1888 Illustration showing different warrior types in Africa.
The 2nd figure of the first row (blue-red uniform man) is a Wolof chief, the 1st figure of the 2nd row (Lance man with brown hat) is a Jola soldier.
I’ve never met a Muslim who wants to discuss Islam honestly.
And this probably applies to other Abrahamic faiths as well but Islam to a higher degree. The moment you start being truly honest about them, that’s when you realize it’s all bullshit.
the Soviet Union had women cosmonauts and a legion of decorated antifascist war heroines the same year women in Canada were first "allowed" to open bank accounts without their husbands' written permission.
"We do not confuse exploitation or exploiters with the colour of men’s skins; we do not want any exploitation in our countries, not even by Black people"- Amilcar Cabral
Moderate Muslims: What those terrorists are practicing is not Islam
Terrorists: kidnaps people and convert them to Islam
Every Muslim: Islam is the fastest growing religion
Firstly, Ethiopia is under US sanctions while Vietnam is not. And speaking of former French colonies, Haiti was the first to get independence (1804) and is still one of the poorest countries in the world because of the debt they had to take on to gain independence (it took them until 1947 to fully repay it!). Whereas, New Caledonia is still a French colony and is neither rich nor poor.
"If colonialism were the answer to why Africa is poor..."
This line completely ignores the European powers' (and US) post-colonial control over Africa. Patrice Lumumba, the first democratically elected leader of the DRC, was tortured and killed by Belgium and the US for being a nationalist. His body was dissolved in acid so he wouldn't become a martyr. His legacy is largely unknown even within the continent. Several other such "lessons" were meted out. Google Thomas Sankara (Burkina Faso) and Sylvanus Olympio (Togo).
Once you set the example, you gain obedience. The VietCong, on the other hand, didn't surrender even though 3 million Vietnamese died during the war, and several thousand more continue to die to this day (!) from Agent Orange exposure.
As for former French colonies in Africa, France still controls their currency and holds their central bank reserves in France. As Rothschild purportedly said, "permit me to issue and control the money of a nation, and I care not who makes its laws."
Third, the borders in Africa were drawn in such a way that conflict was inevitable. At the Berlin Conference in 1884-85, the European powers simply carved up the continent by drawing straight line borders. African leaders were conspicuous only by their absence at this historic event which shaped the next century. This is why Cameroon, a French-speaking country, has a minority English-speaking territory, ensuring it remains destabilized. Likewise for West Asia/the Middle East, where the Sykes-Picot legacy lives on.
@magattew conflates formal colonial rule with colonial control. Vietnam managed to fully kick out both France and the US, reunified the North and the South, and kept its sovereignty. All African leaders who attempted the same have been systematically eliminated (see Muammar Gaddafi, Libya's divisive leader, for a recent example), ensuring Africa forever bears the open wounds of its colonial legacy.
But Ms. Wade is right on one thing: Vietnam owes its prosperity to overcoming colonial rule. Maybe Africa can become prosperous if Africans do the same.
@firstpostafrica@RedAndreou@DavidHundeyin@Igbani27243 Omo Na fight i de since they completed dismissed imperialism and basically did FACE YOUR GOVERNMENT with Marxist characteristics and claimed I wasn’t socialist because i told them that nationalism can still be a tool in fighting imperialism and help in advancing socialism.
Marxism is not a copy and paste program. Marxism literally compels you to ensure the reality of your society refines theory. While theory shapes how you approach practical. Which is why everybody you mentioned were Marxists. I don’t understand this argument.
It would not be inaccurate to state that capitalism is not an ideology.
It is a ruthless criminal enterprise where the ultra-rich aggressively capture government institutions, hijack the legislative process, and rewrite the rules to officially codify their monumental theft into law.
The capitalists violently oppose Communism and maliciously brand it a taboo simply because it demands that sovereign state resources be used for the welfare of the people, the rapid eradication of poverty, and the collective ownership of national wealth.
Yet, at the exact same time, these hypocritical oligarchs shamelessly enjoy massive government bailouts, they extort society through corporate tax cuts, they demand zero-interest loans, and they rely on the heavily militarized state police to crush labor strikes.
In a capitalistic society the free market is for the poor while the rich enjoys society-funded socialism.
The inevitable end product of every advanced capitalist society is global imperialism. Capitalist greed is a bottomless abyss. Once these corporate parasites completely capture and bleed their domestic host dry, they immediately pivot outward to conquer defenseless markets. They explicitly weaponize the national military to orchestrate violent political coups and force weaker nations to completely surrender their lucrative mineral fields and vital oil rigs. They maliciously set up global economic terror institutions like the IMF and the World Bank to systematically cripple smaller nations with unpayable debt traps, to mandate the suicidal privatization of their sovereign assets, and to completely strip them of their geopolitical sovereignty.
In fact, capitalism can only be accurately described as pure, undiluted, systemic evil.
There's no way to ever improve or innovate Capitalism.
No amount of corporate whitewashing, heavily funded think-tank propaganda, or deceptive semantic manipulation will ever change my mind on the undeniable reality that this system is a parasitic death cult designed to sacrifice the entire human race just to guarantee the infinite profit margins of a few bloated oligarchs.
It would not be inaccurate to state that capitalism is not an ideology.
It is a ruthless criminal enterprise where the ultra-rich aggressively capture government institutions, hijack the legislative process, and rewrite the rules to officially codify their monumental theft into law.
The capitalists violently oppose Communism and maliciously brand it a taboo simply because it demands that sovereign state resources be used for the welfare of the people, the rapid eradication of poverty, and the collective ownership of national wealth.
Yet, at the exact same time, these hypocritical oligarchs shamelessly enjoy massive government bailouts, they extort society through corporate tax cuts, they demand zero-interest loans, and they rely on the heavily militarized state police to crush labor strikes.
In a capitalistic society the free market is for the poor while the rich enjoys society-funded socialism.
The inevitable end product of every advanced capitalist society is global imperialism. Capitalist greed is a bottomless abyss. Once these corporate parasites completely capture and bleed their domestic host dry, they immediately pivot outward to conquer defenseless markets. They explicitly weaponize the national military to orchestrate violent political coups and force weaker nations to completely surrender their lucrative mineral fields and vital oil rigs. They maliciously set up global economic terror institutions like the IMF and the World Bank to systematically cripple smaller nations with unpayable debt traps, to mandate the suicidal privatization of their sovereign assets, and to completely strip them of their geopolitical sovereignty.
In fact, capitalism can only be accurately described as pure, undiluted, systemic evil.
There's no way to ever improve or innovate Capitalism.
No amount of corporate whitewashing, heavily funded think-tank propaganda, or deceptive semantic manipulation will ever change my mind on the undeniable reality that this system is a parasitic death cult designed to sacrifice the entire human race just to guarantee the infinite profit margins of a few bloated oligarchs.
Ekaabo ooo 3rd class Muslim
Saudi doesn’t give a fuck about you for being one
North don’t give a fuck about you
If you like be a Taliban first
My own is don’t burn YORUBALAND