P.L.O. Lumumba: Africa's Greatest Threat Is ‘Compradors’ Serving Foreign Powers
One of Africa's biggest problems isn't just foreign interference. It's the leaders who put foreign interests ahead of their own people.
In this powerful excerpt from a speaking appearance in Rwanda, Kenyan author and academic P.L.O. Lumumba reflects on the idea of the 'comprador bourgeoisie' - the African political elite who, from the colonial era to today, have enabled outsiders to profit at Africa's expense while weakening the continent from within.
His message is that Africa cannot keep negotiating as a collection of fragmented states that are siloed away from each other. Real strength, he says, lies in regional cooperation and ultimately, a stronger African Union that can defend the continent's collective interests.
Simple research kills all the foolishness this guy spews and today it’s called Africa town:
The Clotilda is the last known U.S. slave ship. In July 1860, it illegally transported 110 enslaved West Africans to Mobile, Alabama, decades after the U.S. banned the international slave trade. To evade authorities, the crew scuttled and burned the vessel in the Mobile River.
"If we think knowledge is expensive just think of the missed opportunities cost of ignorance. Lets not hate our teacher now but love him/her and be grateful for what we learn today." - Kwame Tutu Brown ❤️💚🖤
Said to be one of the oldest photographs taken in Barbados 🇧🇧 of a Bajan, this image captures Nancy Daniels. The picture is believed to have been taken in the 1850s, either at a studio in Bridgetown by the photographer Campion or at the house where she worked as a domestic servant.
Nancy was born either in 1751 or 1755 in West Africa, believed to be modern day Nigeria as it was thought she was of Igbo ethnicity. Her real name is unknown and it is believed she came to Barbados in her teens or as a young woman. Even though Nancy would have grown up in West Africa, survived the Middle Passage and being sold into slavery, the devastating Bridgetown Fire of 1766, the destructive hurricane of 1780, the Bussa revolt of 1816 as well as Emancipation and Apprenticeship, little is known of her life.
She is known to have lived in Bridgetown at Synagogue Lane and worked for the Daniels family as a domestic servant, for whom she worked for many years, first as an enslaved women and later as a domestic servant after Emancipation. At her death her age is officially recorded as 116 years, dying and buried on September 24th, 1871, but oral sources from the family put her age at 120 years old. She is one of the oldest people to have lived in Barbados, achieving super centenarian status.
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🔴Le Coup d’État n’est pas un mode de Gouvernement. C’est un moyen comme un autre pour accéder au Pouvoir. Son rôle se limite à l’accession au Pouvoir.
—.Son résultat peut être bon avec un bon Dirigeant ou mauvais avec un mauvais Dirigeant.
Tout comme l’Election reste
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Did you know Black people were in the oil industry before Standard Oil dominated the market? In the early 1900s, African and African American businessmen partnered with Middle Eastern traders—yes, in oil shipping, refineries, and global trade. They were building wealth, creating
FIFA has confirmed it will investigate the "disgusting" scenes at the end of the World Cup final.
Argentina has gone viral for all the wrong reasons, and a petition to have them kicked out of the tournament has passed 23 million signatures.
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The Confederation of African Football (CAF) has officially accepted the joint declaration of interest from Burkina Faso 🇧🇫, Mali 🇲🇱, and Niger 🇳🇪 to host the 2032 Africa Cup of Nations.
This follows a productive meeting between CAF President Dr Patrice Motsepe and the presidents of the three football federations.
CAF praised the three Alliance of Sahel States (AES) nations for their shared ambition to host the tournament together.
Our ancestors handed over to us a system of medicine which is holistic in nature.
It seeks the physical, mental, emotional, social and spiritual well-being of a person.
Under this system of practice, there is no sickness known unto man that is incurable.
The Beauty of Pan-Africanism:
John C. Robinson, known as the "Brown Condor," was an African American aviator who volunteered to lead the Imperial Ethiopian Air Force against invading Italian forces in 1935.Robinson, a Chicago-trained pilot, traveled to Ethiopia to assist Emperor Haile Selassie I in defending the country's sovereignty ahead of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.
Working as a commander, he flew reconnaissance missions, transported the Emperor to the front lines, and trained Ethiopian pilots. After the war, Robinson returned to the U.S. and is widely celebrated as the "Father of the Tuskegee Airmen" due to his pioneering efforts to launch an aviation program at the Tuskegee Institute.
Following World War II, he returned to Ethiopia to help establish the country's national carrier, Ethiopian Airlines.
Now here it is, an African American man denied his rightful place with this skill set in Aviation in his own country called America, had to go to the motherland that received him and made him a military commander.
Sudan’s Identity Crisis Benefits Colonial Powers and Complicit Local Elites
Sudanese artist Tarek Abdelkhalig says Sudanese being confused about their true identity as Africans allows local elites and foreign powers to provoke war to exploit their lands. This has led to 8.8 million people remaining internally displaced since 2023.
Do you agree with Tarek? Drop us a comment.
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🔴Mali🇲🇱/Le rituel sacré traditionnel du #SIGUI chez les #Dogon, c'est 1 fois tous les 60ans.
@yandabolo, et c’est la nuit où toutes les planètes s'alignent sur la même ligne...Nos ANCÊTRES Animistes étaient
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