A Cry from the Kraal

A Cry from the Kraal is a searing and unapologetic indictment of the global order — a radical critique of international law, Western "civilization," and the neocolonial architecture that continues to suffocate the Global South. From the ruins of empire to the halls of the United Nations, Kayumba David traces how instruments of justice have been weaponized, how Christian evangelism has numbed African consciousness, and how global elites — both foreign and local — collaborate in a system designed to extract, subjugate, and erase. With philosophical clarity and liberatory fire, the book interrogates the myths that sustain the illusion of universal justice. It explores how the International Criminal Court, despite its noble founding, has become a tool of selective enforcement, and how institutions like the African Union remain hamstrung by inherited colonial logic and Western influence. Kayumba spares no one — from imperial metropoles to African strongmen masquerading as nationalists — and calls for a total reimagination of sovereignty, culture, and justice. More than a critique, this book is a call to arms: for mental decolonization, for the reclamation of local wealth and identity, and for a new social contract led by the true sons and daughters of Africa. Rallying behind contemporary voices of resistance — like Julius Malema, Ibrahim Traoré, and PLO Lumumba — Kayumba urges readers to break free from the kraal, the mental and material enclosures that keep the continent subdued. Fierce, provocative, and visionary, A Cry from the Kraal is not just a book. It is a drumbeat. A declaration. A spark for liberation.