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The Lion's Pen: Why Africa Must Tell Its Own Stories
The Lion's Pen: Why Africa Must Tell Its Own Stories
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"Pan-African author Femi Akomolafe argues that African unity is not about love—it's about economic survival. Why the Sahel states are leading the way, and how Africa must negotiate as a single bloc. Listen now."
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The Lion's Pen: Why Africa Must Tell Its Own Stories
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The idea that African unity has been wrapped in an age-long sentiment of shared blood and history may not be entirely true.
This, according to a pan-African author and essayist, is because Africa came together for its economic and security interests.In a chat with the Redrawn Africa podcast, the pan-African author, essayist, and columnist, Femi Akomolafe, insists Africa's tragedy is the normalization of neocolonialism.Akomolafe is also concerned by what he described as the deliberate construction of narratives that portrays Western powers as saviors.
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The Lion's Pen: Why Africa Must Tell Its Own Stories
The idea that African unity has been wrapped in an age-long sentiment of shared blood and history may not be entirely true.
This, according to a pan-African author and essayist, is because Africa came together for its economic and security interests.
In a chat with the Redrawn Africa podcast, the pan-African author, essayist, and columnist, Femi Akomolafe, insists Africa's tragedy is the normalization of neocolonialism.
Akomolafe is also concerned by what he described as the deliberate construction of narratives that portrays Western powers as saviors.
"And neo-colonialism has come to be normalized, and that is the tragedy of Africa. We talk of colonialism, which is the physical occupation of Africa by foreigners, by Europeans specifically. That is what Nkrumah warned against colonialism. It is a small number, but it is a reality. So that's the situation we have today, and that is the situation people should be confronting. How do we get ourselves? We're not friends with anybody. We're no friends; we're not enemies with anybody, but we just want to have our own interests, be respected, and be recognized. That's what it should be," says Femi Akomolafe.
