo ambao mtu anauchagua ndio huitwa upumbavu au wengine wanaitwa ujuha kwani ni mtu ambaye hata akijuzwa hajui na hawezi kujua kwa sababu hayuko tayari kujua! Leo hii watawala wetu wametuambia mikataba ni siri na kuwa mikataba hiyo ikiwekwa wazi basi wawekezaji wanaweza kukimbia na kuwa mikataba hiyo ni siri kati ya 'serikali na wawekezaji' hata kama inahusu ardhi ya umma na mali umma. Ujinga ni kuwa tumekubali kuwa hilo ni kweli! Na ujinga zaidi ni kuwa watawala wetu wanaingia mikataba na wanaamini ni vizuri kuifanya siri na hivyo hatujui nini kilichomo. Mkataba ule wa Carl Peters na Chief Mangungo ulikuwa na kipengele kinachosema kuwa ardhi hiyo ingeweza kutumiwa "exclusively" kwa matumizi ya Mjerumani. Kwanini nimesema hili.... Well, mkataba wa ujenzi wa bomba la gesi kati ya Kampuni ya Kichina na serikali (Chief Mangugu wa leo) una kipengele kinachosema kuwa sehemu ya gesi ambayo itakuwa inachimbwa huko itauzwa kwa China. Hivyo Wachina wamehakikishiwa gesi ya Mtwara na kutokana na ujuzi wa mtu aliyenisimulia hili na ameona mkatbaa huo anasema Wachina wamehakikishiwa kwa asilimia... Na sisi tumekubali, Wabunge wamekubali Mikataba siri....

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Dump Your Dream Girl

Have you heard the myth of the guy who fell in love with his own statue?
As his marble goddess glistened in the sunlight, Pygmalion smiled.
Both stood speechless. Unlike the rabble he found littering the streets, here was a beauty worth admiring. After months of chiseling, carving, and crafting, there she stood: his idol, his beauty, his beloved.
He named her Galatea.

Dating Galatea

When I first heard the story of Pygmalion, I laughed. A man, disillusioned with real women in his city, went off to build a statue and then fell in love with it. Ridiculous.
But then I did something dangerous: I thought about it more.
The myth bothered me. I could not shake the pitiful image of a man shutting himself off from real women in order to fall in love with a fake one. Where had I seen this before? As I mused, the image became clearer. In the foolishness of Pygmalion, I saw a reflection of myself. I was in love with an idol goddess I created.
For me, Galatea was a collage of ideals. She had the smile of a cover girl, the mind of a scholar, the godliness of the Proverbs 31 woman, the physique of a model. Her smiles would always soothe, her cooking always delight, and her company always entertain. She was the ideal by which all mortal women of flesh and blood were compared.
And when women didn’t compare (because they couldn’t), I added another bolt on the door, and assumed that I would be lonely forever.
The sad part was that loneliness with Galatea was preferable.
A perfect love just out of reach was better than an attainable, imperfect love.
C.S. Lewis captures the essence of this preference in Shadowlands: “The most intense joy lies not in the having, but in the desiring. The delight that never fades, the bliss that is eternal, is only yours when what you most desire is just out of your reach.” A just-out-of-reach love glistened compared to a love touched by human imperfection. I wanted the just-before-the-credits-roll romance.
So, I was left with Galatea. She was invulnerable to decay and disease — a plastic plant’s leaves do not wither.

Classic Romantic

A relationship with godly women in the church seemed too earthly for me. As Peter Leithart diagnoses,

In classical romance, the man does not really want fulfillment of his love. To consummate his love would mean getting married and having to cope with the grind of daily life together. Marriage is much too earthly for the romantic. The romantic revels in obstacles. He wants to suffer feelings of love without allowing love to come to fruition in a permanent, covenanted relationship. . . . A man who believes his beloved to be the ideal of perfection cannot tolerate any hint of imperfection. This is one reason the romantic does not want to get too close to his beloved; deep down he knows if he gets too close he will discover blemishes and imperfections. (Brightest Heaven, 255)

As a classic romantic, I reveled in obstacles. I wrote in my journal years ago,

I sing to the beauty in the windowsill,
Armed with roses for my flower.
I love the chase, the distant face,
. . . But am thankful for the tower.

I desired love — just not a blemished one found in a fallen world. I was tormented by echoes of Genesis 1 and 2, without being able to cope with Genesis 3 — with the the fall of man, and with him, marriage. So, Galatea became a refuge from the inevitable: a marriage with tears, fights, and frustrations. A marriage lived largely in the mundane and ordinary. Galatea stood as a marble fortress warding off general disappointment, just as Jane’s absence did for Elizabeth in Pride and Prejudice.

[C]ould she have included Jane in the scheme, every part would have been perfect. “But it is fortunate,” thought she, “that I have something to wish for. Were the whole arrangement complete, my disappointment would be certain. But here, my carrying with me one ceaseless source of regret in my sister’s absence, I may reasonably hope to have all my expectations of pleasure realized. A scheme of which every part promises delight can never be successful; and general disappointment is only warded off by the defense of some little particular vexation.”

I dated Galatea because she provided hope. Maybe, just maybe, she — in human form — was just around the corner. Maybe, just maybe, she really existed. The reason I am discontent, I thought, is because I haven’t found her yet.

Dump Galatea

Court Galatea and she will become brutal towards real women and earthly relationships. Holding onto Galatea is not merely naïve; it is costly. Continue to date Galatea and you will

• crush your significant other/spouse with undue expectations,
• linger in loneliness when God puts wonderful options before you,
• casually date without ever committing,
• continue in idol worship.

Dump her (or him), I beg you. I’ll lead the charge.

Breakup Letter

My fairest Galatea,
How can I part from you?
Your smile radiates heat warmer than desert sand.
How can I break this orbit, escaping my every thought of you?
Be left holding this glass slipper in my hand?
Immaculate Galatea, how you have wrecked me so.
Your gaze more entrancing than the shooting stars above.
I am atrophied; dimmed at years before your marble glow.
I’ve starved myself of bread to taste your love.
Bewitching Galatea, I must divorce from you.
Go from perfect marble feet to that of clay.
I confess, my heart gives way at giving up on you.
But I must break from your spell or waste away.
Royal Galatea, I cannot keep you crowned,
Ruling my heart’s warmth from far off lands.
I searched for you — the fairy tale I never found.
Now I must dash the marble idol of my hands.
My fairest Galatea, I must now part from you.
No longer will I drink deeply of Cupid’s wine.
I see now, that every pant and aching thought of you,
Was nothing less than thirst for the Divine.

Galatea: Thirst for the Divine

But there is some truth in the myth.
Over the years, I realized that Galatea was largely a misplaced thirst for God. I had, what theologians call, an over-realized eschatology. I expected heaven-on-earth now, so I was searching for the great Romance to be found with a mere mortal. But God is a better storyteller than Disney. The Galatea of the galaxy came to earth to love his unfaithful, weak, broken, fallen, ugly, unclean, and rebellious people. And by his death, the one made his bride beautiful. Galatea died for the godless.
And he is coming again. He alone is Galatea. All frail, weak, and imperfect spouses point to him.

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Six-Day War:Third Arab-Israel War

Six-Day War, also called June War or Third Arab-Israeli War, brief war that took place June 5–10, 1967, and was the third of the Arab-Israeli wars. Israel’s decisive victory included the capture of the Sinai Peninsula, Gaza Strip, West Bank, Old City of Jerusalem, and the Golan Heights; the status of these territories subsequently became a major point of contention in the Arab-Israeli conflict.

Prior to the start of the war, attacks conducted against Israel by fledgling Palestinian guerrilla groups based in Syria, Lebanon, and Jordan had increased, leading to costly Israeli reprisals. In November 1966 an Israeli strike on the village of Al-Samūʿ in the Jordanian West Bank left 18 dead and 54 wounded, and, during an air battle with Syria in April 1967, the Israeli Air Force shot down six Syrian MiG fighter jets. In addition, Soviet intelligence reports in May indicated that Israel was planning a campaign against Syria, and, although inaccurate, the information further heightened tensions between Israel and its Arab neighbours.

Egyptian president Gamal Abdel Nasser had previously come under sharp criticism for his failure to aid Syria and Jordan against Israel; he had also been accused of hiding behind the United Nations Emergency Force (UNEF) stationed at Egypt’s border with Israel in the Sinai. Now, however, he moved to unambiguously demonstrate support for Syria: on May 14, 1967, Nasser mobilized Egyptian forces in the Sinai; on May 18 he formally requested the removal of the UNEF stationed there; and on May 22 he closed the Gulf of Aqaba to Israeli shipping, thus instituting an effective blockade of the port city of Elat in southern Israel. On May 30, King Ḥussein of Jordan arrived in Cairo to sign a mutual defense pact with Egypt, placing Jordanian forces under Egyptian command; shortly thereafter, Iraq too joined the alliance.

In response to the apparent mobilization of its Arab neighbours, early on the morning of June 5, Israel staged a sudden preemptive air assault that destroyed more than 90 percent Egypt’s air force on the tarmac. A similar air assault incapacitated the Syrian air force. Without cover from the air, the Egyptian army was left vulnerable to attack. Within three days the Israelis had achieved an overwhelming victory on the ground, capturing the Gaza Strip and all of the Sinai Peninsula up to the east bank of the Suez Canal.

An eastern front was also opened on June 5 when Jordanian forces began shelling West Jerusalem—disregarding Israel’s warning to King Ḥussein to keep Jordan out of the fight—only to face a crushing Israeli counterattack. On June 7 Israeli forces drove Jordanian forces out of East Jerusalem and most of the West Bank. Photos and films of Israeli troops taking control of the old city of Jerusalem have proved to be some of the war’s iconic images.

The UN Security Council called for a cease-fire on June 7 that was immediately accepted by Israel and Jordan. Egypt accepted the following day. Syria held out, however, and continued to shell villages in northern Israel. On June 9 Israel launched an assault on the fortified Golan Heights, capturing it from Syrian forces after a day of heavy fighting. Syria accepted the cease-fire on June 10.

The Arab countries’ losses in the conflict were disastrous. Egypt’s casualties numbered more than 11,000, with 6,000 for Jordan and 1,000 for Syria, compared with only 700 for Israel. The Arab armies also suffered crippling losses of weaponry and equipment. The lopsidedness of the defeat demoralized both the Arab public and the political elite. Nasser announced his resignation on June 9 but quickly yielded to mass demonstrations calling for him to remain in office. In Israel, which had proved beyond question that it was the region’s preeminent military power, there was euphoria.

The Six-Day War also marked the start of a new phase in the conflict between Israel and the Palestinians, since the conflict created hundreds of thousands of refugees and brought more than one million Palestinians in the occupied territories under Israeli rule.

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Never Blame God

You are not the first Christian to have felt angry at God. And you will not be the last to feel the urge to blame him.
We Christians can be prone, in our pain, to point a finger and raise a fist at heaven. If we believe in God at all, we should believe he is bigger and stronger than we can even fathom. Our Bibles are filled with what we might call “big God” verses. We’re told God does whatever he pleases (Psalm 115:3; 135:6), nothing happens outside his control (Lamentations 3:37–38; Job 2:10; Proverbs 16:33; Matthew 10:29), he will accomplish all his plans (Job 42:2; Isaiah 46:10; Daniel 4:35), and not even a rebellious human will can thwart him (Proverbs 21:1; Revelation 17:17). Even when others mean evil against us, God means it for good (Genesis 50:20). He is stronger than any threat against his children, and whatever he lovingly allows into our lives, he does so for our full and final good, even as it is indeed painful, not pleasant (Hebrews 12:11).
We talk about God bringing trials into our lives, and God testing us, and we should. “Count it all joy, my brothers, when you meet trials of various kinds, for you know that the testing of your faith produces steadfastness” (James 1:2–3). And yet we need to be careful, as our vision of his sovereignty expands, that we not attribute something to him in a way the Scriptures do not. James himself, sensing a possible misunderstanding of his powerful rally to count our trials as joy, wants to make sure we know God is not the dispenser of evil in the same way he is the giver of good. He stands sovereignly over both good and evil, but he stands directly behind good, and indirectly, as it were, over evil.

God Himself Tempts No One

In the same opening section of his letter, and just eight sentences after his now famous charge to “count it all joy,” James makes his strong and pointed clarification. God is indeed sovereign over all our trials, and uses them for our good, such that we can count them (even as we don’t naturally feel them) as “all joy.” However, he says,

Let no one say when he is tempted, “I am being tempted by God,” for God cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one. But each person is tempted when he is lured and enticed by his own desire. (James 1:13–14)

In Greek, the noun trials in verse 2 and the verb tempt in verses 13–14 have the same root and make the connection clearer to the original readers, even as these words take on distinct meanings in their contexts (and so we translate them differently in English). Verse 2 emphasizes external testing, while verses 13–14 focus on internal temptation.
What James hopes to maintain for us in both our external trials and the resulting internal temptations is that God is never the one to blame. God is indeed sovereign over evil, but in such a way that he is never the author of evil. He is never the one to blame for our pain, but rather the sovereign one to whom we turn for help. That’s where James 1:5 comes in: “If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him.” God is the generous giver of wisdom for navigating our trials, not the one to blame for them, even as he reigns over them. James 1:16–17 has this very clarification in view:

Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of lights, with whom there is no variation or shadow due to change.

God is indeed fully and utterly in control of his world, from the biggest details to the very smallest. He does bring suffering and pain into our lives — but never in such a way that he is the one to blame for our pain. He is the one who gives generously when we ask. He is the one to whom we reach out for help. He’s the giver of every good and perfect gift to whom we look for relief, not the one to whom we point our finger in our pain.

Suffering Tests Our Love for This World

As much as James may have the reputation today as a “wisdom teacher” who pens disconnected sayings in succession, a coherent train of thought that works together as a whole emerges here in his opening chapter. James 1:6–8, then, becomes clearer in light of his coming charge not to blame God in pain, but come to him for help.

But let him ask in faith, with no doubting, for the one who doubts is like a wave of the sea that is driven and tossed by the wind. For that person must not suppose that he will receive anything from the Lord; he is a double-minded man, unstable in all his ways.

Doubt here (as is often misunderstood) is not a humble crisis of faith, but arrogant anger at God. It’s not about doubting his existence as much as doubting his goodness in suffering. The basic sin James calls attention to in his letter is this double-mindedness (James 1:8; 4:8), which is a kind of halfhearted compromise with the world. It is “friendship with the world” and “enmity with God” (James 4:4). This is what suffering does: it tests our love for this world. Are we double-minded, trying to put our trust in both God and his world, or is he our greatest treasure?
The heart of such double-mindedness is blaming God for our pain while, at the same time, asking for his help and relief. But as James 1:17 clarifies, he is “the Father of Lights,” not the one responsible for the darkness.

God’s Asymmetrical Ways

The ways of God are not illogical, but they often defy the powers of logic — that is, they don’t strictly follow from human premises to human conclusions. The truth that God is sovereign over all things (Romans 11:36) does not mean that he is sovereign over good and evil in the same way. He stands directly behind every good gift (James 1:17) but not directly behind evil (James 1:13). He is the giver of every good and perfect gift, but never the author of evil.
One passage in the Bible where such asymmetry in God is captured so beautifully and powerfully, as a shining light in the midst of very great darkness, is Lamentations 3:32–33. In the bleakest days of the long, convoluted history of God’s people, when a foreign army has decimated the holy city, the prophet does not blame God for the devastation he has brought on Jerusalem. Rather, he remembers these glorious asymmetries that hold out hope for God’s help.

Though he cause grief, he will have compassion
   according to the abundance of his steadfast love;
for he does not afflict from his heart
   or grieve the children of men.

Though God does cause grief, he does not grieve from the heart. Though he does afflict, he does not do so from the heart. Is this just doublespeak? Or does it point powerfully to something deep in the heart of God that can help us know we can trust him, come what may?

His Mercy Is More

A similar sighting of such asymmetry comes in Romans 9:22–23. As the apostle Paul makes as plain in this chapter, God is sovereign over all things, including the eternal destiny of morally accountable humans — and yet that does not mean that God wills good and evil to equal ends.

What if God, desiring to show his wrath and to make known his power, has endured with much patience vessels of wrath prepared for destruction, in order to make known the riches of his glory for vessels of mercy, which he has prepared beforehand for glory?

The point of the rhetorical question is plain: God’s display of wrath and demonstration of his power are penultimate actions. They always serve a greater purpose — in the universe and in his own heart: to make known the riches of his glory to those on whom he has mercy. As John Piper comments on these verses,

Though God does accomplish all things by the counsel of his will, he does not bring about all things in the same way. In the accomplishment of some things he employs intermediary agents perhaps. Or to put it another way, his heart is engaged differently in different acts, loving some deeds in themselves and inclining to others only as they are preferable in relation to greater ends (cf. Lamentations 3:33). If this is the case, Paul would be implying that not wrath but mercy is the greater, overarching goal for which God does all things. (Justification of God, 213–214)

Anger at God Is Always Sin

Once we’ve learned and embraced this pervasive biblical truth that God is sovereign over all things, Satan may take a new tactic in his assaults on our faith. The world, the flesh, and the devil may conspire in our suffering to tempt us to be angry at God for bringing or permitting pain and loss into our lives. Such anger at God is always sin in us in some form or fashion. It is never right to be angry with God. We never have just cause for blaming him. He is always in the right. In him is light, and no darkness at all (1 John 1:5).

Anger at sin is good (Mark 3:5), but anger at goodness is sin. That is why it is never right to be angry with God. He is always and only good, no matter how strange and painful his ways with us. Anger toward God signifies that he is bad or weak or cruel or foolish. None of those is true, and all of them dishonor him. Therefore, it is never right to be angry at God. When Jonah and Job were angry with God, Jonah received God’s rebuke (Jonah 4:9), and Job repented in dust and ashes (Job 42:6).
. . . [A]s painful as his providence can be, we should trust that he is good, not get angry with him. That would be like getting angry at the surgeon who cuts us. It might be right if the surgeon slips and makes a mistake. But God never slips. (Piper, It Is Never Right to Be Angry with God)

But if we do find, as many Christians have, that we have anger in our hearts toward God, let it be said loud and clear that we should not add the sin of hypocrisy to the sin of being angry at God. Let’s be honest about our sin, confess it as such, and not rally others to celebrate it. We should ever cultivate or seek to stir up anger with God in ourselves or in anyone else. Anger can be righteous, but anger with God is never righteous. Our anger with God always betrays some fault in us, never in him.

Let’s Help Each Other

Such simple and complex truths play out week in and week out in our local churches and Christian communities. Let’s call each other to be the kind of people who both model and encourage right thinking and right feeling about God in our suffering. It is always sin to be angry with him, and he is never to blame in our pain. He “cannot be tempted with evil, and he himself tempts no one.” Let’s never encourage people to be angry with God.
And let’s also seek to be people who extend ample grace to those who are in the throes of suffering. Christians do get angry with God. Often we will hear words for the wind (Job 6:26), as people who are hurting say things in their pain they don’t really mean deep down and won’t really hold to long term.
When people are angry with God, those of us who love the “big God” verses and know the nuances of his word should be the safest place to come and be honest.

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Always ‘Be’ Before You ‘Do’

A few months back, I purchased a pair of shoes. Printed on the side of the shoebox was the company’s slogan: Go. Do. Be.
Do you see anything wrong with this advice? I hardly gave it a thought at the time. But now I’m giving it a lot of thought, because this kind of advice destroys lives.
Now, to be fair, the shoe company’s slogan is only a pithy restatement of something we’re all spring-loaded to believe already. “Go. Do. Be.” is a core belief about what makes us who we are. It’s part of the code in the operating system of every person’s fallen human nature. But this belief is a virus — an alien code infecting everyone, including Christians — and is the cause of many of our greatest “crashes” of misery.
“Go. Do. Be.” is “a way that seems right to a man, but its end is the way to death” (Proverbs 14:12). We must examine ourselves carefully and honestly. For the degree this ethic-virus wields influence over us is the degree to which we don’t experience the freedom for which Christ has set us free (Galatians 5:1), fail to live in Christian love toward others (John 13:34–35), and neglect the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19–20).

To Be or Not to Be?

I didn’t notice the virus embedded in the slogan, or how much it still infects me, despite my gospel-celebrating theology, until I recently listened to a very helpful message by Ken Fish, where he describes this deadly virus with even greater clarity.
Ken emphasizes that, until the gospel really gets a hold of us, we seek our identity — who we are — through this progression of ethical reasoning: if we do ___, we will have ___, and then become ___. And how we fill in those blanks, where we believe our identity comes from, governs how we live.
This is powerfully clarifying. Think about it for a moment. Are any of your familiar, recurring anxieties and fears rooted in the belief that if you don’t do ___, you’ll never have ___, and therefore never become ___? How much of your time and energy expenditures, your financial issues, your social-media activity, your battles with envy, your relational conflicts, maybe even your ministry labors are being fueled by such “to be or not to be” fears or desires?

Ancient Hack

The “Do. Have. Be.” virus has been around a long time. The infection happened in Eden when the serpent successfully hacked our operating systems as he tempted our first forebears (Genesis 3:4–5): if you eat the fruit (do), then you will acquire God’s wisdom (have), and become like God (be).
Do you see what happened? Satan pursued our ancestors’ (and our) destruction by offering them (and us) a false gospel of an impossible identity, and selling it as the path to true happiness, rather than the path of complete childlike, soul-resting trust — the path of righteousness on which their Great Shepherd-God was leading them (and us) (Psalm 23:3).
Eve (and Adam), don’t be content with just being like God as image-bearers when you can be like God by becoming gods yourselves. God’s holding out on you guys. If you stop trusting God and start trusting yourselves, you won’t need to be an eternal recipient of divine wisdom welfare. You don’t always need to be dependent on God to tell you what to do and not do. You can decide for yourselves!
If you do this thing, you will have something better, and it will make you become something awesome.
But this turned out to be horrible, truly diabolical advice. It was a false gospel to believe, a “Do. Have. Be.” ethic-virus corrupting our operating systems, turning our lives into a chase of an identity-carrot on a stick we can never reach — a search for a holy identity-grail we can never find. This has been the history of fallen humanity ever since: a destructive, despairing rat race to hell.

Gospel Reinstallation

Until God the Son, the Gospel Made Flesh before us, stepped into the world to destroy this false gospel — this virus-work of the devil (1 John 3:8).
Jesus came to deliver us from this hellish, enslaving, futile rat race by declaring to us the true gospel and doing everything necessary so that we might be born again (John 3:3). Being born again means receiving a new nature, a new operating system that restores our three-word identity ethic-code from the satanic “Do. Have. Be.” virus, back to the Manufacturer’s original ethic-code “Be. Do. Have.”
“Be. Do. Have.” is a simple description of a profound, revolutionary gospel transformation in us. Instead of seeking our identity through doing-having, our progression of ethical reasoning becomes: we are ___, therefore we do ___, resulting in our having ___. And how we fill in those blanks, where we believe our identity comes from, governs how we live.
Living out of the “be” instead of the “do” makes all the difference in the world. Instead of chasing our identity by trying so hard to “do,” we receive our true identity (be) as a free gift of grace from our loving Creator God (Ephesians 2:8; 1:4–5). We are free to follow our Good Shepherd along the righteous paths of good works (do) he prepared for us (Ephesians 2:10). And we trust him to supply (have) everything we need (Philippians 4:19), knowing we will never again want for any good, necessary thing on earth and someday dwell with God forever, completely free from the effects of our old, virus-infected operating system (Psalm 23:1–3, 6).

Living with Duel Systems

But for now, we Christians live with duel operating systems: what the Bible calls the “old self” and the “new self.”

Do not lie to one another, seeing that you have put off the old self with its practices and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. (Colossians 3:9–10)

It’s clear in this text, and many others in Scripture, that the old, infected operating system still wields influence over us if we allow it. If we are not careful, or we’re not honest, the ancient virus will deceive us and enslave us. We will stop living in the freedom Jesus purchased and provided us and live again in slavery to our old self.
This results in the death of our love for others, for we become too preoccupied with seeking our “being” in our “doing” to want to serve others (Galatians 5:13). The cascading effect is that we also neglect the kingdom work in general, leaving some part of Christ’s commission unfulfilled (Matthew 28:19–20).

Always ‘Be’ First

Is it any wonder Satan works so hard to get us to live according to the old operating system? If he can convince us to believe the “Do. Have. Be.” lie, we no longer threaten his kingdom, since we’re too busy building our own. If he can get entire churches and wider Christian cultures to live by this lie, he significantly slows the spread of Jesus’s kingdom.
How do we know how much the old virus is affecting us?

• We examine the anxieties and fears governing how we live — why we are so afraid (Matthew 8:26; 10:28).
• We examine how much we serve money — why we are pursuing our educations, our careers, and our lifestyles (Matthew 6:24; Luke 12:15). As Ken Fish says, “‘Do. Have. Be.’ is . . . embodied in the middle-class lifestyle.”
• We examine the root of our busyness — whether we are really seeking the kingdom first (Matthew 6:33).
• We examine our use of social media — how we are trying to get our “being” through the “doing” of seeking others’ approval. As we browse, do we find ourselves coveting others’ worldly identities?
• We examine our engagement in Jesus’s mission — how much we’re trying to help free others from their satanic enslavement to the false gospel. Are we ashamed of Jesus because publicly identifying with him and his gospel will harm the “being” we’re “doing” so much to obtain (Luke 9:26; Romans 1:16)?

These are just a few suggestions, but they are helping me see my virus-infection more clearly.
Jesus came with the true gospel and the gift of the new birth to set us free (John 8:32). We must not allow the old, corrupt virus to dictate our lives. We must refuse to “submit again to a yoke of slavery,” by living out of the old “Do. Have. Be.” ethic (Galatians 5:1). “For freedom Christ has set us free,” so let us “stand firm” by living out of the liberating gospel ethic of “Be. Do. Have.” (Galatians 5:1).
When it comes to the source of our identity, discerning and then choosing which operating system governs how we live, we must always “be” first.

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Six ways to deal with your stress

Whether stress is getting to you due to your job or something more personal, the initial step to resolve this issue is to recognise the cause. To identify the cause, observe what makes you angry, worried, frustrated or irritable?

Sometimes stress occur due to a simple thing like waiting in a line, which cannot be recognised easily, however, job or relationship related stress can be known easily. Furthermore positive life events like buying a house or marriage can also cause stress, hence knowing the cause can help to deal with it and it is a good starting point.

The most dangerous way to deal with stress is by turning to unhealthy options like smoking and drinking, this would be a temporary solution and it has more negative effects then positive effects to your body.

Here are some potential stress busters that would help you deal with your stress in a healthy way.

1. Take control of the situation

The most important thing to remember is that every problem has a solution, thinking that there is no solution to your issue will make the situation worse. One of the main reasons of stress and lack of well being is thinking that there is no solution to your problem.

Taking control of the situation is an important part in finding a solution and it gives you confidence in handling the situation in a better way.

2. Be active

Evidence show that there is a link between being physically active and good mental well being. Therefore, one of many ways of de-stressing yourself is by doing exercise and being active. This will not make your stress go away, however, it will help you decrease some emotions and give you a clear vision to think about solutions.

3. Connect with people

Connecting with friends, family or work colleagues would ease your stress and also help you look at things in different ways. Connecting with people would help you to have people to turn to when you need help and would also help you to relieve your stress. They can help you relieve your stress by doing activities with them or just by having a good laugh with them.

4. Work smarter not harder

Learn how to prioritise your work load and focus on the tasks that would help to make a difference. Managing your time effectively will also help you to be more relaxed and have more control of the situation. Making a list to do, focusing on results and working out your goals would aid in working smarter.

5. Try to be positive

Instead of looking at the glass half empty look at the glass half full. Try to look at the positives in life and things that you are grateful to have. One way of doing this, is to write down things that you are grateful for and ponder over them, automatically this will allow you to avoid having unhelpful thoughts.

6. Challenge yourself

By challenging yourself with new goals in life, you continue learning new things and that would help you to become emotionally strong as a person. Furthermore, this helps you to build your confidence which would help you to deal with your stress in a better way. Challenging yourself shields yourself with knowledge and makes you to look at things in a different perspective rather than being passive.

All in all stress is not something that disappears from life and hence stress management is a continuously ongoing need. However, paying attention to what causes your stress and finding solutions, can avoid bad effects of stress and increase your ability to cope with challenges in life.

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