African Political Analysis Think-Tank Vignettes

Passionate emotions guided by a single desire to oust Europeans out of Africa, wrapped around the notion of independence and hid the positive aspirations that come with it.  Africans failed to plan strategically ahead, beyond war, into what really constituted independence.  The Europeans, meanwhile, looked at themselves as the entitled agents and masters on behalf of their sovereigns with the colonized the subjects who had to do the Master's bidding.  In this essay, an attempt is made to show that there are costs linked to stimulation of human development and sovereignty independence targets.  In these essays, we are going to deliberately fall short of casting the White or Black person as a grim and cunning schemer! As much as possible, language that is constructive and avoids judgment has been employed. The idea of constructive narratives in what is also the post colonial (some call it the neo-colonial) era, are encouraged. Hopefully, that standard has b...

There is such a thing as the african face of independence Humans benefit more when social structures are in place to initiate, sustain and improve the human capital development. Africans demanded for independence as one way to show they demanded self improvement. But, the colonialists who were expected to give independence were in no position to fulfill the promise. The Africans, did not know that they were dealing with a machinery posturing three aspects: imperialism, capitalism and White Supremacy. Also, the Africans were yet to learn the tricks to formulate navigation routes to reach estimable deliverables that characterize being independent.  To demand for independence was to disrupt a colonialist patriarchal gargantuan tool used to dehumanize Africans. It meant that colonialists had to acknowledge Africans were human beings deserving same privileges. It meant Africans would be able to organize and demand better conditions at many levels: civic; work; services; and polit...