Interview- Face To Face With King Leopold II, The Idi Amin Of Belgium

 

Journalist and author, Joel Savage, interviews the caucasian Idi Amin of Belgium, King Leopold II.

 

I believe everyone knows or has heard of King Leopold II. He was one of the greediest and bloodthirstiest kings in Belgium, who killed and maimed over ten million Africans, including women and children, during the colonial era in Congo. 


Despite that, there isn’t any statue of Adolf Hitler for killing six million Jews, Belgium built the statue and named streets after this lunatic. 

So I took a trip to the Neo-Gothic Church of Our Lady in Laeken, Brussels, where all the monarchs, including Leopold II, are buried, for this exclusive interview.

 

Joel: King Leopold, how do you feel about this interview?

 

Leopold: I need peace in my grave. How can you interview a dead man?

 

Joel: If the Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (The Mormons) could baptize the dead, then I could interview a dead man.

 

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Leopold: Please allow me to sleep peacefully in my grave. Why are you disturbing me?

 

Joel: You know what you did. You rendered thousands of villagers homeless by putting fire into their huts, amputated the hands and limbs of children, mutilated the genitals of fathers, and killed wives of husbands, for the greed of rubber and the desire to be the world’s richest king, yet your country praised and applauded your crimes and named streets after you. 

That’s not the end; you have a statue in addition. Are you happy in your grave for such horrendous crimes you committed?

 

Leopold: Even if I am not happy at all in my grave, I wasn’t the one responsible for my statue, because I didn’t ask anyone to build my statue, and I named streets after me.

 

Joel: Who are you trying to shift the blame to? For remembrance and honor, wreaths are laid at cemeteries for people, including soldiers who sacrificed their lives for your country, but the innocent blood of Africans you shed and the children you murdered are being mocked by your statue. Black Lives Matter. Do you think Belgium can mock the dead and be a happy country?

 

Leopold: I want to repeat it once again if you didn’t hear me. I didn’t tell my country to build a statue and name streets after me. They did it out of ignorance and foolish pride. They should be intelligent enough to know that I don’t deserve such a statue.

 

Joel: Many believe you are not human, because during that time span, greed and power propelled you to commit the most serious crimes, and you deserve to go down the gallows, but nobody gave a damn for what you were doing because everybody else did almost the same. The African soil was cut into pieces and confiscated by the foreigners, and the people were divided. 

The way of thinking at that time was that Black people could be used for everything as a resource and as disposable, and Africa is ours. So who is the ignorant one, or the one who lacks wisdom, when you wore a sheep’s clothing, deceiving the world as a good king, yet were on a killing spree?

 

Leopold: Don’t let me start scratching my head when there isn’t any itching. I have had enough in my grave, tell my people to break down my statue and denounce the name of the streets named after me, because I can feel that my country is doomed because of this evil thing they did.

 

Joel: Your country is stubborn like a he-goat. They are confused because it’s one of the most divided and difficult countries to rule in the world. Their confusion is so deep that they can’t even differentiate good from evil. They have thousands of journalists, but none have written about this because they are not Africans. They don’t care.

Leopold: You have said the right thing, but be careful, or else you will be an enemy. I know my people; they are pretenders and bad, just like me.

 

Joel: I want to be an enemy of Leopold because that makes me an important person. When you are not important, no one hates you in society.

 

Joel: I have two questions from my mentor, Professor Johan Dongen, for you. The first question is: You killed over ten million Africans, including children. Do you think there will be enough Africans left to kill by your grandchildren?

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Leopold: Don’t bring my family into this. I did all those evil things alone.

 

Joel: I need to bring your family into this, because wickedness and evil acts can be inherited by family, including grandchildren.

 

Joel: Professor Dongen’s second question is: You always carry a sword on your statues and portraits. He may like to see it. Will you give it to him if it’s in your grave?

 

Leopold: That sword is cursed because of the evil things I did with it. If I give it to anyone, it will bring more disaster upon Belgium.

 

Leopold: Before I leave, please ask God to forgive me and let the same God touch the heart of my people so that I don’t deserve those statues and streets named after me. If they are wise enough, then they should break down the statues or keep them because the chicken always comes back home to roost.

 

Joel: Are you sure you know God, King Leopold, and you did this? Anyway, thank you for granting me this interview.

THE HITLER-ISM IN MUGABE

Robert Mugabe liberated the Rhodesians from colonial oppression in 1980 but today's Zimbabweans demanded his resignation 

Do you know that Robert Mugabe before becoming the president of Zimbabwe was a teacher in Ghana? It was in the country formerly called Gold Coast; he met his first wife, a Ghanaian lady called Sally Francesca Heyfron. 

Like the late Ghanaian leader, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, Mugabe fought tirelessly to free Rhodesia under colonial oppression and in 1980, the newly freed country became Zimbabwe. 

The controversial Mugabe ruled Zimbabweans for 37 years with an iron fist. Was he too old to think about the welfare of the suffering people in this country?

Mugabe, the highly educated 93-year-old leader, doesn't like both American and British leaders and has spoken against a wide range of topics; from homosexuality and Britain to Barack Obama and Donald Trump.

Mugabe ruled for almost four decades. His rule dramatically came to an end this week. Here are some of his famous quotes.

On imperialism

"Africa must revert to what it was before the imperialists divided it. These are artificial divisions which we, in our pan-African concept, will seek to remove." - Speech at Salisbury, 1962

"Stay with us, please remain in this country and constitute a nation based on national unity." - A plea to the white population of Zimbabwe at a Zanu-PF rally, 1980

"Only God, who appointed me, will remove me - not the MDC, not the British. Only God will remove me!" - Election rally, 2008. MDC is an opposition party.

"Our party must continue to strike fear in the heart of the white man, our real enemy." - Zanu-PF rally, 2002

On homosexuality:

"We ask, was he born out of homosexuality? We need continuity in our race, and that comes from the woman, and no to homosexuality. John and John, no; Maria and Maria, no. They are worse than dogs and pigs. I keep pigs and the male pig knows the female one." - ZDC radio interview, 2015

"We equally reject attempts to prescribe 'new rights' that are contrary to our values, norms, traditions, and beliefs. We are not gays!" - UNGA, 2015 

On Britain:

"Britain is a very cold, uninhabitable country with small houses." - Mutare rally, 2013 

"We are still exchanging blows with the British government. They are using gay gangsters. Each time I pass through London, the gangster regime of Blair 'expresses its dismay'." In reference to an incident in which human rights campaigner Peter Tatchell attempted a citizens' arrest on Mugabe during a visit to London in October 1999.

"We have fought for our land, we have fought for our sovereignty, small as we are we have won our independence and we are prepared to shed our blood ... So, Blair keeps your England, and let me keep my Zimbabwe." - Earth Summit, South Africa, 2002.

On Hitler:

"I am still the Hitler of the time. This Hitler has only one objective: justice for his people, sovereignty for his people, recognition of the independence of his people and their rights over their resources. If that is Hitler, then let me be Hitler tenfold. Ten times, that is what we stand for." - State funeral of a Cabinet minister, 2003

On the economy:

"Our economy is a hundred times better, than the average African economy. Outside South Africa, what country is [as good as] Zimbabwe? … What is lacking now are goods on the shelves - that is all." - Interview, 2007.

On Jesus Christ:

"I have died many times - that's where I have beaten Christ. Christ died once and resurrected once." - To state radio on 88th birthday

On cricket:

"Cricket civilizes people and creates good gentlemen I want everyone to play cricket in Zimbabwe; I want ours to be a nation of gentlemen." - This is a widely reported quote, but it was unclear when Mugabe said this.

On US presidents:

"Let Mr. Bush read history correctly. Let him realize that both personally and in his representative capacity as the current president of the United States, he stands for this 'civilization', which occupied, which colonized, which incarcerated, which killed. 

He has much to atone for and very little to lecture us on the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. His hands drip with [the] innocent blood of many nationalities." - UNGA, 2007

"I've just concluded - since President Obama endorses same-sex marriage, advocates homosexual people, and enjoys an attractive countenance - thus if it becomes necessary, I shall travel to Washington, DC, get down on my knee, and ask his hand." - ZDC radio interview, 2015

"Some of us were embarrassed, if not frightened, by what appeared to be the return of the biblical giant gold Goliath. Are we having a return of Goliath to our midst, who threatens the extinction of other countries?" - UNGA, 2017

"May I say to the United States President, Mr. Trump, please blow your trumpet. Blow your trumpet in a musical way towards the values of unity, peace, cooperation, togetherness, dialogue, which we have always stood for." - UNGA, 2017

On grooming a successor:

"Grooming a successor, is it an inheritance? In a democratic party, you don't want leaders appointed that way. They have to be appointed properly by the people." - TV interview, 2016

A MAN CAN'T BE PRAISED FOR HIS EVIL DEEDS, UNLESS YOU'RE EVIL

The quote of Martin Luther King Jr

We often hear “I don’t like Obama, I hate CNN, I don’t like George W. Bush, etc. If you try to find out the reason for their hatred and dislike, they will tell you why.

It is easier to hate than to show or give love to a person. Thus, probably if someone hates me, there must be a reason for that. But when I haven’t committed any crime, I would like to find out why someone hates me. Is it because of my probing articles?

I am an African writer living in Europe, reading every humiliating and degrading article European and American journalists write about Africa. Do you expect me to join them when they have many problems to deal with on their shores, but pretend everything is fine?

In Brussels, come daily European and other world leaders to talk about problems affecting the world, with the aim of finding solutions to tackle those problems. In the same Brussels stands a statue of Leopold II, the king who killed and maimed over ten million Africans, including women and children.

Belgium didn’t consider the crime of this criminal. Instead, they built a statue to glorify and named streets after him throughout the country, when there is no statue of Adolf Hitler, for killing 6 million Jews. Would you hate me as an African writer who values life if I write that the Belgian government should pull down that statue?

The world leaders and journalists converging at Brussels don’t care about any statue, because they are not Africans; moreover, the life of an African to them is valueless. But since the Bible I read tells me that ‘God created man in His own image,’ I will write an article against this injustice and ignorance.

No one in their right mind would praise someone who has committed such a heinous crime unless the person is sick himself or evil. Sometimes, “Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed,” said Martin Luther King Jr. Yes, the sufferer has to scream for the oppressor to know what the oppressed are going through.

Terrorism

The selfishness, greed, hypocrisy, and bad policies of European and American leaders have generated scores of hatred for the common citizens. Whatever terrorism has taken place in Europe and America, in the past and today, was caused by Europe and America.

In Brussels, they sit behind a heavy security gate and take measures to combat terrorism. After that, they give those measures to the media for publication, but the reasons that led to the killing of innocent citizens are never given to the media. Because they don’t want the public to know the truth, and again aren’t ready to change their bad policies.

Unfortunately, people don’t realize the harm these politicians are causing in society against ordinary citizens. Do we have to depend on such people/politicians for security or protection? They were there when 9/11 occurred. 

They were there when runners taking part in a marathon were murdered by unscrupulous terrorists. They were there when terrorists struck France, and they were there when Africa was intentionally plagued with Aids, Ebola, Lassa fever, and other diseases.

When they see victims of terrorism's bodies scattered, before you’ll see soldiers and the police with guns at every point of the street, disrupting public activities. These politicians have no protection for us today or tomorrow. In fact, they have left us sitting on a time bomb, without knowing when the next terrorist act will strike.

Honestly, the public can take good care of themselves more than what politicians can do, if each becomes his brother’s keeper, giving love, doing away with racism, discrimination, and living in peace and harmony. Love truly conquers everything.

ROBERT MUGABE, THE BLACK ADOLF HITLER?

Robert Mugabe's fist and mustache are identical to Hitler's



Although Robert Mugabe of Zimbabwe is a Blackman, he and the late Adolf Hitler of Germany have something in common. The small vertical patch of mustache right under the nose and the thirst for power. 


The power of greed and selfishness that almost destroyed the world and mankind. But with Mugabe, the impact is affecting the Zimbabweans and neighboring South Africa, Zambia, and Mozambique.

Previously known as Rhodesia, after gaining independence in 1980, the country became Zimbabwe under the new leader, Robert Mugabe. 

Then a country once with vast mineral resources and a successful economy gradually started declining to be one of the poorest economies and chaotic political conditions in the world.

From the history of Zimbabwe's politics, Robert Mugabe has been a man who has ruled and is ruling with an iron fist as a dictator. He regards any opposition as a threat and an enemy. 

His adamant heart wouldn't allow him to take any advice on how to save the country. He couldn't stand Joshua Nkomo, until finally sending him to his early grave.

No one actually knows the plan of Mugabe for hanging on to power since 1980. His rule has caused so much unrest among the Zimbabweans, using food as a political weapon against those who do not support his party. 

The country is afflicted by 70 percent unemployment and hard-biting inflation. Every advice from world leaders has fallen on deaf ears. Mugabe's wicked and greedy actions are destroying the country and causing violent clashes between clans.

Who can save Zimbabwe when such a man is in power? Already, the healthcare system has collapsed with the economy. 

The United Nations effectively became responsible for providing the necessary aid to save the emerging health crisis. It is like most of the African leaders are not capable of talking to Mugabe, instead of supporting his criminal regime.

What I have observed so far as an African is, it is nice for any African country to have a leader or head of state to represent his or her country, but the duties of a head of state, that they don't know. Corruption inspires many of them to be in politics, but not to help the poor people. 

Most African leaders are lazy, always expecting miracles from heaven or from the West or America. Instead of wasting taxpayers' money and state funds on attending poverty alleviation conferences, they must stay at home to use the money to alleviate their own poverty.

Libya is an African country, but Gaddafi's successful rule of the country has yielded the best results for the people. They are rich, and the economy is even better than so many European countries. The Libyans have confidence in him. 

The same way that should be in Zimbabwe and other African countries. One day, Mugabe should sit down alone and ask himself these questions: where are Idi Amin, Bokassa, Mobutu, etc? Then, to listen to the voice of the suffering masses of Zimbabweans to step down.