· Africa can and will only advance through African integration, which can be realized through the Federal United States of Africa” ~ Cheikh Anta Diop
We can only prosper in a system designed by ourselves. Our economy, politics, education and our society as a whole is tailored like the westerns own and that’s exactly why we’re confused. There’s no European or Arabian solution to African problems.
For centuries, Europeans dominated the African continent. The white man arrogated to himself the right to rule and to be obeyed by the non-white; his mission, he claimed, was to “civilizes” Africa. Under this cloak, the Europeans robbed the continent of vast riches and inflicted unimaginable suffering on the African people.
The result of neo-colonialism is that foreign capital is used for the exploitation rather than for the development of the less developed parts of the world. Investment under neo-colonialism increases rather than decreases the gap between the rich and poor countries of the world.
– Kwame Nkrumah
1884, a sad year for Africa
