O. Vengeyi, The Bible in the Service of Pan-AfricanismThe lesson from Cote d’ Ivoire, for Mahoso is that what is at stake are
white (Western) interests versus black (African) interests. And this is the
same story everywhere in the world; wherever Western interests are
served and protected (against those of the indigenous people) the leaders
of those countries, who protect white interests are called heroes and
massive media propaganda to promote such leaders into ‘global icons’ or
‘international elders’ is mounted. In reality however, these people, to use
Mahoso’s analogy ‘are mere whores’, enemies of their own people. An-
other reality in the world, which Mahoso brings out, clearly is; wherever
the Western interests are challenged, but those of the indigenous people
served and protected; the leaders of such countries are called names and
are vilified at every given opportunity. The UN and other institutions
such as AU, SADC, in the case of Zimbabwe which are supposed to play
the role of Solomon are penetrated or rather bought by 30 pieces of
silver to become ‘Judas Iscariots’ (so as to betray the ‘Son of Man’) in
order to bring about the desired results of protecting white people’s
interests and the Western business interests. Frivolous claims such as
violation of human rights and democracy are raised by the West when-
ever their interests are not protected and ways are designed to entrench
those threatened interests, usually through fronting. The UN is abused
by the same powers to achieve their aims.
Thus, Mahoso praises Zimbabwean patriots for having come to appreci-
ate more deeply the need to overhaul the UN after the shocking behav-
iour of the ‘Judas Iscariots’ so-called UN special envoys: Anna Kajamulo
Tibaijuka and Jan Egeland, during and after the two envoys’ separate
visits to Zimbabwe in 2005, who instead of coming to assess humanitar-
ian needs and to objectively appreciate the government programme of
constructing houses for the people, after Operation Murambatsvina, they
found the opportunity to score political goals for the opposition, MDC.^74
Thus, far from being neutral observers, they came to Zimbabwe with the
conclusion already. In all respects therefore, for Mahoso, these were
examples of Judas Iscariot and not objective and independent ‘Solomon’.
Evaluation and Conclusion
This article has exposed three related issues. First, I have argued that
Mahoso consciously cites the Bible, as a pan-African rabbi to put across
(^74) Mahoso, ‘Quattara’s Nato demands on Cote d’ Ivoire’.