Important Participations

The participation could have been normal and without a fuss, but Africa's enemies, Sudan's enemies and the enemies of peace-loving countries wanted to try and turn it into a drama, to prevent the president from important participations.

— Sudan's foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour as quoted in Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir leaves South Africa as court orders his arrest to face genocide charges at ICC (Reuters, June 2015)

The boss is a Lion of Africa, you can't treat him like an animal
Denying him important participations is, quite frankly, criminal
Sure: trade sanctions, Security Council resolutions, and all the rest
But this new imposition is a bridge too far, he's quite upset

We all know his economic direction and commitment to reform
His policies have stood the test of time, the revolution moves on
You there, Madame Ambassador, don't give me that baloney about Darfur
When security arrangements and regional stability are what you care for

I don't see you picking fights with Vladimir of Russia
About how they dealt with their internal matters in Chechnya
Cross Mister Putin and you might get the poison treatment
Or the fruits of an exotic nuclear radiation experiment

To have him flee as if he was a warlord like Charles Taylor
For shame, he had to leave post-haste mid-bite and mid-dinner
He'd been promised a braai which, I understand, is a South African delicacy
One bite was all that he could manage before our team withdrew him hastily

So what if there was an early nexus with the Sheikh, Osama Bin Laden
We all make mistakes, you are lying in bed with Bonecutter bin Salman
And as for Al-Turabi, another Sheikh that thought he was a leader
Well, the boss taught him a lesson about the real meaning of power

Well you should know that there's something about Omar al-Bashir
That you've disrupted his jaunt to Johannesburg is a great slur
Recall, he who speaks with forked tongue is a master of statecraft
Quoth the proverb: When Allah created the Sudan, he laughed

No this won't do at all, I must say, on this point, let me be explicit
On pain of blowback, this your hasty decision you'll have to revisit
Recall when He of the Little Green Book was here, we held excellent discussions
I warn you: stop preventing the president from important participations

Tracing some Fallen Angels

• Bashir fires Sudan foreign minister Ibrahim Ghandour (April 5, 2018)
• Omar al-Bashir's regime ousted (April 11, 2019)
• Ex-Sudan Foreign Minister Ibrahim Ghandour arrested for "involvement in sabotage operations" (July 1, 2020)
• Former Sudan Foreign Affairs Minister Ibrahim Ghandour and collaborators acquitted of terrorism charges (April 8 2022)
• Sudan alarm at return of Bashir loyalists and the NCP (June 18 2022)

The Boss, a playlist

A soundtrack for this complaint. (spotify version)

• The Boss by James Brown
  Paid the cost to be the boss. Black Caesar was the soundtrack of the original fallen angel
• Boss by Count Sticky & the Upsetters
  Lee Perry's High Plains Drifter is dub magic
• Blind Man Can See It by James Brown
  The greatest breakbeat. You can't stop important participations.
• Everybody Wants to be the Boss by Oliver Cheatham
  A disco groove, the boss has no regrets

One wonders: will he have the last laugh?

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Timing is everything
Observers are worried

File under: rogues, language, hatchet job, dictator, language, culture, observation, military, Sudan, politics, Africa, law, crime, violence, Observers are worried, Fallen Angels, Things Fall Apart, poetry, absurd, toli

Writing log: Concept July 16, 2015; April 24, 2021