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...independence but little liberty for millions of black Africans. The rallying cry "One man, one vote" has been transformed into reality, but it has suffered an ironic distortion. Many Africans now have one vote, but often it can be cast for only one man. Zambia's President Kenneth Kaunda was the sole candidate in his nation's presidential elections last October, when he was elected to a fifth four-year term. In Kenya, long a showplace of African democracy, President Daniel Arap Moi faced no challenger in elections last September...
...Cuban-Namibian deal last week as he made a two-week tour of seven African nations. Calling the linkage "the key to the settlement," Bush declared that "we're going to stick with it." His words met with displeasure from his hosts, who included Zambian President Kenneth Kaunda, leader of one of the five "frontline" states that most actively support the SWAPO guerrillas. That did not bode well for the future of Namibia, nor for the U.S. image in black Africa...
Ironically, the other necessary factor in a passive resistance movement, Kaunda concludes, is a violent faction. The oppressors, even if they are moral, can often ignore the quiet distrubances of the non-violent protestors. But when, as happened in the United States in the '60s, other demonstrators, like the Black Panthers, advocate change by violent means, then the oppressors must choose between the less painful of the two choices to placate the oppressed. The fear factor forces the issue, and morality contrainsts lead to a peaceful solution...
...Kaunda believes that Rhodesia lacked enough virtue to allow a passive resistance struggle. White Rhodesians did not care how the world viewed them and hence did not worry about the international implications of their actions. Just as South Africa has uncaringly killed protesting schoolchildren, the Rhodesians would have destroyed any passive resistance movement. Nevertheless, the Rhodesians understood fear, and Kaunda realized that only violence could alter the unacceptable social structure. So even though he deplored violence, he supported "armed struggle in Zimbabwe (Rhodesia) because I could no longer believe that anything is preferable to the use of force...
...RIDDLE OF VIOLENCE cogently presents the passive-resistance-versus-violence argument with Kaunda drawing on his long political and academic experience. This former teacher of philosphy and ethics uses clear analogies and many applicable examples to embellish and strenghthen his reasoning. Moreover, the writings of a 57-year-old leader, who is already a two-time founding father (in 1964 in Zambia and in 1980 in Zimbabwe) would be interesting in and of themselves, and the collection of his thoughts into relevant political philosophy makes the book even more worthwhile. As a unit, however, the book suffers from its essay...