Robert Mugabe was not an economic freedom fighter. He was always a political freedom fighter seeing himself as key to the political future of Zimbabwe. In the quest for political freedom, he was imprisoned for 10 years at Hwahwa prison for fighting…
Farming has an image problem in large parts of Africa. For many
people there, it’s synonymous with poverty. So it’s hardly surprising
parents don’t want their children to end up working the land.
Things may be starting to change, though. A growing…
The reason that the British came to Africa was to accumulate wealth for themselves. All this talk of spreading civilization or Christianity was just a false pretext to plunder Africa’s precious resources for the benefit of the British citizenry.
The land…
“Belgium Brings Civilization to Congo,” a gilded bronze statue from 1922 Source .Max Pinckers for The New York Times
Belgium reopened its racist
universe museum that it calls Belgium’s African museum. This museum is really a
celebration of colonialism and the wealth…
The origins of the Ashante in modern day Ghana West Africa started about 1650, in what was known as the gold trade route in the forest land. Several groups lived in the area namely the Twi, the Bono, the Takyiman plus the…
The Bahamas is a case study in the myth that Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) will bring prosperity to local economies. Instead the myth of foreign direct investment is an unsubstantiated theory that is peddled in predominantly African societies. You have been heard…
There is an old African saying that when two brothers fight to the death it is the stranger that inherits the property. One country in Africa which is symbolic of this saying is the Central African Republic (CAR) which has been engaged…
After a two-day lekgotla held by the ANC in Irene, South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa announced that the party has agreed to land expropriation without compensation through a Constitutional amendment. The full statement made by President Ramaphosa is below:
Fellow South Africans
Comrades and…
European settlers forcibly moved into the Kenyan highlands in large numbers after the completion of the Uganda railway in 1902. The land they occupied belonged to the Kikuyu and Kamba.
The European settlers claimed that the land was not being used to its…
Kenya’s region around Laikipia has become a battleground between ranchers and pastoralists. Western media outlets have made the argument about animals and ranchers but there is more that needs to be explored, particularly dealing with land ownership. About 67% of Kenyans own…