Africa & American Intervention, Africa's Size & Other Very Random Thoughts

News & Politics
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Hmmm…weighty titles that mask indications of vague ramblings:D

But…anyhow, came across these videos today that got me thinking about this our continent…

One was from RT…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODfXJwquQk8

And the other from Luke Radowski of We Are Change…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxYgo1w7tfI

Apparently some US soldiers, 4, were killed in Niger…and congress had no idea (yawn!) they had ops going on there.

They got me thinking of the “New Scramble” and just what Africa has got to lose.
Africa, despite our problems, is on the verge(?), of (some sort of) a renaissance…if we so choose. There’s a general awakening within the African psychology I feel, comme ci, comme ça…if there’s such a thing.

Naturally, wazungus, the west, corporations realised this, at least to some extent, with their projections long ago - that we have a youthful population and growth will be highest ( in regions like sub-Saharan Africa, China etc over the next centuries…
This zeitgeist can be noted in talks like this one by the former World Bank president Wolfensohn:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a0zhc1y_Ns

With all the potential this continent has sometimes you can’t help but be overcome by thoughts.
Here in our own country we defend stances, political and otherwise, conferred on us by history, & historical intransigence, which blinds us from a prosperous future.
And maybe these are the teething problems we need to get over as we move toward a better future - no pain, no gain…it’s taking its sweet time though:D.

As an aside, during 60-70s, when the “elites” got rid of black/African ‘messiahs’, under COINTELPRO, a national security memorandum - NSSM 200 - was conceived in the Nixon administration under Kissinger (shock!) with a view to manage Africa’s population so as to have access to her resources in attempt to bolster America’s “national security”…[B]it’s a long document…[/B]
After this…AIDS hit Africa in the 80s.:smiley:
Coincidence?:wink:

In other news, still on Africa, but specifically on reigning narratives that have been ingrained in our collective psyche, I came across this post on Instagram about the real size of Africa…
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I’m sure many of you have heard of the Mercator Projections: that basically the current world maps were conceived with colonialist underpinnings.
Apparently, it was even mentioned in the series “The West Wing”:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVX-PrBRtTY

From an older article in The Economist:
https://www.economist.com/blogs/dailychart/2010/11/cartography
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Makes you wonder about all the over-population talk, especially with in reference to Africa and other regions of people of colour…more so things like Agenda 21, climate change agreements and so on…

Just makes me think, of how much deprogramming we have to do as individuals, and, as Africans, and Kenyans concerning religion, history, power…

Hopefully, after this period we can start removing our collective baggage, even if we don’t agree on all things…our future & that of our children depends on it.

Now to decide what alcohol to imbibe during this next few days…see you on the other side villagers.

Peace.

バカヤロ! out

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I like the way you write.

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Cheers bro.

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There are a good number of ‘control your population’ parrots like who read some world bank report and take it as the gospel truth. In essence, they are homeguards without even knowing it. Mental homeguards at least.

Besides that, if we sleki as Africans, this economic cake will once again be for the Europeans and Americans to have in the next couple of decades. And they will eat it.

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Herein lies the problem ; when some of us call out the bull of foreign religions and pray facing Mt. Kirinyaga, we are called all sorts of things. How about referring to lake Victoria as nam lolwe to start with?This will be a starting point. Slowly but surely all others will fall in place. Recognize our folklore heroes , those that fought for our freedom, and respect our women. Just like they have exploited the African American woman, so will they do with ours!

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Well said. The west especially is moving to pivot against eastern influence. We need to use them both and further our own agendas.

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There’s definitely something be said for re-educating ourselves from an African stand point.

I came across videos by heavy weights such as Dr. John Henricke Clarke, Dr. Ivan van Sertima, African centric scholars, others like Dr. Claude Anderson, who have a tonne of info on untaught history especially pre-colonial history: you get some of this info and you wonder “what the hell was I learning?”

I have a feeling however that it’ll have to be up to individuals or individual communities.

Trying to push it at national level will take too long. A bottom up approach is best.

Not to sure about changing names in the beginning, those might be left to our children’s children.:smiley:

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Sadly some of the changes have to be sudden, painful and difficult for the present generation!

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Very true…both instant and gradual approaches are good, and necessary.

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Great post!

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It’s a known fact that every crisis or “development” in our continent has an underlying western influence…

Sometimes the signs are subtle and can be missed and sometimes very obvious.
Any African leader who promotes Pan Africanism is somehow assassinated.
Check on Nkrumah assassination attempt which led to his subsequent death through skin cancer.

Gadaffi? He had a vision of a united Africa. His defiance to play ball with the Oil cooperations and the development of his country without the need of western influence was an eye opener and si he had to be eliminated.

Africa is a continent with enormous solar potentials and mineral resources, research has indicated that Africa alone harbors 40% of the world’s potential hydroelectric power leading Europe and North America with 10% and 13% respectively, but it is sad to note that less than 1% of the resources has been developed, that is the tragedy of Africa.

We need to open our eyes…the western world fears us and that is why they keep kicking us down and now the cunning Chineese too have wormed their way in…beware of the trojan horse.

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^^
Uhuru has been slowly planning to unite the continent he strong-armed the ICC into oblivion… Now, look at the trouble he’s facing.

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They already started over 2 decades ago(especially farming and heavy industry). The tech ones are the ones who are visible now hence the perception that there’s a sudden rush. Those stats about Africa being host to 25% of the worlds youth population by 2020 have been around for a while.

We need to understand that to them, it’s just business. Oppression and subjugation allows businesses to run smoothly. Sisi bado tuko na colonial hangovers(though colonialism haijaisha) and are failing to act despite the fact that a lot of us, majority of whom are in leadership positions, know the games that are being played.

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This continent belongs to Kenyans. It survives on our willpower

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Even Africa’s “renaissance” is being spearheaded by the mzungu. They’ve started realizing that a stable and growing Africa provides a better opportunity, market wise, than a constantly-in-conflict Africa with cheap natural resources. The way I see it, there’s a silent war going on between the old corporations on the one hand (oil, rubber, timber, diamond etc) that used to prefer instability on the continent so as to access these resources, and the new corporations (telecommunications firms, tech giants like FB and Google, smartphone manufacturers, banks, infrastructure developers) on the other hand who are looking to grow their revenues. The new corporations will win eventually. But the African will still remain a puppet.

Some things don’t make sense though, like how King Leopold could, with only a handful of soldiers, subdue 20 million Congolese. Then go ahead to kill 10 million of them without any meaningful resistance taking place. Contrast that with how fiercely the Vietnamese fought both the French and Americans, and you realize there’s a bigger issue we’re not addressing. I once read of how a Kenyan delegation went to China immediately after independence, and during one of those state dinners, the Chinese were quite eager to hear about how Kenyans were buying farms from wazungu. So the Chinese kept asking, “how do you buy back your own land?” It just didn’t make sense to them.

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Yeah…

There’s definitely western influence but we don’t help ourselves either dear.

Many of us still have this doe-eyed, sycophantic view of the west/wazungus.
China’s approach is different, and, for now we are going to have to have some symbiotic relationship with greater powers…
However we shouldn’t give complete allegiance. Relationships should be set-up so that we benefit the most.
Concessions will have to be there either way.

The divide and rule tactic is exacerbated by our own lack of vision, professionalism, excess corruption, and lack of enforcing standards, among other things…not to mention politics.

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Nothing good comes easy.

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Also well said sir!!!

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Well observed.
Thing is we can benefit from this war…and I think we are in some ways.

There’s always going to be a lopsided relationship until we have built enough clout. What we have to do stop the bullshit politics, streamline governance and delivery, and keep pressing on with maendeleo on different fronts…while keeping an eye on our “enemies” & “friends” both internal & external.
Geopolitics & international business make strange bed fellows - we just need to keep our eye on the ball.

Changes are happening everywhere that we as Africans can take advantage of - ICOs, block chain, faster internet & increased connectivity, mobile inclusivity - our minds are being opened fast.

About that Leopold cunt…you have to remember they had guns.
The Vietnamese had a few guns too plus maybe more experience with guerilla warfare.

Normally when you shock an enemy the first time, looking at things like Machiavelli & the art of war, you make sure they can’t fight back. I’m guessing the shell shock plus of course the fact that some of those soldiers were Africans solidified the hopelessness.

10million murdered, but jews have a claim on the “holocaust”. That’s another one right there.
I think we lost the same number or more due to arabization & the slave trade too, trans-Atlantic, sub-saharan & Indian Ocean as well, yet many turned to Islam. We can discuss this another day.:smiley:

But yes, the land thing is confusing.
Forgive my ignorance, but didn’t the UK government at the time send funds also?

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Continent or country bro?:smiley: