SAFARI ZA KUHAMA KWA wAISRAEI WEUSI WALIOPOTEA

Upande wa Kusini wa Afrika inajulikana kwa jina maarufu kama Afrika ya Juu. Ukisoma kwenye maandiko na vitabu mbalimbali vya kihistoria wanasema juu ya Misri ya Juu na Misri ya chini. Niweke wazi kuwa ukisoma au kusikia Misri yaa Juu tambua kuwa ni Misri ya Kusini na ukisikia au kusoma Misri ya Chini tambua kuwa ni Misri ya Kaskazini. Hii inatokana na jografia ya bara la Afrika. Naweza kusema kuwa moja kati ya mijongeo wa kutoka Kusini kwenda Kaskazini wa miaka ya hivi karibuni ni ule uliofanywa na Waethiopia miaka ya 1990 baada ya uliokuwa uvamizi wa Warusi nchini humo wa kumtoa utawala wa Kiebrania uliofanyika miaka ya 1960, ambapo kundi wa watu

jamii ya Falashas walitoka Ethiopia kwenda Israeli katika ilikuwa inaitwa “Operation Moses”, mjongeo huo haukuhusisha kundi kubwa la watu. Kwa kuangalia historia Wakushi waliokuwa wanakaa Kusini mwa Misri walipanda kwenda Kaskazini na kuweza kuivamia iliyokuwa Misri ya kale na kuitawala. Japo tamaduni za KiMisri ziliendelea kutokana na kuwa watu wa jamii moja na walielewana hata kwa lugha. Jamii hii ya Wakushi waliacha marejeo mbalimbali ya kihistoria japo kwa kiwango kikubwa yameangamizwa (nitafuatilia juu ya hili huko mbeleni). Ukiangalia mwenendo wa Wangoni kutoka iliyokuwa ngome ya Wanguni kuja, Msumbiji, Zambia, Malawi Kusini mwa Tanganyika katika mkoa wa Ruvuma na kwingineko, ni moja kati ya mgawanyiko wa jamii hiyo. Wangoni wanasifika kwa mbinu zao za kivita na pia shughuli mbalimbali, ila swali la msingi hapa ni kwa nini walishindwa katika mapigano katika ngome yao ya kale?


Wangoni au Wanguni ni moja kati ya watu wa jamii ya Wabantu na hawa wanaongea lugha inayoitwa Kinguni au Kingoni ambacho kimetawala kwa kiasi huko Kusini mwa Afrika. Jamii hii inajumuishwa watu wa kabil za Xhosa, Wazulu, Ndebele na Waswazi ambao wanaishi huko Swaziland na Afrika Kusini. Watu jaamii ya Wandebele wanaishi maeneo ya Zimbambwe. Baada ya kugawanyika kutoka Sotho-Tswana na Tsonga, Wangoni walikutana na wawindaji wa San jambo ambalo linaeleza juu ya sauti yao kama lugha ya “kugonga”. Wapo pia Wangoni waliokwenda kuishi huko Kusini Magharibi kwa miaka ile na kujichanganya na Waxhosa na wale waliokwenda kuishi Kusini Mashariki walibaki kujiita Wangoni/Wanguni. Kuibuka kwa Ngome ya Zulu mwaka 1815-1840, kulifanya mataifa/ makaabila mengi yaliyokuwa yameungana kuanza kusambaratika. Hapo ni hadi pale ambapo Mpiganaji na kiongozi wa Wazulu Shaka alipowashinda Wandwande ambao walikimbia kutoka Kusini Mashariki na kwenda kuelekea Kaskazini jambo ambalo lilifanya kubaki kwa kabila za Wazulu na Waswazi. Baada ya kushindwa katika mapigano Zwide na Wandwandwe; makomando wake wawili Shoshangane na Zwengendaba waliwachukua watu wao na kuelekea Kaskazini zaidi na kuenea zaidi kila wanakoelekea. Bwana Shoshangane aliweza kuanzisha utawala wake wa Shangane huko Msumbiji na Zwengendaba alikwenda Tanganyika. (Swali la kujiuliza, je Tanganyika iliundwa na akina Zwengendaba?). Zwengendaba alikuwa akitumia mbinu kama za Wazulu katika mapigano yake. Alikuwa akiwapiga mahasimu wake kisha kuwaunga na kabila lake.


Kifo cha Zwengendaba miaka ya 1840 kilipelekea kurudi nyuma kwa kuanzishwa kwa taifaa la Wangoni, ambapo  wengi walirudi nyuma kulikuwa na mgawanyiko wa makundi matano. Makundi matatu kati ya haayo yalirudi huko Malawi na kuanzisha Ufalme wao na hao wengine; makundi mawili Watuta na Wagwangara walisogea kaskazini zaidi kuingia Tanganyika. Hawa Watuta walienda kaskazini zaidi ambapo moja ya kundi lao liliweza kujichanganya na Wanyamwezi huko ziwa Viktoria na kisha kuweza kukaa huko magharibi mwa Kahama. Miaka ya 1858 Wangoni walishindwa huko Ujiji maeneo ya ziwa Tanganyika na waliokuwa wauza na watekaji wa watumwa. Pia Machifu wa Kinyamwezi walijizatiti kijeshi dhidi ya waporaji na wavamizi wa kingoni. Wakati huo huo Wagwangara walijikita naa kuendeelea huko kusini masharriki mwa Tanganyika na kuunda Ufalme mbili tofauti ambazo ni Njelu na Mshope. Hapa walikuta pia waliokuwa wanaongea lugha jamii ya kinguni kutoka Afrika kusini, Wamaseko. Wakati Wangoni wa Zwengendaba wakielekea huko Malawi hawa Wamaseko walihama kuelekea Msumbiji na kuiga baadhi ya tamaduni za watu wa jamii za hapo na kisha kuvuka Mto Ruvuma miaka ya 1840 na kisha kufika Songea. Huko walianzisha maakundi kama ndonde, Nindi, Ndendeuli, an kisha kuwaunga na Njelu na Mshope.


Mzilikazi katika kukimbia kwake kutoka kwa Shaka aliua wanaume wa eneo husika na kuchukua wanawake na kuanzisha taifa lake jipya lililoitwa Matabele. (Kwanini Mzilikazi alikuwa anamkimbia Shaka?) Mwanzoni kabisa alikaa huko kunakoitwa sasa Pretoria kisha kwenda Mosega karibu na huko Zeerust, baada ya kupigwa na Voortrekkers alikwenda Zimbabwe na kuanzisha mji wake ulioiwa Bulawayo. Kisa cha Mzilikazi kumkimbia Shaka kilikuwa kama ifuatavyo; Mzilikazi alikuwa mmoja wa majenerali wa Shaka Zulu alikuwa Mkhumalo. Wakati aliporudi kwenye mapigano alirudi naa ng’ombe wengi aliofanikiwa kupora na kuiba hivyo akajiwekea kama mali zake badala ya kupeleka ng’ombe kwa Shaka. Hili lilikuwa kosa kubwa na adhabu yake kuwa kali hadi kufa, hivyo akakimbia kutoka ardhi ya Zulu na kwenda kwenye ngome dhaifu za Manala Ndebele.

#ANTIFA: New USA political upgraded "cancer" after KKK

Introduction

Antifa is short for anti-fascists. The term is used to define a broad group of people whose political beliefs lean toward the left -- often the far left do conform with the Democratic Party platforms. It is said doesn't have an official leader or headquarters by CNN, but in real sense it has,also groups in certain states hold regular meetings. When Scott Crow, a former Antifa organizer, asked what real Antifa stands for he says the "radical ideals" promoted by Antifas are starting to be adopted by liberals, "They would never have looked at (those ideals) before, because they saw us as the enemy as much as the right-wingers." It is not well known the actual origins of the group, but Antifa can be traced way back to Nazi in Germany and Anti-Fascist Action, a militant group founded in the 1980s in the United Kingdom (CNN, 2017). 

No apologetic for Marxist violence

The primary tragedy of Charlottesville was the loss of a young woman’s life. The secondary tragedy was the distortion of our political culture. The president of the United States actually declared some portion of a collection of neo-Nazis, white supremacists, and alt-right white nationalists to be “very fine people.” He just couldn’t bring himself to completely disavow men and women who’d supported him since the day he descended down the escalator at Trump Tower.

Yet rather than doing the easiest and most sensible thing in the world — condemning white supremacy while also condemning political violence on the far left — some portion of the left-wing intelligentsia actually decided to embrace their own thugs. They supported Antifa. They decided to lionize some of the worst people in American life. And in so doing, they actually compared them to the American heroes who stormed Omaha Beach. The tweets below, as the saying goes, did not age well. The video evidence of violence is appalling. Antifa isn’t heroic. It’s brutal:

Violence by far-left protesters sparks alarm

Thousands of demonstrators carrying signs with slogans like “Stand Against Hate” descended on Berkeley’s Martin Luther King Jr. Civic Park on Sunday for what many hoped would be a peaceful march against bigotry and President Trump. But it was soon punctuated by tear gas and a scattering of violent skirmishes. Some anti-fascist protesters, wearing black and with their faces covered, chased or beat Trump supporters and organizers who had scheduled and then canceled the “anti-Marxist” rally, citing concerns over safety.

Kyle Chapman, the far-right activist known as “Based Stickman” who gained fame for his role in previous Berkeley brawls, had been listed among speakers for the canceled event, but was not seen. On Friday, during a hearing on a pending felony weapons charge related to a prior rally, a judge ordered Chapman to stay away from Sunday’s demonstration.

Other planned attendees included Augustus Invictus, a Florida-based white supremacist who attended a torch-lit rally in Charlottesville, Va., according to the Anti-Defamation League. Invictus was not seen Sunday either.

One far-right figure who did show up was Johnny Benitez, the alias of an Orange County resident who organized an “America First” rally in Laguna Beach. Protesters got into shoving matches after he appeared, with some screaming “Go home, Nazi.”

#VIDEO: Prof.PLO Lumumba excites court in presidential poll petition case

About the SHINGOPANA SONGWENSIS and lived between 100 and 70 million years

The species discovered in Tanzania 

The newly-discovered titanosaur is called Shingopana songwensis and lived between 100 and 70 million years ago (Cretaceous period).

A partial skeleton of the prehistoric creature was first excavated in 2002 and represents the first significant discovery by the Rukwa Rift Basin Project, an international collaborative effort led by Ohio University paleontologists.

Over the next few years of excavation, additional portions of the skeleton, including neck vertebrae, ribs, a humerus, and part of the lower jaw, were recovered.

“There are a couple of key anatomical features only present in Shingopana songwensis and several South American titanosaurs but that are absent in other African titanosaurs,” said team member Dr. Eric Gorscak, a postdoctoral researcher at the Field Museum of Natural History in Chicago.

“Shingopana songwensis had siblings in South America, whereas the other African titanosaurs were only distant cousins.”

Detailed comparison of the new titanosaur with other known sauropod dinosaurs suggests that the species found in southern Africa are certainly more diverse than previously thought.

Dr. Gorscak and colleagues conducted phylogenetic analyses in order to understand the evolutionary relationships of these and other known titanosaurs.

What they discovered is that Shingopana songwensis was more closely related to South American titanosaurs than to any of the other species currently known from Africa or elsewhere.

“This discovery suggests that the fauna of northern and southern Africa were different in the Cretaceous period,” said Dr. Judy Skog, program director in NSF’s Division of Earth Sciences.

“At that time, Southern African dinosaurs were more closely related to those in South America, and were more widespread than we knew.”

During the Cretaceous period, Shingopana songwensis roamed the landscape alongside Rukwatitan bisepultus, another species of titanosaur the same team described in 2014.

The research on the new species appears today in the Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology.

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Eric Gorscak et al. The second titanosaurian (Dinosauria: Sauropoda) from the middle Cretaceous Galula Formation, southwestern Tanzania, with remarks on African titanosaurian diversity. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology, published online August 24, 2017; doi: 10.1080/02724634.2017.1343250

This article is based on text provided by Ohio University.

KWANINI WATANZANIA WENGI SI WAHAIDHINA?

Utangulizi

Kutokana na hali ya kisiasa inavyoendelea siku hadi siku inaonekana ni wazi kuwa demokrasia haiwi kwa mfumo ambao ni chanya kwa taifa kwa ujumla. Najua wazi kuwa utashangaa na kujiuliza swali, “huyu ndugu haoni kuwa demokrasia imekuwa kwa kiasi kikubwa hivi, anafikiri nini?”. Ndio kwa macho ya kawaida mtu anaweza kusema kuwa demokrasia imekuwa kwa kiasi kikubwa kama vile ambavyo wanasiasa baadhi wanahubiri kwenye majukwaa yao kila siku. Kwangu mimi naona bado kabisa demokrasia haijawa, ndio tunaanza kujifunza jinsi ya kutumia mfumo huo kwa manufaa ya taifa. Kuna mitazamo miwili hapa; mosi ni demokrasia ndani ya chama na pili ni demokrasia kwa ujumla wa kitaifa. Nikizungumzia demokrasia ndani ya chama naanza kugusia pia mrengo wa chama husika katika siasa za dunia hii. Vyama vingi havielezi kwa undani juu ya imani yao na mrengo wao wa kisiasa wanaoufuata. Hili ndio linazaa hoja yangu na swali ambalo ndio kichwa cha habari cha hoja hiyo, “kwa nini Watanzania wengi si wahafidhina?” utasikia katika vijiwe na mitaani watu wanavyolalamika kuonewa na kudhulumiwa, utaona viongozi kukosa  nidhamu kwa wananchi, kuwa wababe, wasioambilika wala kusikia lolote la mtu mdogo. Sasa kwanza nigusie juu ya imani au itikadi ya wahafidhina (Consevatives) wengi duniani hasa katika mkondo wa kisiasa wa mrengo wa kulia (right wing):

• Nguvu ya Umma. Ukisoma na kufanya rejea za IDU (International Democratic Union) na vyama ambavyo viko kwenye umoja huo wanaamini katika nguvu ya umma (people’s power). Siasa zao mara nyingi ni za harakati na wana sera ambazo zina jikita katika kuwapa wananchi nguvu ya kufanya maamuzi. Ukiagalia nchi mfano Ghana ambapo chama kinachoongoza sasa (2017) kimo katika umoja huo.
• Kuchaguliwa na kulinda demokrasia. Wanaamini katika mfumo wa kidemokrasia wa vyama vingi unaoweka chama madarakani kwa kufuata uchaguzi wa vyama vingi. Vyama vya mfumo na mrengo wa kulia wanaamini katika chaguzi za haki ambazo zinaweka utawala wa wananchi madarakani.
• Fikra na mamlaka ya umma ndio inayotumika kupinga unyanyasaji na kutetea jamii. Kulinda na kuthamini fikra za umma ndio hutumika kupinga unyanyasaji kutokana na hii hapa ndipo ambapo mrengo wa kulia unakuwa na uhafidhina. Mfano nchini Marekani wakati ambapo aliyekuwa rais wa kipindi hicho Ndg. Ibrahim Lincolin, aliweza kusaini hati ya kuwafanya Wamarekani weusi kuwa huru dhidi ya utumwa. Pia Repulican walipitisha haki kwa Negroes kupiga kura na haki ya kusoma bila upendeleo.
• kukuza na kuimarisha uchumi wa nchi kwa kutumia raslimali za nchi. Katika zama za sasa nchi haiwezi kukua kama wananchi wake hawajakuwa kimapato. Mfano mapato mengi ya taifa hutegemea kodi inayokusanywa kutoka kwa wananchi; kama kipato cha wananchi ni kidogo ni ngumu sana kwa serikali kupata kipato ambacho ni kizuri kwa ustawi wa maendeleo. Pato litashuka kwa kiwango kikubwa sana.
• Kujenga na kuimarisha uchumi wa soko huru, utakaoheshimu na kulinda haki na mali za watu, biashara huru na sekta ya watu binafsi.  Ili kukuza soko la bidhaa katika taifa ni vyema kukuza na kuimarisha soko huria soko lenye ushindani kwa mujibu wa taratibu na maono ya kibiashara. Ushindani katika soko hujenga jamii yenye kushindana katika ubunifu na uboreshaji kwa lengo la kupata wateja wengi.
• Matumizi bora ya raslimali asilia za nchi ili zichangie kikamilifu katika pato la taifa. Matumizi bora ya rasilimali za  taifa husaidia sana katika kukuza mapato ya taifa kwa wananchi. Hii ni kutokana na miraaba ambayo itakuwa ya tija kwa asilimia nzuri. Unaweza kuona kuwa katika hili tumepwaya sana na kinaitajika chama ambacho kina mrengo wa kihafidhina kurejesha hili.
• Uzalendo na kuthamini mila na desturi za taifa. Ukiangalia katika siasa za ulimwengu, vyama ambavyo vina mrengo huu mara nyingi huwa na itikadi ya kujenga taifa kwanza paasipo kuegemea kwenye utandawazi kwa kiwango kikubwa; utaifa kwanza kwa maneno mengine. Uzalendo kwa watu wenye mrengo huu ni mkubwa sana kulinganisha na watu wenye mrengo wa shoto ambao wameegemea katika siasa za utandawazi zaidi, ambazo kwa kiasi kikubwa zinaweza kupora mali za umma na kupeleka kwa watu wa mataifa kwa jina la wawekezaji. Nieleweke vizuri hapa kwamba uwekezaji si dhambi hata wahafidhina wanataka wawekezaji katika uchumi wao ila uwekezaji huo uwe wa tija zaidi; taifa linufaike vyema kwa hilo.

Hitimisho

Kuna mengi mazuri juu ya mrengo wa kati kulia na kulia kwa umoja wake. Ni moja kati ya mrengo ambao unajali na kuthamini uhuru na demokrasia ya watu. Swali la kwanini Watanzania wengi sio wahafidhina linaweza kujibiwa kwa kutokana na historia ya siasa za hapa nchini tangu wakati wa uhuru. Wale wote ambao walionekana kuwa na nguvu katika siasa na waliokuwa wafuasi na walimu wa mrengo huo waliuliwa nguvu na kupewa sifa mbaya katika jamii. Jamii ilidanganywa na kuyumbishwa juu ya ukweli wa elimu ya siasa. Kufutwa kwa masomo ya siasa na kutokuwepo kwa mtaala thabiti wa kutoa elimu hiyo ilitolewa na kizazi kikubwa hakijapata elimu hiyo. Hata baadhi ya wanasiasa nguli na maarufu hawajui misimamo yao katika mrengo na ndio maana ni wepesi wa kupelekwa huku na huko. Wananchi wanahitaji kuelimishwa.

JE WEWE NI NANI?-4

Kufichika kwa baadhi ya historia

Ukifuatilia historia ya Tanganyika ni ngumu sana kuona mahali imetajwa kwa jina hilo la Tanganyika. Achana na historia baada ya Wazungu kugawana eneo hili na kulifanya koloni lao; nazungumzia historia yake kwa miaka ya nyuma kabisa ya karne ya kumi na nane. Utagundua kuwa katika vitabu vya kihistoria wana sema juu ya “Great Lakes Nation” au Taifa la Maziwa Makuu; wengine wanaandika Taifa la Wabantu (Bantus Nation) ambao wametokea kutokea Ethiopia wengine wanasema kutokea Kongo ambapo kulikuwa na mababu wa Punt wa huko Misri. W.E.B. Du Bois (1915), “The Negroes” anaandika na kusema kuwa Wabantu (Nilotic Negroes) walifanikiwa kupigana na kuwasukuma “Bushmen” au Hottentot (type of Negores) huko Kusini na Magharibi mwa Afrika kutoka eneo la maziwa makuu (Afrika Mashariki na Kongo) anasema kuwa Negroes walikuwa huko Ufa wa Nile (Nile valley) ambapo uzao wa pili ulichanganyika  na kuwa na damu ya Semetic (Waebrania, Wayahudi au Waisraeli) anadai kuwa kwa miaka zaidi ya 5000 KK, machotara (mulatto) wa Kimisri na Wazungu walikuwepo na walikuwa

Rais Uhuru Kenyatta wa Kenya afunga kampeni kwa sala

JE WEWE NI NANI?-3b

Hila na dhuluma dhidi ya mtu mweusi-3b

W.E.B. Du Bois (1915), “The Negroes” anaandika na kusema kuwa Wabantu (Nilotic Negroes) walifanikiwa kupigana na kuwasukuma “Bushmen” au Hottentot (type of Negores) huko Kusini na Magharibi mwa Afrika kutoka eneo la maziwa makuu (Afrika Mashariki na Kongo) anasema kuwa Negroes walikuwa huko Ufa wa Nile (Nile valley) ambapo uzao wa pili ulichanganyika  na kuwa na damu ya Semetic (Waebrania, Wayahudi au Waisraeli) anadai kuwa kwa miaka zaidi ya 5000 KK, machotara (mulatto) wa Kimisri na Wazungu walikuwepo na walikuwa wakiishi huko Bonde la Mto Nile kwenye maporomoko ya kwanza, na Negroes walikuwa wakiishi kwenye maporomoko ya pili ambao anadai kuwa damu ya Uisraeli (semitic blood) ilikuwa imechanganyika zaidi

KESI ILIYOFUNGULIWA KUPINGA KUAPISHWA WABUNGE CUF YATUPWA

#TRUMP IS A GOOD MAN

TRUMP: THE RUSSIAN STORY IS A TOTAL FABRICATION

JE WEWE NI NANI?-3

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Hila na dhuluma dhidi ya mtu mweusi-3a

Jambo kubwa lililofanyika na Warumi ni kufuta makumbusho ya kihistoria ya mtu mweusi, mfano iliyokuwa ngome ya Chifu Mkwawa wa Wahehe ambaye alikuwa na asili ya Kiisraeli, msomi wa kubobea shujaa wa Afrika aliyekuwa na lengo kubwa la kujenga utawala mkubwa kama ule wa Kongo na Zimbabwe huko kusini akiangalia historia ya Kilwa na ndoto kubwa ya kurudisha Ufalme ule kwa njia mpya (pengine ndio Tanganyika). Ngome ya Mkwawa ilivunjwa kabisa na masalia yake yakatokomezwa kabisa vito na vitu vya kihistoria pale vikaibwa; historia inatuambia kuwa ngome ile ilikuwa ikipigwa mabomu kwa siku nne mfululizo. Kuna nadhari zinasema kwa Chifu Mkwawa hakuwa amejiua, alifanikiwa kutoroka na alienda kuishi maisha ya kawaida kwa kujificha dhidi ya Wajerumani.

JE WEWE NI NANI?-2d

Wewe kama Mwafrika-2d

Warada (Radanites) mwaka 1850, hawa walikuwa Waisraeli ambao alikuwa wakifanya biashara duniani kote na mwishoni kukaa magharibi mwa Afrika, huko Timbuktu. Na hawa Warada ni watu weusi kabisa, na kuna mbinu za kufanya upotoshaji na wengine wanawaita Waarabu weusi, jambo aambalo ni uongo mkubwa na wanazuoni wanajua kwa hoja kuwa wale ni Waisraeli. Watu wa Ghana na Ivory Coast (Ashanti Isralites) ni watu wa iliyokuwa “Ashanti Empire”, ambapo watu wa Ashanti

Je wewe ni nani?-2c

Wewe kama Mwafrika-2c

Mwaka 995 KK, Ethiopia: mfalme Sulemani na Makeda Bilqis (malkia wa Sheba) wakuwa na mahusiano na walizaa mtoto wa kiume aliyeitwa Meneleki I, ambaye alianzisha utawala wa kinasaba na wa Mfalme Sulemani zaidi ya miaka 3000 iliyopita (1000KK) ambapo walikuwa wana tamaduni za Kiyahudi na mfumo wa utawala wao, historia inatuambia