The new horizons of unity in the Mandingo Community
embrace emancipation from projected periods that
ensnared the Mandingoes into self suppression and lost
of opportunity that denied our collection participation
and limited our chances for advancing our community,
particularly in politics.
We segregated ourselves on flimsy grounds of dialectics
and affiliations that further polarized us into profuse
views and opinions that had no direct benefits to
posterity. This was reckless and only the generations of
our children would have paid the prices, had our senses
not coalesce in a synchronized direction.
The powers of Mandingoes and our political, economic and
religious conquest in Sub Sahara Africa got eroded
between the 17th and 19th centuries; when identity
crises began as a result of the transatlantic slave
trade. Perhaps the consequences of these crises still
reflect and impact on what we as people of common
identity since we make emphasis on issues that further
disintegrate us as Mandingoes.
We must be grateful to God for endowing His blessings on
the National Mandingo Caucus with reason for
resuscitating the value of our unity in Liberia; as it
is done in the United State of America, the United
Kingdom, Canada, and other parts of the world.
The united decision to allow Hon. Alhaji G.V. Kromah to
vie for the By-election in the senatorial position of
Montserrado County evident the resurgence of our unity
that posterity will recount to coming generations.
Be that as it may, it is also a clear message to those
that capitalized on our disunity as fault lines to
perpetrate their nefarious and despicable desires. Our
resolve to unite is resolute, assertive, affirmative and
supportive to the growth and development of Liberia, our
community and people. We can only destroy ourselves if
we fail to unite, but we limit to progress of any can if
we are consistent and resolute in our philosophy and
spirit of “we can do”, the sky will only be the limit.
The message here therefore, irrespective of our
educational backgrounds, political affiliations,
economic positions, social status, and connections in
society, the most important requirement for our progress
is “Unity in diversity”. This forms the basis our
success as Mandingoes and that no member of the Mandingo
tribe is allowed to circumvent or thwart this collective
decision making.
The National Mandingo Caucus sees this process as a
primary pillar for our involvement into politics etc.
This also illustrates the fact that we must come out on
November 14, 2009, the day of the by-election to cast
our votes for Hon. Alhaji G.V. Kromah since he got the
consent of the National Mandingo Caucus (which is the
parent body of all Mandingo originations)
Mohammed Swaray
swaraymas@gmail.com
