Throughout the Diaspora amidst those national leaders sending condolences to the Windsors of Britain’s royal family, are others taking the opportunity to demand justice on several levels.
While millions of pounds are being spent on the state funeral of Queen Elizabeth who reigned over the United Kingdom for almost 71 years and died aged 96 years old on Thursday, Sept.
From the British atrocities in Kenya, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Jamaica and all over the Continent and the Caribbean; from being accused of meddling in the affairs of kingdoms; and removal of resources, stolen jewels and historic artifacts; the brutal treatment in Kenya where the Brits held a reported over 100,000 Kenyans during the Mau Mau rebellion; to the under-reported history with the Maroon revolts in Jamaica; not to mention the Raj in India, and the dispute over Hong Kong with China, Britain...
“We do not mourn the death of Elizabeth, because to us her death is a reminder of a very tragic period in this country and Africa’s history,” said no holds-barred South African activist Julius Sello Malema. The founder and head of the Economic Freedom Fighters party said he would not be mourning but addressing Britain’s colonial past under Queen Elizabeth II’s reign.
Meanwhile, across the world, many nations have been paying tribute to the 96-year-old monarch. President Joseph Biden described her as “a stateswoman of unmatched dignity and constancy who deepened the bedrock alliance between the United Kingdom and the United States.” Others showed little sympathy for the fallen empire and demanded amends for colonial-era crimes. Dr. Anya had the sharpest criticism of the queen. The Nigerian-born professor wrote, “If anyone expects me to express anything but disdain for the monarch who supervised a government that sponsored the genocide that massacred and displaced half my family and the consequences of which those alive today are still trying to overcome, you can keep wishing upon a star.
Painfully ironic perhaps, given Britain’s support of the South African Apartheid regime, amid the strait-laced protocols of the position, the Queen enjoyed one rare privilege—a relationship on a first name basis with late President Nelson Mandela.
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