O. Vengeyi, The Bible in the Service of Pan-Africanismthe state and national security threat’.^18 These views by Moyo about the
character of most of these forces are difficult to dispute. Bishop Levee
Kadenge’s research into the activities of Christian organisations in Zim-
babwe which he claims are ‘fighting for democratic change’, is quite
revealing of the link between opposition political parties, Christian or-
ganizations, NGOs, and the Western governments through their embas-
sies which sponsor the activities of these groups. The article also exposes
the key characteristics of this camp as hatred of leadership of African
liberation forces, hatred of nations that are hated by the West especially
countries that helped Zimbabwe (and Africa at large) to fight against
colonialism, hence they have no appreciation of African independence.^19
Kadenge’s ideas confirm what the pan-Africanist camp has always
claimed and sought to expose at every turn. Mahoso, for example unrav-
els the interconnectedness between the Western empire building strate-
gies from the beginning of colonialism to date as having made good use
of missionaries, journalists, academics, NGOs, as fronts to cover the evil
intentions of the empire.^20
The world narrative: Up Side Down: A pan-African perspective
Contrary to the Western propaganda about the end of slavery, colonial-
ism and empire building, pan-Africanists believe that the West has only
coined new names to the same phenomena of slavery and colonisation.
The West has done so through a number of strategies in all countries
they have their interests threatened. According to pan-Africanists, the
Western interests are not the same interests as those say, of Africans.
Their (Western) narrative is also not the same as that of Cuba for exam-
ple. As such, whatever pleases the West cannot be pleasing to pan-Afri-
canists. Leaders, either in politics, economics, religious and social
spheres who are celebrated in the West as role models and those institu-
tions regarded as progressive forces are for the pan-Africanists retro-
(^18) Jonathan Moyo, ‘MDC-T threat to National Security’. 08. July 2011. http:// http://www.prof-
jonathan-moyo.com/2011/07/08/mdc-t-threat-to-national-security/.
(^19) Bishop Levee Kadenge, ‘The Relationship between the church and its funding partners
in Zimbabwe’, in The Role of the Church in the Struggle for Democratic Change in Zim-
babwe. http://www.zimbabweinstitute.org/File_Uploads/file/Role%20of%20the%2
0church %20book%20Projects.pdf.
(^20) Mahoso, ‘Racist Media, African Leadership’, AFRICAN FOCUS: The Sunday Mail. 13
February 2011.