Although Tunde Obadina’s tone absolves the perpetrators, he writes:
‘The triangular slave trade was a major part in the early stages of the emergence of the international market. The role of slave-trading African ruling classes in this market is not radically different from the position of the African elite in today's global economy. They both traded the resources of their people for their own gratification and prosperity.’
Behind oppressed black people; there are white people. So Africans must be careful with being the scapegoat to take the blame for the problems created by the white supremacy system. While all the American/European colonial powers refused to take responsibility for their genocidal actions and got away scot free – yet again – ‘Blaming the victim’ is now the focus of everyone’s attention and is all out for the public to see.
But this time we are going to look at the continued submission of Africans to the system that oppresses them. The demise of Africa is hugely tied to the Uncle Tom leadership that have been trained by the Europeans in white institutions and then s(e)lected for our people by these same whites as "spokesmen" for our people.
There’s an old proverb that says: you can feed a hen, but you can’t make it fat. OK, that’s not a proverb, and it’s not popular. The point is that you can’t force anyone to do anything. If African people refuse to shoulder some of the burdens and decide that nothing is never their fault. Then learned helplessness allows Africans to become emotional vampires who complain about never-ending array of injustices that come their way.
What about the numerous times Africans refuse to come together and collectively, work to solve their problems? What about the times Africans will kill each other, e.g. xenophobic attacks on the so-called foreign nationals in South Africa? Africans will forgive White people, Asians (i.e. Arabs, Jews, Indians etc.) and everyone else. But they can’t forgive themselves. African-Americans forgave white slave-traders, but can’t forgive their African brothers and sisters. African South Africans forgave apartheid war criminals, but can’t live in peace with other Africans. To them, if you’re black, not native to South Africa and therefore, ‘you’re a foreigner. Die!’
So mentally enslaved, Africans rather love everyone except themselves. Sometimes I look at my blood relatives in South Africa who identify with their oppressors and think to myself, ‘Africans are long-suffering that our need to belong cripples our common sense to the extent that Africans are willing to participate in self-inflicted destructive behaviours (the urge to embrace others, even if they don’t embrace Africans), that are not in the interests of the African people.’
Imagine if we Africans could redirect those emphatic, warm feelings towards ourselves. How better off we could be.
Africans collectively refuse to listen to Dr. John Clarke’s words ‘You have no friends.’ What will it take for Africans to wake up and see the writing on the wall? It is a dog-eat-dog world. Nobody cares for Africans. From China to India, ‘Africans are collateral assests for the entire world.’
Africa has been invaded for over 3000 years, and we have no learnt nothing from it. Non-Africans were able to communicate and act upon those racial stereotypes such as African sub-humanity based on centuries of scientific racism.
Why do Africans keep appealing to the compassion of people who clearly don’t care? Why keep begging the system of exploitation to give you back your lands or integrate yourself into it? That’s ignorance. Because any genocidal law (and racial slurs) that threatens the livelihoods of Africans, deserves to be broken or disobeyed. There’s no law in this universe that says ‘Africans are inferior’, instead we have a bunch of genocidal legislations and negative racial attitudes that were artificially created by war criminals, child rapists and race thugs.
These are just nothing but symptoms of being a naive, immature and a political gullible people. White people and Asians oppress you for over 3000 years, and you don’t catch up. What do you call that? Intelligence or ignorance? The latter option perfectly describe Africans not unless they change and experience an epiphany (a total change of heart).
Land reform is a priority for Africans. Before we begin talking about ‘saving Africa’, let’s talk about the land in foreign invaders’ hands.
Africans must save themselves and stop asking Non-Africans, if they feel bad about Africa belonging to Africans. White people and other Non-Africans are well aware that Africa isn’t their homeland. They know they don’t belong here. But it’s Africans who have illusions about their identity and ancestral lands.
The solutions to African problems must come from nobody but Africans themselves. Take what you can and let everyone else jump off a cliff. Take what you know belongs to you. Stop debating whether Africa belongs to Africans or not. There’s no debate. Stop seeking Non-African validation program such as ‘Black Lives Matter’ because convincing Whites, Arabs, Indians, Chinese and many other Non-Africans that Africans are not inferior is a waste of time and energy.
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