Once, the philanthropist David Rockefeller said, all the world needs is the right major crisis and it will accept the New World Order. Without diverging into the New World Order discussion, obviously as it maybe, let me wonder; what is this major crisis that Africa underwent in order to accept the world order? That is a discussion for another day. However it is only fair to point out that as indicated by David Olusoga, the perceptions of Africa as inferior, backward and barbaric are traceable to crusaders of slavery and colonialism. And now today, Africa is been treated with a magic pill which says, be progress; forward thinking; focus on global trade and entrepreneurship, foreign direct investment, constitutionalism, democracy!! ...... Are Africans sure that the barbaric view of the West towards Africa has been shed off as they take this pill??? Of course your guess is as good as mine. The West's view of Africa was excellently captured by their media, (the mirror and reflection of the society) during President Obama's (An African son who, once he got to the big city decided to look the other side) visit to Kenya in 2015 as excellently captioned by CNN as ' a visit to the hotbed of terror'. If you think i am the 'mad dog of Libya', read for yourself: http://edition.cnn.com/2015/07/22/politics/obama-kenya-visit-al-shabaab-threat/
We have accepted our circumstances and we now live under the table as our masters eat and every time pieces fall we are overjoyed? In the Holy Bible, God created man blessed them and said to them, "Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth and subdue it. Rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky and over every living creature that moves on the ground". I imagine a literal translation of this portion of the script.....If you notice, dominance relates to man and as you guessed not to a specific man. The Universal Declaration of Human Rights underscores the inherent dignity and inalienable human rights as founded under peaces, justice and freedom. Every time international trade and UN conferences convene in Africa, Africa mouth wateringly awaits for crumbs falling from the conference 'festivities tables', with media talks such as; how tourism will be the main benefactor and local entrepreneurs will land deals which will see their ideas bought by MNCs. While the WTO talks take place in conference halls in Nairobi, we are preparing the beds for the participants to sleep on and we are overjoyed they have paid dollars!!! We seem to have clearly understood the world order and are religiously dancing the tune strictly on our lane.
The major crisis for Africa are numerous and the exercise of Rockefeller philosophy (though the context and timing may have been different, but the spirit of Rockefeller and his forefathers seems to have sung in unison) seems to have worked magically better in Africa than any other continent. Latin America seems to be coming out of their major crisis of CIA dominance and political instability, Asia seems to be coming out of the ashes with adoption of capitalistic strategies and seems as posing a major threat to the existing world order. So whats wrong with Africa?
I am spiritedly convinced that our forefathers turn in their graves every time they see our marriage with and subjugation to the West, through such crude strategies and objects such as the WTO and brain drain. Though they severely disagreed in their day, our forefathers such as Booker T Washington fore imagined education and capacity development of the African races as the key to liberation and emancipation. This is despite W.E.B Du bios's and a majority of you's distaste and disagreement with the 'Atlanta compromise'. Don't we have schooled African scholars? On the extreme end, W.E.B Du bios's love for the 14th amendment, opposition to white supremacy and demand for women rights still seems a mirage for a majority of African nations, 50+ years after his death. Wow what a disservice to their toil and sacrifice. Well before i seem as diverging out of the point, let me point that globalization as was popularly advocated by the West as a magic pillar for healing all economic, social, political and all other westernrily imagined diseases, opens the eyes to the African struggle all over the world. Although the circumstances may vary a bit, the spirit remains the same. The global village idea has forged a marriage of global economic exploitation for all inferior races all over the world. Discrimination of Africans by global powers is not only concentrated in certain quotas but is popularly exercised world over with priestly devotion of institutions such as the Bretton wood institutions. Discrimination of blacks and any other race for that matter any where should pain every black and such other race everywhere. Therefore the cries of all Africans are in unison all round the world. I am convinced our ancestors count less the worthiness of their sacrifices and suffering when from their graves, they see our political and economic exploitation till this day. In my strongly spirited view, exploitation of an African nation should pain an African in America, Latin America, Europe and every where, including our brother president Barrack Hussein Obama. Well, am sure the die hard followers will have better explanation of Obama's seemingly undisturbed view Africa exploitation. Kindly quantify for me (And mark you, solar power and lighting Africa opens the door for massive investments of MNCs and guarantee of the status quo).
Is the African race more freer, independent, sovereign today than it was 100 years ago, despite the numerous strategies, policies and proclamations made by global powers. The Sub Sahara debt remains the highest round the world. Poverty, drought due to climate change, illiteracy etc continue to ravage the region. UNICEF estimates over 5 million children and vulnerable adults have lost their life due to debt crunch in Sub Sahara Africa since 1980s. Every one who has been keen on recent World Bank well thought advice to Kenya, can recall that the Bank declared that Kenya's borrowing is sustainable earlier in the year 2016. After a second thought and soul searching, the Bank came back and declared that Kenya infrastructural borrowing from China is dangerous for the economy. It is popularly declared that this decade is Africa time in economic circles. This gets my mind worried..... Africa's time for what...remember Africa is likely to be the only remaining virgin land for primitive accumulation, compared to other regions....new and new oil fields continue to be discovered in Africa..Do Bretton woods institutions and their masters mean it's now time to turn attention and pick from where they left in massive, open and entitlement exploitation of Africa? ... The struggle between France and US (Africom) over the dominance of North Africa region gets you wondering, is it for the regions safety or strategic positioning due to the oil fields and water aquifers. For sure, the new form of primitive accumulation will not be as direct as it was in colonial period, but what difference will it make!!!Africa is under exploitation? If the seemingly beneficial new paradigm policies have not worked in the past 100 years, what will make what is been proclaimed today by West work in the next 100 years in favor of Africa? why should Africa look religiously at the world powers as they give their proclamations with confident eyes? Are we selling the future of our children to the same exploitation we have gone through?
Military people know very well that in every war there are casualties, who will be the casualties with a raise of Africa? Let me shed some light here. The current mode of organizing the world is such unfair that all regions can NEVER be developed at the same time. Duality has to thrive under the current capitalist mode. One region has to fall as another one raises, and this explains the increased fear of US due to the rise China and the increased influence of Russia and their closeness in ideologies. But at a local scale, am sure you may think what the hell does the fall of US has to do with Africa? We are an equal player and its critical to imagine what will be the implication of an Africa rise. Let it be known that an imagination that Europe or US can never fall in their global dominance and power is fallacious. The fall of United Kingdom as an industrial power and capitalist priest of the 19th century needs not take us to ancient Greek, Ottoman, Roman, Maya empires as good students of history. So if this is possible what needs to be done by Africa?
Rahm Emmanuel and Winston Churchill once said, do not let a good crisis go to waste. I cannot imagine of an excellent illustration of this point than in the build up and development of the Israel state. Against all odds, brick by brick with great opposition from unhappy neighbors, Israel has managed to build up her nations. Any Jew everywhere acknowledges and pledges allegiance to her/his motherland, (Israel) with undivided love and commitment. This resonating logic is illustrated by W.E.B Du bios in his seminal work souls of a black folk, which establishes the common origin of blacks as Africa. His relocation to Ghana where he peaceably met his death grounds this thoughts. Therefore the solidarity of all people who share common origin and ancestry from Africa is the foundation for the movement. All sons and daughters of Africa everywhere need to wake up from their slumber and agitate for their kindred. As we are today, Africa maybe having a good crisis, with the unwrapping shift in global economic and social crisis and the slowly shifting world global power, but the question is, will we take the opportunity to make the best out of the global crisis. As the world demonizes African leaders such as Muhammad Qaddafi, Robert Mugabe, Museveni, Uhuru Kenyatta in favor of US and France sugar coated leaders what will become of Africa?
