A Writer’s Sacred Duty

Being an African scholar and diplomat and yearning to see the Continent and her people thrive and progress without having to be subjected to the grasping tyrannical regimes, and victims of
endless strives, poverty, and many social, political, and economic ills will move a writer to internalize the agonies, supplications and prostration of his peoples, the African peoples. Their plight is a pain to the conscientious author to rise up and write.

The author further states, “No author witnessing the perpetual crisis and the messy politics” in Africa can keep his silence. In giving reason to his lifelong pursuit to write and speak on issues, he asks, “The question is what exactly is a writer to do?” He then concludes, “.., a writer’s duty is to be counted on the side of justice and truth."

Tseggai Isaac, PhD, is a Chancellors’ Professor of Political Science (Emeritus) at the
Missouri University of Science and Technology (MS&T), Rolla, Missouri where he has
taught since 1991. He is a published scholar and editor and coeditor of three books,
numerous book chapters, and peer reviewed journal articles.