How many foreign nationals do you think are incarcerated in South Africa’s prison system? Of this number, how many do you think are Nigerians? If you have been following popular public conversations in South Africa, you would think the numbers should be in the tens or hundreds of thousands - and you would be hilariously wrong.
Using the actual data to make the point, Mckay Chukwu explores the anatomy of how psy-ops work in Africa by constructing what sound like believable narratives out of complete fabrication and fiction. At a time when the US Africa Command has openly announced the launch of its “Operation Drongo” psy-op targeting Africa with a sophisticated Foreign Information Manipulation and Interference (FIMI) attack, it is more important than ever before for Africans to learn to scrutinise whatever information they allow to get into their ears and eyeballs.
Côte d’Ivoire Completes Major Cocoa Buyout to Rescue Farmers, Joins Forces With Ghana
Africa’s cocoa industry may be headed towards a boom in the coming years, despite present strains. On August 6, Côte d’Ivoire’s Coffee-Cocoa Council (CCC) announced that the government had purchased 100,000 tonnes of cocoa beans at $492 million from Ivorian farmers, to ease economic pressures and boost productivity. Côte d’Ivoire has also, over the past 2 months, moved to join forces with Ghana, Nigeria and Cameroon, on price regulation, synchronized marketing and local processing.
All promising developments for Africa’s economy, as its people continue to demand leadership that actually answers to them.
EDITOR’S NOTE: The Ivorian CCC’s announcement was “last week” at the time of production of this report.
North Korea Has Always Stood With Africa
To many Africans who follow Western news, North Korea is a very bad country, but of that number, few dare to ask themselves why they actually believe the West’s verdict about North Korea.
What truth, beyond the talking points repeated and imagery presented by Western media, supports this narrative?
And does our own history as Africans offer any basis for buying into it?
In this report, The Spearhead challenges the Western narrative about North Korea by highlighting 3 material contributions that the country has made to Africa, and the inspiring stories behind them.
As White Supremacists, We Can’t Tolerate Black People’s Joy
Content creator @abercadabermcdoo exposes the true nature of white supremacy; and there is nothing “supreme” about it.
It’s a low self-esteem system that can only thrive by keeping Black people down. It can’t stand Black beauty, Black confidence, or Black friendship and unity.
The cruelty aimed at Black success is really a desperate reaction. It comes from a system built on control, now watching that control fail, because Black people are succeeding anyway.
Africans, Grow Your Own Food, Stop Wasting Land
Nigerian farmer Itahan Ajayi Tessy warns Nigerians against losing their lands to European settlers who have decided to farm and sell their produce to Nigerians.
Isn’t it about time Africans took back control of their food supply? Drop us a comment.
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African Proverb of The Week
Why do some African leaders – like the leaders of Senegal, Gabon, Liberia and South Africa – get summoned to the West like lapdogs, while other African leaders – like the leaders of the Alliance of Sahel States (AES) – refuse to be disrespected by this hostile foreign entity, and treat it exactly as it treats them?
Why do some Africans choose to seek validation and success in the West, while others choose to fight for the unification, liberation and prosperity of their own Motherland?
And what differences are we starting to see between these two groups, in terms of their progress and their position on the world stage?
The answer lies in this East African proverb. As long as we Africans continue to view ourselves as inferior to others, those others will continue to trample over us. But when, like leaders and people of the AES, we choose to finally respect ourselves, the world will finally respect us.
After decades of humiliation, the supposedly “inferior” Africans of the AES chose to sever ties with their former European colonizer, forge more equitable relationships with the international community that actually served their indigenous interests, and establish a unified army to defend these interests.
And the sky did not fall down.
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