The Holocaust in Africa

Ever since the recent rise of religions like Islam and Christianity in Africa, the condemnation of homosexuals has been intensifying with each passing day.

Priests all over the continent have been holding sermons to educate the public on homosexuals. These "educating" sermons teach the public that homosexuals are filthy, disease-infested animals that threaten their every day lives. It is taught that homosexuals deliberately defy god and therefore should not be tolerated within their society.

This alienation has both encouraged and influenced negative actions towards African homosexuals. Gays and Lesbians residing in Africa have undergone alienation and torture. Their rights to health-care have been revoked and countless have been murdered.

Countries such as Uganda have been processing a bill that would result in death penalties for alleged homosexual couples and a 50 year to life sentence in jail for reported homosexual activity. These punishments can be compared to someone who has been convicted of murder in the U.S. A Judge in Malawi has motioned for a 14 year hard-labor camp sentence for alleged homosexuals and Africans who have been accused of committing suspicious or homosexual acts. There are hate-crimes against gays reported daily in Zimbabwe and Senegal. The president of Gambia has motioned to expel all homosexuals from the country.

Priests are often known to hold exorcisms for gays, hoping to cure them. Many African men and women have admitted to undergoing these exorcisms in hopes of being cured. Many are forced to. Many do not want to. But these men and women, who previously identified as homosexuals, now claim that they have indeed been cured. Although, it is hard to tell who is "cured" and who is just speaking out of fear. After all... a so-called "cured" homosexual gets to lead a normal, unprejudiced life.

Gay-rights activists in the West have shown their support by donating money to homosexual communities in need.
These efforts have made prejudice, anti-gay Africans take notice of our culture. American gays are also regularly brought up in the negative sermons held by priests. We are now being portrayed as a culture who allows this god-defying evil to run rampant through our country. What could this mean for our relations with Africa in the future? What could this mean for the future of Africa itself?


"If you tell a big enough lie and tell it frequently enough, it will be believed." -Adolf Hitler