Press Release September 20, 2002 By Yi Nee Ling, Publicist for Kola Boof.

On Sept. 15gh 2002...Hisham Nyab, a Diplomat of the Sudanese government, published an article featuring and attacking Sudan's top woman writer, Kola Boof, in the Arabic daily newspaper "AlSharq Al-awsat" (which is London's largest Arab newspaper). In this article, Sudan's diplomat blasted Ms. Boof and openly painted her as..."a traitor to Sudan"..."a prostitute working to create propoganda against Arabic Islam on behalf of the United States government..."a mentally unstable habitual liar"...he spoke quite heatedly on behalf of...the government and citizens of Sudan.

This morning, from California, Kola Boof responds for public record.

(brief excerpt) Official Statement of Kola Boof:

First let me say for the record...that I am a traitor to the Arab Muslim government of Sudan...because as God knows...the practice of ethnic cleansing, socially accepted racism and colorism, and ofcourse, the timeless sexism by the Arab ruling class in Sudan is like a gasoline-tainted veil that is burning away the layers of our true mother's African face. And if there is anyone who believes in God...then they know that Sudan is currently governed not by Allah, but by Satan.

Many of the world's most intelligent leaders have claimed that hte holocaust that happened in Nazi Germany could not possibly happen again, but they were wrong about that. I assure you, as a witness...that there is a new holocaust of ethnic cleansing taking place in the hands of God...and it's taking place this time in Sudan. It's been going on for more than twenty years now. I'm a witness to that, too. And with my heart on fire with rage...I am sad to report, via very reliable sources, that just last week there were more bombings in Sudan's royal southern region, there were more fathers killed, more mothers and children abducted, raped and some mutilated with savage beatings--the kind of savage beatings that only the Arab Muslims know how to administer, trust me. There were even little boys 10 and 12 years old sodomized by their Arab masters. For those wishing to see for themselves, here is a news report...

 http://www.persecution.com/news/index.cfm?action=fullstory&newsID=167

The problem, however, is that the victims of the world's new holocaust are mainly charcoal colored Africans...and therefore, no one with any real power on this planet cares. God knows that Kola Boof doesn't have any power. But that is why I have no choice but to be a traitor to my country. As Allah is my witness, I have no choice.

**Kola Boof went on to say that she doesn't believe that anything good will come out of the peace agreements being drawn up in Machakos. Ms. Boof stated that the paper that the agreements are written on might as well be used for toilet paper.

KOLA BOOF...is the bestselling author of "Long Train to the Redeeming Sin: Stories of African Women", "Every Little Bit Hurts" and in 2003, "Diary of a Lost Girl".

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