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helinues:
My issue with Pan African movement is they will slow the future progress of Africa down as they would be busy with revisiting and correcting the past instead of focusing on future

I agree marginally with your statement because some strands of Pan-African discourse spend a lot of time on colonialism, slavery, reparation and historical blame, western exploitation (which still happens till today). But the time and energy spent relitigating the past could be spent on institution-building, technology, governance, and economic growth.

I think future progress depends wholly on how Pan-Africanism is practised rather than the Pan-African movement itself. In the same vein though, you cannot build a future with an unresolved past because historic damage does not make it disappear. Take for instance, our economies across Africa is wired for extraction, not development. Our borders were drawn up for the same reasons. To progress, we also need to revisit the past but actually use the momentum to move and look forward. I believe there are works in progress though.

helinues:
Please who is talking about election?

if you ain't talking about credible elections in Africa, then you are not making sense!

CaseSensitive:
I agree marginally with your statement because some strands of Pan-African discourse spend a lot of time on colonialism, slavery, reparation and historical blame, western exploitation (which still happens till today). But the time and energy spent relitigating the past could be spent on institution-building, technology, governance, and economic growth.

I think future progress depends wholly on how Pan-Africanism is practised rather than the Pan-African movement itself. In the same vein though, you cannot build a future with an unresolved past because historic damage does not make it disappear. Take for instance, our economies across Africa is wired for extraction, not development. Our borders were drawn up for the same reasons. To progress, we also need to revisit the past but actually use the momentum to move and look forward. I believe there are works in progress though.

Colonialism is already correcting itself . Hardly you will see most of the western sport teams with no blacks inside. Their Government, policy/decision making, blacks are now part.

We should allow those who had that position to take care of the colonialism while the Africans focus on developing the continent

helinues:
Colonialism is already correcting itself . Hardly you will see most of the western sport teams with no blacks inside. Their Government, policy/decision making, blacks are now part.

We should allow those who had that position to take care of the colonialism while the Africans focus on developing the continent

No, colonialism is not correcting itself. I think you’re equating representation in Western institutions with the correction of colonial structures, and those are very different things. Colonialism wasn’t primarily about who sits in government or plays sports, it was about how African economies were designed for extraction and dependency, which still continues till today through Neo-colonialism. We still have Western powers influencing Africa's strategic decisions. Through their "soft powers", they still influence in the background on who governs us.

I watched the vote counting in Uganda yesterday and saw a few white people on the seat. They do the same in Nigeria. Do you wonder why?

So, having Black people in Western systems doesn’t automatically rewire African trade terms, borders, capital flows, or industrial capacity. Those are structural issues Africans must address ourselves. Making reference to the likes of Kemi Badenoch, Bukayo Saka, Barack Obama or Anthony Joshua as a proof of "colonisation correcting itself" does not tally with extractive and predatory structures that the West built in Africa. Representation in the West isn’t the same as decolonisation. I think you missed the point here.

Na ssoworeee of ugandda

CaseSensitive:
No, colonialism is not correcting itself. I think you’re equating representation in Western institutions with the correction of colonial structures, and those are very different things. Colonialism wasn’t primarily about who sits in government or plays sports, it was about how African economies were designed for extraction and dependency, which still continues till today through Neo-colonialism. We still have Western powers influencing Africa's strategic decisions. Through their "soft powers", they still influence in the background on who governs us.

I watched the vote counting in Uganda yesterday and saw a few white people on the seat. They do the same in Nigeria. Do you wonder why?

So, having Black people in Western systems doesn’t automatically rewire African trade terms, borders, capital flows, or industrial capacity. Those are structural issues Africans must address ourselves. Making reference to the likes of Kemi Badenoch, Bukayo Saka, Barack Obama or Anthony Joshua as a proof of "colonisation correcting itself" does not tally with extractive and predatory structures that the West built in Africa. Representation in the West isn’t the same as decolonisation. I think you missed the point here.

I deliberately mentioned policies and decisions making. As long as those blacks who are representing us in the western world do not allow policies that will affect Africa, we can take care of ourselves.

Example are people like Madam NOI who is at World Bank, the AFDB president. Their decisions and policies as the head of important institutions could make the difference

helinues:
I deliberately mentioned policies and decisions making. As long as those blacks who are representing us in the western world do not allow policies that will affect Africa, we can take care of ourselves.

Example are people like Madam NOI who is at World Bank, the AFDB president. Their decisions and policies as the head of important institutions could make the difference

I’m not disputing the importance of Africans in global institutions. My point is that individuals operate within institutional constraints. A Black head of the World Trade Organisation like Dr. Ngozi Iweala for example cannot fundamentally change global voting power, capital control, or development models on their own.

These organisations are not "my people my people" organisations. If representation alone were sufficient, Africa’s structural position in the global economy would already have shifted. The fact that it hasn’t, shows that the issue isn’t who is in the room, but how the room is designed.

omooba969:
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This is why Nigeria remains what it is today, and even worse. Fear fear people everywhere, nobody wants to die/arrested but we all want a better Nigeria.

Dey play!

Bullcrap

People die everyday yet nothing changes

Dazidon:
Bullcrap

People die everyday yet nothing changes

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What do people die for, if I may ask?

frog12:
how old was this wine man when museveni fight guerrilla war to remove the military?

useless boy who wan reap wey he no sow.

long live museveni
our president for life

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You're not thinking well enough.

CaseSensitive:
I’m not disputing the importance of Africans in global institutions. My point is that individuals operate within institutional constraints. A Black head of the World Trade Organisation like Dr. Ngozi Iweala for example cannot fundamentally change global voting power, capital control, or development models on their own.

These organisations are not "my people my people" organisations. If representation alone were sufficient, Africa’s structural position in the global economy would already have shifted. The fact that it hasn’t, shows that the issue isn’t who is in the room, but how the room is designed.

Then play your part towards a design that will make more Africans have more achievements


It's not like all Whites are more successful than all blacks, it's not like all non Africans are richer or whatever

It's just about more Africans enjoying their days on earth , as in more Africans should enjoy,

And that means, at least to me, that the political systems within Africa have to be re arranged by the richest of Africans which includes politicians such that more Africans will have their talents/intelligence utilized in a way that will make their environment more enjoyable/conducive for human existence and also means to me that these RICHEST of Africans have to spend more on empowering other or their fellow Africans in need instead of seeing them as competition and they don't even need to see whites as people to look up to or get permission from as they read what I post cuz I see WHITE/BLACK as nothing but skin color shit and as for being African, that's just a matter of chance to me, and I don't find any reason why my joy or achievements should be reduced because of that.





Dazidon, 2026.

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omooba969:
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What do people die for, if I may ask?

Even if you die for Nigeria, that won't change anything

Spits

Cuz I can see that such blood or human sacrifice rather makes things better for very dishonest politicians


Letz just say they have used you for political rituals, tha fu.......r ...k


Not even God will reward you for dying for Nigeria cuz he knows it's nothing but you being sacrificed to bullshit, spits



Dazidon,2026.

Dazidon:
UEven if you die for Nigeria, that won't change anything
Spits
Cuz I can see that such blood or human sacrifice rather makes things better for very dishonest politicians
Letz just say they have used you for political rituals, tha fu.......r ...k
Not even God will reward you for dying for Nigeria cuz he knows it's nothing but you being sacrificed to bullshit, spits
Dazidon,2026.

Ok bye 👋