Posted by the ghetto intellectual 2/25/2010
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Do you believe that the USA has had only a marginal role in the current state of African affairs? If you listened to President Obama's speech in Ghana (read transcript of speech here and watch video of speech here) uncritically, you might assume that America is like a benevolent parent to childlike Africans. The truth is much more troubling. America has played a critical role in post-colonial conflicts in Africa. These conflicts have led to millions of deaths and the massive theft Africa's natural resources. The Ravaging of Africa series contains essential information that every black/African person (and progressives of any color) should familiarize themselves with. Listen critically and do your own research. GI
The Ravaging of Africa by Asad Ismi
Excerpt from Asad Ismi's award-winning highly acclaimed article "The Ravaging of Africa: Western Neocolonialism Fuels Wars, Plundering of Resources"
This is U.S. imperial strategy towards Africa and it has destroyed the continent. The strategy aims at extracting the maximum amount of wealth from Africa for theWest at the lowest cost through the perpetration of a holocaust created by eleven wars and structural adjustment programs imposed on 36 countries. The wars have killed more than four millionAfricans and the SAPs have led to an estimated 21 million deaths; both have resulted in the transfer of hundreds of billions of dollars to the West.
Read full essay @ Asad Ismi's official website.
tags: neo-colonialism, imperialism, geopolitics, corporatocracy, globalization
(From the Radio4all website. Listen to the entire series on YouTube or here.)
The ravaging of Africa has been enriching Europe and North America for more than 500 years. First, European empires imposed slavery and colonialism on the continent. After 1945, the United States took over as the dominant neo-colonial power.
Through the Pentagon and the CIA, the U.S. government has fueled 14 wars in Africa. The methods employed include direct and proxy invasions as well as arms transfers and military training. The U.S. has used the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund to systematically demolish African economies and health and education sectors. This military and economic war enables the looting of Africa's resources by Western multinational corporations. Washington's genocidal imperial strategy has killed more than 26 million Africans but failed to suppress popular resistance.
Twenty-eight activists from 16 African countries were interviewed for the series. The documentary is based on Asad's award-winning article of the same title. For his publications visit www.asadismi.ws
email: aismi@can.rogers.com
Episodes:
1. "Militarizing Africa" describes how the United States has fomented the devastating war in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, as well as taken part in and engineered the Ethiopian invasion of Somalia. With Mfuni Kazadi, Millicent Okumu, Farah Maalim and Halima Abdi Arush.
2. "Economic War" focuses on the World Bank's and IMF's decimation of the economies and social sectors of Guinea, Zambia, Kenya and South Africa. With Bakary Fofana, Sara Longwe, Caroline Adhiambo, Njuki Githethwa and Molefe Pilane.
3. "Corporate Plunder" details the disastrous effects of Royal Dutch Shell's operations in Nigeria and those of Canada's Tiomin Resources in Kenya. Also highlighted is the massive tax looting of Africa by Western corporations. With Ifieniya Lott, Mwana Siti B. Juma, Charles Abugre and John Christensen.
4. "African Resistance" celebrates the liberation of Southern Africa, the defeat of U.S. aims in the Congo and Somalia, as well as the diverse non-military struggles against U.S. domination that were represented at the World Social Forum. With Wahu Kaara, Amade Suca, Mfuni Kazadi, Farah Maalim, Virginia Magwaza-Setshedi, Emilie Atchaka and Njeru Munyi.
Source: Radio4all via Black Agenda Report
Artwork Source: Uhuru News
tags: corporatocracy, geopolitics, globalization, imperialism, neo-colonialism
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