The Riots in England - Bob Marley, Crazy Baldhead

"The Price of hating someone is loving yourself less." - Eldridge Cleaver, Soul on Ice.

"My biggest fear is that by the Whiteman will discover love, the Blackman would have turned to hatred." - Alan Paton, Cry the Beloved Country.

As the world watches the so-called right-wingers run amok in England venting their anger and frustrations on people of darker, irrespective of nationality or length of stay in the country which likes to call itself the Mother of Democracy, let it be remembered that this is nothing new.

As I wrote a few days ago in reply to a post on LinkedIn: "While we in Africa blame our insufferable reprobate misrulers for our woes, Europeans always blame FOREIGNERS for whatever ail them.

For myself, it is quite sad to see that what I have spent the past four decades warning against continues to manifest itself. I have done my bit to warn both Africans and Europeans that, to escape from the pitfalls of past experiences, it is vitally important for both groups to study HISTORY.

Unfortunately, neither side was willing to invest in such knowledge.

Given its persistence over the centuries, we can argue that racism is part of the European DNA…

We were not alone. Here is Prophet Bob Marley wailing about Crazy Baldhead.

“I and I build the cabin
Ah I and I plant the corn
Didn't my people before me
Slave for this country
Now you look me with this scorn
Then you eat up all my corn
Build your penitentiary, we build your schools

Brainwash education to make us the fools
Hate is your reward for our love
Telling us of your God above
Here comes the conman
Coming with his con plan
We won't take no bribe
We've got to stay alive
We gonna chase those crazy
Chase those crazy bumpheads
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