Let's accept it, we are colonized.

Shouldn't Africa renounce its desire for decolonization in the medium term and improve its status as an assimilated country if it aspires to emerge from underdevelopment? In other words, can Africa aspire to development through decolonization? This could be utopian and could cause us to destroy the achievements inherited from colonization. Decolonization and development do not go hand in hand, especially for an Africa that is very weak militarily and in terms of consciousness.

We must therefore accept our state as a colonized continent because that is what we are: colonized. We speak the language of the colonizers, we have embraced their cultures and their religions, and even the calendar is the one that the colonizers imposed on us. In addition, it is the colonizers who teach us our own history and decide who leads us. So, let's admit it, because the facts show we have a master, and in Africa, we know that the respect due to the chief is sacred, which is why any disobedience to his authority is punished by the colonizer.

This writing is in no way a renunciation of freedom but rather an exit from the underdeveloped state, which will necessarily lead to total freedom because, from colonization, we will become partners with the colony like Canada, the United States, Brazil, etc. Africa cannot in its current state get out of colonization; our masters are powerful; the African peoples have not yet reached the level of consciousness like Japan; and moreover, Africa must be united, which is far from being the case; the AU budget comes mainly from Europe; xenophobia is palpable among Africans; so the picture is not favorable for us to get out of colonization. A proven fact is that our universities in Africa are not able to teach all the school and university curriculum up to the Ph.D. in local African languages; how do we want to get out of colonization? By democracy? by electing a leader with a plan to get us out? Well, it's a waste of time because his own brothers will sell him and he will be punished (e.g., Patrice Lumumba, Thomas Sankara).

So what to do? accepting our colonized status and improving our assimilation as the Antilles, but unlike them, we have our "independence," our "own institutions," and we elect our "presidents." So imagine the DRC, Ivory Coast, and Equatorial Guinea becoming like Qatar, with an Emir at their head (a royal family like in Morocco); remember that Qatar is part of Saudi Arabia and has enormous investments in France and around the world; our countries will therefore become French or English departments, as it was the case before independence. As a result, Africa will tend towards Hong Kong, Taiwan, or Singapore. Some will say there is no freedom in these countries, but are African states free? No! In Côte d'Ivoire, for example, the 43rd Birma is in charge of maintaining this freedom, and of course any investment, precious properties, and natural resources must be protected. But if we are assimilated, there will be no interest in protecting anything because we are assimilated, citizens as a whole, part of the metropolis headed by a dictator for life who has become king. If Africa does not do this and embark on the path of its total liberation, it will be a waste of time because the egg can be killed in the shell (e.g., President Gbagbo is quietly sitting at Mama).

Should we, therefore, renounce to the total decolonization of Africa as suggested by the Pan-Africanist project? No! It is our right to self-determination to choose who governs and subjugates us, but what is the reality facing Africa?

Any desire to get out of the colonial yoke will come up against fierce repression from the colonial power, and in its current state, Africa will come out the loser for sure (we know how they create civil wars, destroy countries by war, and create economic crises). Africa must therefore cooperate for now while having a plan to free itself from its chains (that's what Putin did when taking power until he became strong). Having a well-defined strategy focused on the development of our nations, which will increase the profits of the metropolis, would be the way for Africa in the short- to medium-term.

We can hope that future generations will get there, but how are they going to do it? Have you seen the state of our youth and the educational system they are navigating? Well, it will take time, and time is our ally.

What we do today will determine our future as Africans. We must now lay the foundations for our decolonization, which necessarily involves the development of our countries. The current condition of Africa is worrisome; Africa is lagging behind; the economic and social state of Zimbabwe challenges us; Nigeria is still underdeveloped; the DRC is still this safari; but Mali is on the way to total freedom as it is difficult to free oneself from the colonizer, but they still seek the help of other foreign powers to get out of it; all this has a blow because, as they say on the shores of the city of gold, "there is nothing for Mahala," there is always a price to pay; it is your freedom because "man is a wolf to man; Someone who does not allow democracy in his own country will not allow you to contradict him. This is why we say Africans must return to the model of government of their ancestors, where the leader directs and leads his people towards prosperity. The chief is therefore chosen on the basis of his human qualities and his moral integrity.

Given that the leaders that some accuse on the grounds that they are "puppets" of the West have their supporters, we are therefore already divided within the same country; let's not even talk about Africa! The objective must therefore be for the moment the awakening of consciousness and development while working for the total decolonization of our countries in the long term; "too much hurry comes late," goes the saying.

 

For the moment, we are colonized and can tend towards assimilation (an assimilated country integrates into the colony and takes on its character), but will Macron's France want us to go to development if you become quiet? I doubt it, so dear colonizer, why are you so offended that Africans want to free themselves from your colonial dominion? Africans and blacks are not masochists to my knowledge; do us good and we will complain less, but for the moment the observation is clear: we are colonized, underdeveloped, and insulted, so Africa wants to be free.

Marius C. Oula