From: Biniam Haile \(SWE\) (eritrea.lave@comhem.se)
Date: Wed Aug 19 2009 - 17:24:43 EDT
Dear Thomas Mountain!
Thank you for a very well written and explained article and for setting
the record straight. I couldn't agree with you more.
Please don't let followers of western culture discourage you from
writing. I regard them as disruptive and even dangerous. In fact, I
think that our internal enemy is as dangerous as, if not more dangerous
than, the external one. See, Eritrea has one of the mightiest armies in
Africa but we are naked and defenseless against self-haters and
defeatists. Something must be done, and it must be done very soon before
it is too late. Anyway, keep up the good work. I am looking forward to
read your next article.
Biniam Haile
From: Thomas mountain (thomascmountain@yahoo.com)
Date: Tue Aug 18 2009 - 22:09:50 EDT
Black Americans are just that, americans that are black. It is not an
exageration to describe them as a crushed and broken people, with the
prisons full of their sons, those that are not commiting crimes against
the worlds peoples as members of the military, all of their institutions
except their churches destroyed and their communities rife with crime
and drugs. Today one of the more prominent black american "african
centered historians" is in Asmara and really embarassing himself. Let me
start with some of his statements posted online. The following is by
Ronald Ross, aka Runoko Rashidi.
"1. Do Eritreans see themselves as African people? Do Eritreans think of
themselves as Black people? To this I say a resounding yes! Eritrea is
part
and parcel of Africa. There has clearly been some mixture with Southwest
Asia but Eritrea is a Black African country.
2. What about female circumcision here? It is still practiced? In fact,
there are at least two kinds--one more severe than the other. It is
estimated that at least twenty-five percet of the women of Eritrea are
circumcized.
3. What is the prevalence of HIV/AIDS in Eritrea? Apparently it is a
real
problem and there are many AIDS orphans here. So far, however, I have
not been able to get any real statistics. But I am assured that it is a
severe problem."
Those who may be familiar with Ronald Ross's work might remember his
published statement from 2001 that with out the leadership of black
americans Africa would never be "liberated". (Prior to the publication
of this viewpoint R. Ross stated the same view to an Eritrean ex-fighter
who managed to be polite and tried to explain to him that Eritrea was
liberated and that no thanks were due to the likes of him and other
americans who happened to be black).
If Mr. Ross had bothered to do a little homework before visiting Eritrea
he might not have embarassed himself so badly. His ignorance is a
reflection of the general viewpoint of most black americans about
Africa, that as bad as it may be for blacks in america they are not
Africans and no way would they ever live in Africa. In an attempt to
help educate the ignorant I will list a couple of facts about Eritrea
that might help to encourage Mr. Ross to do a little homework before he
puts his foot in his mouth again about Eritrea.
Eritrea is the birth place of the ancient, glorious and world famous
African civilization called the Land of Punt. This fact is now widely
recognized by conservative, mainstream white organizations the likes of
National Geographic but apparently unknown to Mr. Ross.
The Eritrean ethnic group known as the Nara speak an ancient language
that is being used to decipher the previously unreadable scripts of
ancient Kush/Sudan.
Eritrea has the largest number of archeologist sites in Sub-saharan
Africa, and this being only the early days of exploration of such.
Tigrinia, the language spoken by most Eritreans, is related to the
pre-Arabic dialects spoken in remote villages in Yemen, which
establishes a link between the ancient Sabaen civilization and the
ancient civilization of Punt.
Eritrea, along with the Orthodox Christian ethnic groups in Ethiopia,
still use the Geez alphabet, the ancient African written language that
puts a lie to the western lies that Africa had no written language. Just
how old Geez is remains a mystery that is just being explored and all
indications are that it is linked to ancient Punt, meaning that it
predates all of the European and even Asian written languages.
There is a lot more that could be included but hopefully this will help
convince Mr. Ross to do some homework and educate himself on the Oasis
of Africa, Eritrea. Maybe, just maybe, he will put aside his american
chauvanism and begin to study Africa as seen from the viewpoint of the
only people on the continent who have liberated themselves, all nine
tribes of Eritrea. If Mr. Ross is genuine in his interest in the present
situation in Eritrea he can check out the internet, starting with Dehai
and the Onlinejournal. Awet na'hafash and selam and rain for Eritrea