We congratulate you on your success in helping to mediate

Honorable Jendayi Frazer
January 14, 2008
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We congratulate you on your success in helping to mediate an end to the current violence in Kenya, which grew out of a failed election in that nation. There remain far deeper problems that are bound to erupt into far greater violence if left to fester in the slums of Nairobi.

This correspondence comes to request an urgent meeting with you to explore this matter.

Mr. Mwangi Mukami, Founder of the Martin Luther King Junior Africa Foundation, will be in the United States later this month to celebrate the Martin Luther King, Jr. National Holiday and will accompany me to the meeting. Madam Secretary, as you know, there are profound inequities in Kenya, indeed in all of Africa that must be dealt with in a forthright manner.

The genesis of these inequities is traceable back to the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade that brought our ancestors to the western world over five centuries ago. I am attaching a letter I sent to President Bush over a year ago regarding Africa, and a letter I sent to U.S. Ambassador Michael E. Ranneberger, which goes to the important aspects, and will preclude a long recitation of facts which you clearly understand.

The government of Kenya, with the help of the United States, must address the remnants of British Colonialism. The masses of the Kenyan people are left landless and desperately poor. This is a perfect breeding ground for terrorism. The idea that the current conflict in Kenya is tribal in nature, and grew to a flash point with the flawed Presidential election is a symptom that fails to address deeper historical problems.

The central problems in Kenya, and much of Africa, are the exploitation of the Continent by western nations. The continued ownership of large tracts of land by people such as the Royal Family of England must be on the table for discussion. Of equal concern is the matter of 999-year leaseholds on large tracts of land by people who are not native Kenyans such as Lord Dalamere

For your information I am on the board of directors of Kaswesha Housing Cooperative Society Based in Kariobangi South Nairobi where I am designated as the Patron for that community. I visited Kenya twice last year and will be returning later this year. During my first visit, I met with Ambassador Ranneberger and members of the Nairobi City Government. During my second trip I met with Mrs. Ann Tibaijuka, Executive Director, UN-HABITAT United Nations Human Settlements Program, and shared the above concerns. This information is posted on my blog which is accessible at: www.africanascension.blogspot.com.


Honorable Jendayi Frazer
January 14, 2008
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As you know I met with members of your staff last year around a grave and festering matter dealing with cobalt and nickel in Cameroon. It is past time that the United States begin to treat Africa as a Partner and not an instrument for exploitation. I need not state that it is in the strategic best interest of our nation, both in the short and long range, that these ties with Africa lead to the uplifting of its people. Jewish Americans have set a fine example of how African Americans must become the advocate for Africa just as they are advocates for the State of Israel.

I trust that the meeting can be held between January 27-30, 2008 when Mr. Mukami will be in Washington, DC on other business. I will call your office to further discuss your availability for this important meeting.


Sincerely,



Joe Beasley

Cc: President George W. Bush
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice
Reverend Cameron M. Alexander
Reverend Jesse L. Jackson, Sr.
Senator Barrack Obama
Senator Hillary Clinton
Senator John Edwards
Senator John McCain
Governor Romney
Mayor Giuliani
Governor Huckabee