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“The total liberation and unification of Africa under an All-African Socialist Government must be the primary objective of all Black revolutionaries throughout the world. It is an objective which, when achieved, will bring about the fulfillment of the aspirations of Africans and people of African descent everywhere. It will at the same time advance the triumph of the international socialist revolution, and the onward progress towards world communism, under which, every society is ordered on the principle of –from each according to his ability, to each according to his needs.” — Osagyefo Kwame Nkrumah

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African Liberation Day 2022 – Fighting Neo-Colonialism in Africa

23 May 2022 By A-APRP Leave a Comment

African Liberation Day 2022 – Fighting Neo-Colonialism in Africa

AJOPAR collective commemorating ALD in Guinea-Bissau

Thank you for commemorating African Liberation Day 2022. You are part of an annual, global

demonstration of commitment to the liberation of the African continent from the clutches of

African puppet leaders, imperialist governments, large multinational corporations, and foreign

militaries. This is important because when Africa’s oil, valuable minerals and other natural

resources are no longer controlled by these exploiters, Africans born in Africa, and Africans born

elsewhere will be empowered to obtain justice and prosperity, as well as exercise true

independence and self-determination. This year, African Liberation Day takes dead aim at neo-

colonialism.

 

Kwame Nkrumah, Ghana’s first president, explained that neo-colonialism is present in a country

when it is “in theory, independent and has all the outward trappings of international sovereignty

[but] in reality its economic system and thus its political policy is directed from outside.”

Neo-colonialism took hold in Africa because in the wake of victories over European colonizers,

many African countries fell under the control of Africans and African regimes that were

committed to enriching themselves with their countries’ wealth while allowing foreign forces to

engage in wanton plunder. This year, the call by all who participate in African Liberation Day is

for Africans around the world to join in the effort to dismantle neo-colonialism.

The destructive impact of neo-colonialism is evident from its role in the militarization of the

African continent. Africa’s people have never been content with neo-colonialism and imperialist

exploitation. Africans’ resistance has taken many forms, but it has been constant in its intensity.

To suppress this resistance, imperialist forces have made special efforts to ensure that military

troops are ever on standby throughout Africa for the purpose of physically defeating Africans

who attempt to assert righteous control of Africa’s resources.

AZAPO - PAC - A-APRP at ALD commemoration in Azania/South Africa 21 May 2022

The United States created U.S. Africa Command (AFRICOM) for the purpose of having U.S.

troops train and direct the armies of African countries in missions designed to advance U.S.

exploitative aims. When AFRICOM was established in 2007, most African governments – even

neo-colonial ones – recognized immediately AFRICOM’s true neo-colonial purpose. To their

credit they refused to allow AFRICOM to establish its headquarters on African soil. Many also

declined to host AFRICOM operations. AFRICOM was forced to locate its headquarters in

Stuttgart, Germany.

 

However, with the passage of time, neo-colonial governments fell into line, and currently in

almost every corner of Africa, AFRICOM has established a presence. Although its headquarters

remains in Germany, in 2021, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari made the unconscionable

request that AFRICOM relocate its headquarters to Africa. Such conduct is intolerable and is

perhaps one of the best examples of why neo-colonialism must be dismantled.

 

Neo-colonialism poses special challenges for those who fight for African liberation. Unlike

apartheid and other forms of European settler-colonialism where the racial characteristics of the

oppressors make them easy to identify, neo-colonialism places local control of African countries

in the hands of Africans. Though they are mere puppets, they often participate in the deception of

their people by playing up their cultural orientation and using nationalist rhetoric. In various

ways they communicate a supposed commitment to Africa’s progress, with many even claiming

to be Pan-Africanists. However, these individuals frequently fail the litmus test when they are

challenged to adopt an agenda that will limit or eliminate their puppet-masters’ access to Africa’s

wealth.

 

As a first step toward dismantling neo-colonialism, Africans must learn to see through the

charade. If they understand that supposedly independent African countries may not be

independent at all, they are then able to take further steps toward changing Africa’s neo-colonial

reality. It is in this regard that African Liberation Day plays such a vital role. It provides an

opportunity to share information with Africa’s people everywhere about the ways in which

Africa continues to be bound and exploited by the same forces that dominated the continent

during the colonial era.

 

Thank you again for participating in African Liberation Day, but why not make every day

African Liberation Day? If you use this special day as an opportunity to join the All-African

People’s Revolutionary Party (A-APRP), you will have the opportunity to work with like-

minded Africans whose efforts to achieve Africa’s liberation are focused and systematic. The A-

APRP is committed to achieving Pan-Africanism, which is, as the Party defines it: “the total

liberation and unification of Africa under scientific socialism.” Be sure to read elsewhere in this

publication about why Pan-Africanism makes good sense for those who have a serious and

sincere interest in a truly liberated Africa

 

Filed Under: Current Events Tagged With: African Liberation Day, africom, ALD, ALD2022, Buhari, DLA2022, imperialism, neo-colonialism

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