Assassination Tape 4,Steve Biko September 12, 1977 ,South Africa Never carried a weapon. His weapon was Black Consciousness the belief that black South Africans must reject the system that told them they were inferior. Arrested,tortured,beaten into a coma,died in police custody

Nothing advertises itself so thoroughly as conceit. Class dismissed.

Assassination Tape 4 — Eduardo Mondlane (1969, Mozambique) A parcel arrives in Dar es Salaam. Inside, a book — and a bomb. February 3, 1969 — Eduardo Mondlane, leader of Mozambique’s liberation struggle, opens it. The pages were his last.

Assassination Tape 6 — Chris Hani (1993, South Africa) April 10, 1993 One bullet to the head, in his driveway, in front of his daughter. Chris Hani’s death almost lit the fuse to civil war. They aimed to silence the future. Instead, they ignited a nation’s demand for change.

There’s a child growing up in Gaza. He sees rubble before toys, bombs before birthdays, blood before books. One day the world will hand him a holy book and say, “Trust God’s plan.” But when he asks his questions too loudly, the world will call him a terrorist.

In the chase for the bag, sleeping too much isn’t the problem not knowing what to do once you wake up is. Class dismissed.

Assassination Tape 7 — Félix Moumié (1960, Cameroon) A glass of wine in Geneva. November 3, 1960 — Félix Moumié drinks, smiles, then collapses. Thallium. The French secret service signed his death in poison, not ink.

Assassination Tape 8 – Omar Mukhtar September 16, 1931 – Libya The “Lion of the Desert” resisted Italian colonization for over two decades. Captured in battle, he refused to bow, refused to beg, refused to betray his cause. Italy hanged him before thousands.

Assassination Tape 7— Samora Machel (1986, Mozambique) October 19, 1986 — a plane crashes near the South African border. The leader is dead. Was it bad weather, bad navigation, or bad intentions? For Samora Machel, the clouds never cleared.

Assassination Tape 10 — Mehdi Ben Barka (1965, Morocco) October 29, 1965 — Paris. Morocco’s opposition leader invited to a meeting. Kidnapped. Never seen again. Ben Barka’s disappearance still whispers in the corridors of power.

Assassination Tape 8 — Dedan Kimathi (1957, Kenya) The forest general who made the empire tremble. February 18, 1957 — Dedan Kimathi was hanged by the British colonial government. They buried him in an unmarked grave. But his ghost still walks in the Mau Hills.

Does it make sense for a European ex-leader to be tried in Africa for war crimes he/she committed in Europe ? One day it will make sense.