There is nothing remotely stupid as Africans boasting about their country having the largest GDP per annum on the continent. Even if we look at it at a per capita basis. It skews the harsh reality that this wealth is not equally distributed across the continent or individual countries. It masks the reality that the wealth is in the hands of a tiny minority. It is not our money. The average African does not enjoy the wealth of their own motherland.
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Texas, Georgia and Louisiana have a combined annual GDP of US$2.6 trillion. Africa with 1.3 billion people, and 54 countries have a GDP of US $2.7 trillion. It is absurd that three states in America have the same GDP as 54 countries in Africa. In others words, a whole continent. Think about it.
Consequently, this nonsense of our country is better than yours in nonsense. Trillions of dollars are haemorrhaged in Africa by the Chinese, Europeans, and others. None of them have the interests of Africans at heart. Not even African leaders. According to Transparency.org, “African countries are losing at least US$50 billion annually to illicit financial flows.” This is all wealth that can be used to improve the basic living standards, infrastructure, medical heathcare facilities, social welfare, education, research and development, and the likes.
In fact, those African misleaders are in league with the people robbing Africans of their wealth. They meet with them. They drink and eat with them. They are true in deed to them. They are in deep with them and are accomplices to the trillions stolen from Africa through selling our resources at prices way below the market rate.
They turn a blind eye to the money lost through complex accounting systems and tax evasion schemes. They are the enemies of the people. They are at the service of the imperialists, and give access to their organs like the IMF and World Bank to institute their programs to lend us monies that we never see, and are used to build infrastructure that benefits them, but we the deaf, dead, and blind Africans are left to pick up the tabs of food we did not eat.
And when it comes to it, all our monies for health, social services, infrastructural development and whatever are earmarked to the IMF and World Bank to service their “Third World Debts”. Hence, we are further impoverished paying off never-ending debts. If you are interested in learning more, watch The Confessions of an Economic Hitman by John Perkins. If you read the book, it is even better. It will lead you to a PDF version of the book that you can read for free.
It is stupid to be debating about who has money, and who is broke on social media when we are all hyping over peanuts. Monkey see monkey do does not make us any better than each other. Our rallying cry should be African resources for every African at home and abroad.
Every day we see nations in Europe becoming more militant, Facist and nationalist. They demand that governments preserve their ways. They are ready to die fighting to defend their interests. They are pissed off with others taking what is theirs: their jobs, their homes, their money.
However, no one, including Africans, are taking care of their own interests. No one but ourselves can stand up and demand what is rightfully ours. It is our birthright. We can be murdered standing alone demanding that our rights and interests are put first.
However, collectively, they cannot kill us all. Even if they tried, we would die for an idea that would live and become politicising and agitating factors that would awaken the fight that has been asleep in Africans who have forgotten that we were once warriors. Warriors never die; they become legends and the stuff of myths, and inspirations for generations to come.
My African brothers and sisters, we have nothing to lose but our spiritual and mental shackles. We have a continent to regain.
What does it mean to be an African yet you cannot even dine at the local African diner, and enjoy the splendour of milk and honey, gold, diamonds, cobalt and oil at the table of rendezvous?
We are not even fit to serve those seated around the table, but we want to think of ourselves as diners at this grand feast. Wake up and live. We too must eat or die. One day when there is no food to eat, we will eat the rich who have robbed us.
In the words of our late and great brother, and visionary leader, Thomas Sankara,
Long live international cooperation, long live the solidarity of the peoples of the non-aligned countries, long live peace, security and the independence and progress of all peoples.
Homeland or death, we will win!
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