Barotseland never surrendered her sovereignty to any other State- Afumba Mombotwa
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Afumba Mombotwa and others at Mwembeshi State Prison
Barotseland existed as a Nation prior to the advent of whites and it will continue to exist as a Nation as long as mankind has breath.

No amount of falsehood, imagination or hatred can exterminate the Nation of Barotseland and across the face of the globe.

Judges may pervert justice, politicians may manufacture lies and slogans; and policemen can be wicked, brutal and conspire to hunt down, persecute, incarcerate and kill people; but these shall never suppress the truth.

There is no time in history when the Barotzish convened a meeting to surrender their territory or cede it to any.

No time when the Barotse King and people surrendered their Sovereignty to any state!!

No time when the Barotzish declared that their country will cease to be called Barotseland. Just as the Israelites who lived in Egypt for 430 years could not become Egyptian, so can’t the Barotse Nationals who lived side by side with Zambians cease to be Barotzish.

Those with no respect for human dignity are the ones who trivialize the 2012 Barotse National Council (BNC) resolutions. Nonetheless, No matter how much one argues, there is no Barotseland in Zambia; just as there is no Zambia in Barotseland. The only thing the two had in common was an ‘agreement’ which is now void.

The agreement between a man and a woman to enter into matrimonial life does not change the nature of man, to be a woman and woman to be a man. Should one be dishonest, unfaithful, insincere, and no understanding between the two, the marriage breaks.

As it was the case with Bangladesh and Pakistan so it is with Barotseland and Zambia:

There is no union between the two. Only yokels see things otherwise.

Mr. Kaunda declared “we cannot have a Nation within a Nation,” in his press conference in 1966, in reference to Barotseland.

Any reasonable person will realize that Mr. Kaunda acknowledged Barotseland as a Nation, except that he did not want it, he hated it.

Certainly, Prime Minister Kaunda, deluded, deceived and circumvented the Barotse King (Mwanawina) into singing the treaty, with intent to obliterate Barotseland.
Surely; can a Nation cease to exist by simply by decree?? If Zambia was a Christian Country by proclamation as claimed she should have known what is written in the Bible viz “The Lord detests lying lips, but he delights in people who are trustworthy” Proverbs 12:22

Unfortunately the Zambian society praises and adores liars, and can never accept truth. As for us we cannot but speak the truth to shame the devil: even if it costs our lives.

Barotseland is a Nation where Zambia is a cosmopolitan state!!

N.B It is impossible to make history come to a standstill as long as people and the world continue to exist. The future of our Nation (Barotseland) is in our hands.

Afumba Mombotwa
Administrator General
Government of Barotseland

Mwembeshi State Prison