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A PEOPLE CALLED AFRIKA

the so-called ‘poor, diseased, dark, war-torn, weak, help-
less’ Afrika was sustaining and boosting the growth of what
many called a first world country that, ironically, continues
to look down upon and despise the people of the continent.
The prevalence of racism in Europe and the Americas is
based on an ignorance and hatred that does not acknowl-
edge what the Afrikan has actually contributed to the global
economy and therefore to the welfare of the white man across
the world. Neither does the prevalence of self-hatred in the
Afrikan man acknowledge his true achievements and con-
tributions globally. This is why he continues to try to push
to prove that he is worth something, when in reality, this
was proven not just centuries ago during the establishment
of his own civilizations but millennia ago during creation.

His ignorance of this and lack of value for what he and his broth-
ers truly are, are the reasons for his continued enslavement.
It is amazing the sense of entitlement some of the former
colonizers had or have over Afrika. France, for instance, re-
jected the nudging it received from other nations in the EU
to cease from its practices and it got away with/continues to
get away with it. This says a lot about both France and the
EU. In December 2019, France and Benin, Burkina Faso,
Cote d’Ivoire, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and
Togo ‘together’ announced a new currency, the Eco, and
some changes in monetary policy. These are that French of-
ficials will no longer be represented in the Central Banks of
these countries (they were what?!) and that these countries
will no longer keep half of their foreign reserves in France.

We’re not sure whether France’s blatant continued patron-
izing oppression of Afrika is preferable to the more subtle,

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