I love Africa. This region has been like a home away from home for me for the past four years as Katanga vristaadt, Mexico trigarante, Newstettin, and Vaspartama, among others. I want the best for the region and for every nation in it. I wrote a heartfelt recruitment telegram for Africa in 2020 that was a mainstay of one of the most successful recruitment pushes in African history, where I detailed my personal reasons for loving Africa, including a thriving roleplay, friendly staff, and a vibrant and diverse community. Those reasons have not changed.

What experience do I have?

Until last year, I was part of Mombombu's staff. I made the (old) regional Discord when I first joined Africa and was in charge of everything from recruitment telegrams to roleplay moderation during the four years.

Why am I no longer a part of staff?

I've had some disagreements with Mombombu in the past and the staff has found replacements for the functions I did. It's a shame, because my loyalty has never wavered, but you play with the cards you've been dealt.

What are my promises?

This won't be a popular message, but neither I nor anyone else can really change much. The staff do things a certain way and don't want to change that. These elections are a way to let off steam because tension has been building between roleplayers and the staff about the decisions that they've made among themselves. I've been among them long enough to know how things work. (I'm not saying they're wrong to do so; if you're a part of the region, you accept the way things are done.) Anyone who is promising a lot of stuff is either lying through their teeth, has no experience with Africa's regional government, or is in the pockets of the staff. You know who the lackeys are and what they have to gain by claiming everything is just peachy.

I've been wounded before and so have you, and my big promise is that I will stick up for everyone who feels like their best interests haven't been represented. As far as the role of WAD goes, I'll execute it as best as I can in the best interests of the region, but the reason you should elect me is to see someone with experience in the staff who still cares about the little guy.

What do I see as the failures of the region as it stands?

The biggest problem is that nothing's happening that should be happening. The staff claims everything is fine, but war mods and other roleplay-related things just aren't getting done and the staff makes mind-bogglingly biased decisions. This campaign operates on three main principles:

1) Just because you say you're doing something in private doesn't mean that the region sees things getting done, and that's what matters.

2) Laws may be fair and enforced by impartial actors and still result in bias if applied circumstantially.

3) The staff is insular and incestuous (isolated from the community and working mostly for each others' benefit) to the detriment of roleplayers.

If you feel like one or all of these things have hurt you, then my campaign is designed for you.

Why me? Why not the other candidates?

Bro Kinaba is a great mod with lots of skills and knowledge. He is also slimy and perfidious. I stuck my neck out for him when he was expelled from the region and he brought down the axe himself. Hence why he's where he is right now and why I am where I am. He's a swamp creature who shouldn't be elevated to such a position. Moreover, he's in the current staff's pockets more than anyone else.

I have nothing bad to say about Lunar sand. I think he's identified the same problems I have and wants to represent the downtrodden just as much as I do. However, he has no experience in Africa's staff and doesn't know how things work. Mesothallania may be making an ass of himself on the Discord in decrying Lunar sand's campaign, but he is right that things work a certain way and that going against the grain is unlikely to result in success.

Roentgenia has been roleplaying in Africa for a grand total of two days (I don't know if he has any previous nations here, haha). Again, I have experience on staff but have also been burned by them (very recently, too). Roentgenia hasn't experienced that... I mean, is a nation that starts roleplaying the week of WAD elections really a roleplayer at all?

Navoj Dazpoly is a great roleplayer and very active despite his recency. There's nothing to complain about. Again, he hasn't actually been on the staff before, although he is exactly the kind of person who would excel there. All the same, does he have a reason to care about the beleaguered nations who have suffered from maladministration? Not really.

What will I do that the other candidates can't?

Besides having experience on staff which gives me an insight into the region that the others except for Bro Kinaba lack, I have a very close relationship to India and will strengthen The Raindrop Pact cooperation and bonds.