UK- Africa Trade: Colonialism 2.0 /Black Labor White Wealth

As the United Kingdom (UK) officially brexits today, we thought it worthy to note how the British plan to return to their exploitive ways in order to make up for what they will lose from the European Union (EU). Boris Johnson’s great vision is a return to 19th century colonialism. This includes the UK- Britain Trade Summit which serves to strengthen the British economy at their time of weakness. Here is Boris sharing his vision for a return to colonialism:

The best fate for Africa would be if the old colonial powers, or their citizens, scrambled once again in her direction; on the understanding that this time they will not be asked to feel guilty. The Sun, February 2002.

Boris John British Prime Minister and architect of Colonialism 2.0

The 2020 UK-Britain Trade and Investment conference is not the first one of its kind. African British trade has been going on for centuries. It is best described as, “Black Labor White wealth”, so it’s no wonder that Africans are skeptical of any talk of a fair-trade deal with the British. Their track record speaks for itself.

History of trade between Africa and Britain

The British Royal family made its wealth on the backs of Africans. King Charles II first granted a charter to the Company of Royal Adventurers Trading to Africa which was led by the king’s younger brother James, the Duke of York (later King James II). This group had a monopoly on British trade with West Africa, including gold, silver and slaves.

When war between England and Holland broke out it led to the demise of the original company and the company was quickly reorganized. It reemerged in 1672 with a new royal charter and a new name: The Royal African Company (RAC).

• Between 1680 and 1686, the Royal African Company transported an average of 5,000 slaves a year.
• Between 1680 and 1688, it sponsored 249 voyages to Africa (pbs.org).
• Between the 1670s and 1680s, the Company delivered an estimated 90,000 to 100,000 slaves to British-held colonies.
• The market for human trafficking and slavery was opened to other British corporations in 1698 over 20,000 Africans were transported to the Caribbean and to North America

Current trade between Africa & UK

‘The Queen has come to love the Commonwealth, partly because it supplies her with regular cheering crowds of flag-waving piccaninnies. The Daily Telegraph, January 2002. * The term “piccaninnies,” is a derogatory racist term used to describe African children.

Boris John British Prime Minister and architect of Colonialism 2.0

Mainstream publications in Britain have strong colonialist white supremacist editors. They are known for abuse and harassment of immigrants and Africans in particular with racial undertones of comment pieces. Since British newspapers cannot generate real news worth paying they create fictional tales to discredit people of African descent to cater to social media trolls who still believe the British are better than Africans. Since the British lost their colonies in Asia and China is now second largest economy in world their last hope is dominance over Africa.