European Africans, Asian Africans, and native Africans must work together

 By Aloysius Agendia. Originally posted on Sharing Knowledge and Ideas for Positive Change.

A lot has been written and said about the emancipation of Africa and making sure that its resources are used to develop the continent first. Many have been urged to join the fight but there are some groups, which have hardly ever been evoked.

Who ever told you that the scramble for Africa ended in the 1880s? No. It continues up till date with

China, some European countries, American firms and some “international” bodies piloted by various imperialist lobby groups vying for direct or indirect control of the political and economic system of various countries within the subcontinent.

Their successes from one stage to another, under the coordination of the neo colonial and terrible regimes we have in most of African have caused us harm and the harm is killing our people.

 

Before and during colonisation, several people from other parts of the world came to Africa. Some opted to remain there for good, either to live the peaceful life Africa experienced at the time, enjoy the natural  environments or simply and worst still, act as relay to  the continues oppression which Africa has suffered till date.

 

These people include European Africans, Chinese Africans, American African, and Indian Africans. While some have deemed it necessary to bury the colonial-imposed superiority complex and work for the development of Africa, a lot more still think they are in Africa to control and dominate.

 

These people must understand that they owe a serious responsibility, which is working for the emancipation and subsequent development of this continent which has given them everything for almost nothing but insults. Native Africans themselves must understand that the latter group is in Africa to stay and they must consider them as brothers in the same house. The cat and mouse relationship or the seemingly Jewish/Palestinian relationship must give way to meaningful dialogue and understanding for us to work as a force.

 

During a chat with a Norwegian friend, she told me of this wonderful South African newspaper called The Mail and Guardian”. I asked her how wonderful is the paper and whether her judgement was based on its content, the financial prowess or the ability to update stories as they occur? She just said the paper is very nice.

I have never limited my measurement of any strong media organ only on its ability to let the story out immediately or first. What they tell, how they tell and why, is very important.

After a close look at the online edition of the  newspaper  and equally reading the comments posted underneath articles, one is tempted to  draw a conclusion that South Africa remains  terribly racially divided, with some people thinking that they are there to dominate by all possible means and others feeling that South Africa belongs only to them naturally.

 

This applies to countries like Mozambique, Angola, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Namibia, Cote D ‘Ivoire etc. It is high time; European-Africans, Asian-Africans, American-Africans and native Africans unite for the cause of this forsaken continent.

Most native Africans do not have a second home across the Atlantic or over the Mediterranean unlike the latter. However, European African, American Africans, Asian Africans most often can leave to their “other home” at any time they want, reason why some argue that they have to make sure that the interest of their second home are well protected.

Most nations, which turn around to preach democracy, freedom and human rights, are the very nations supporting killers and dictators, looting peoples’ resources.  Nobody is there to stand for Africa as people stood for Israel despite the fact that Africa has suffered the highest mass killings and torture in history.

 Nevertheless, what am driving home is that we Africans (of all colours and various descents) must have to reunite just as the Jews did and are a strong nation today. I understand international bodies that adequately supported the Jews, may not be willing to support  Africa as such. Africa does not need doubtful pharmaceutical supplies in the names of vaccines and drugs; Africa does not need any aide or call it financial assistance.

However, fellow Africans irrespective of colour, it is high time we unite and cooperate from our various angles in the globe and build a strong continent beginning with our various countries. I may not want to start now talking of a United States of Africa, but it is important we start building our countries first. The terrible imbalances and segregation within our continent cannot be allowed to continue. If they do, we are preparing a time bomb which when it explodes, we risk loosing everything even those who had grabbed everything for themselves.

                               

There is totally no justification whatsoever that a continent endowed with resources remains the least developed. There is no justification that the Niger Delta, which is the oil wealth in Nigeria, remains one of the least developed in that country. Africans (of all colours) already have the needed expertise.

 From my little experience and research, in most cases, so-called expatriates have very little or nothing to offer. People must not be given high salaries based on their colour, but on what to do.

 

It again becomes disturbing that when people are deprived for so long, they resolve to other means to achieve what they ought to have. These means are often unconventional and this is what most media will hang on and relay  rather than portraying the roots causes of any event, which in my case is the news behind the news.

 

The group of person mention in the countries above may not be in all countries like my country

Cameroon and the entire Central African sub region.

However, the suffocating and poverty aggravating Breton woods policies that have landed Cameroon and many countries in the abyss have virtually transferred the management of the country’s economy to the hands of people who have no interest in the county other than use Cameroon and Africa as transit airport for wealth. These are trends which we must reverse with time and soon. A Revolution needed. In addition, if so what type?

Comments

[UnitedstatesofAfrica]

Let's be realistic.
Arab Africans will always remain loyal to the Middle East. Why do you think the genocide in Darfur is still going on? The Northern Arabs will continuously trample on the Southern Sudanese of Bantu descent in order to maintain their supremacy and ties with the Middle East.

And why is the mainstream media not talking about how racist North Africa is towards black Africans? notably Egypt and Morocco? it's about time we start exposing the skeletons in Africa's racist closet.

FYI, since we are talking about unity why aren't Carribean Africans, Brazilians of African descent and all other South Americans of African descent on that list?

[Valentine funwie]

I strongly agree with ma mary, We are the architect of our problems in Africa,our African American brothers are very willing to work with us but the big problem is terror in the cycle of power in Africa, An average african in the poduim of power is a terror.The field is not level for positive transactions.They are afraid, We need to encourage them.There is nothing an African American will envy in Africa apart of the lost ancestry.For instance it will take 456 days for a business man to investigate setting up a firm in cameroon, and just 36 days in South Korea.Who will accept that risk? lets wake up.

[nnoko johnson]

As ma mary earlier emphasized,marcus garvey,WEB DU BOIS have done enough to set the pace for unity and togetherness to reign in AFRICA.I think it is just a problem of African leadership,which is suffering from endemic leadership crisis.All those comprado bourgeoisies and lumpen proliterians in the likes of late Omar Bongo,Biya Paul,muammar ghadhafi and the rest have only contributed in destroying the togetherness and development that Africans deserve.what a shame.The unity and togetherners in AFRICA IS YET TO BE UNCOVERED

[UnitedstatesofAfrica]

nnoko johnson

muammar "ghadhafi" has contributed to destroying African togetherness? do you know what you are saying or are you just speaking for the sake of it? stop speaking out of your ass young man.

[UnitedstatesofAfrica]

Ma Mary the reckless bitch,

look at who's talking? practice what you preach you over-sized hypocrite.

[cuniverse]

Unfortunately most Africans don’t get it, that when the come in contact with any European National their Europe comes first. Some will not expose that right but most will Africans differences for their own ends
To survive Africa must use the play book from Europe Nations . Work as an African Team or Perish individually over time like the Native American Nations