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The Trillion-Dollar Bill: How Colonial Era Devastated Africa's Ecology—and What It Owes
The Trillion-Dollar Bill: How Colonial Era Devastated Africa's Ecology—and What It Owes
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What is the true cost of centuries of colonial extraction? A groundbreaking report puts the figure in the hundreds of trillions. This episode explores how... 28.09.2026, Sputnik Africa
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The Trillion-Dollar Bill: How Colonial Era Devastated Africa's Ecology—and What It Owes
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What is the true cost of centuries of colonial extraction? A groundbreaking report puts the figure in the hundreds of trillions. This episode explores how colonial economic policies devastated Africa's ecology—and why the continent is demanding compensation, not charity.
The connection between Africa's present-day climate vulnerability and its colonial past is not abstract. It is physical. It is measurable. And it is undeniable. Colonial economic policies were designed to extract wealth and ship it abroad. Forests were cleared for cash crops. Rivers were diverted for mining operations. Communities were displaced to make way for plantations and railways that served European industry, not African development.In this episode of Pan-African Frequency, the Head of the Department of History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos, Nigeria—Professor Nkem Onyekpe—addressed how the ecological damage of the colonial era directly shapes which African communities face the worst floods, droughts, and heatwaves today, as well as the continuing violence on Africa’s ecology by global capitalism.Discover more insights from our outstanding guest on the Pan-African Frequency podcast, proudly brought to you by Sputnik Africa.In addition to the website, you can also catch our episodes on Telegram.► You can also listen to our podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Deezer, Pocket Casts, Afripods, and Podcast Addict► Check out all the episodes of Pan-African Frequency
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The Trillion-Dollar Bill: How Colonial Era Devastated Africa's Ecology—and What It Owes
What is the true cost of centuries of colonial extraction? A groundbreaking report puts the figure in the hundreds of trillions. This episode explores how colonial economic policies devastated Africa's ecology—and why the continent is demanding compensation, not charity.
The connection between Africa's present-day climate vulnerability and its colonial past is not abstract. It is physical. It is measurable. And it is undeniable. Colonial economic policies were designed to extract wealth and ship it abroad. Forests were cleared for cash crops. Rivers were diverted for mining operations. Communities were displaced to make way for plantations and railways that served European industry, not African development.
In this episode of Pan-African Frequency, the Head of the Department of History and Strategic Studies at the University of Lagos, Nigeria—Professor Nkem Onyekpe—addressed how the ecological damage of the colonial era directly shapes which African communities face the worst floods, droughts, and heatwaves today, as well as the continuing violence on Africa’s ecology by global capitalism.
“The aim of the colonial masters, even at independence, was and has remained to extract resources, to extract surplus for the purpose of sustaining industrial and technological development in the Global North, leaving the global South, to which Africa belongs, backward and still crawling [....] because of the continuing exploitation. Massive areas of land in different countries have been exploited by foreigners and foreign businesses in trade; they are multinational corporations. Talk of oil exploitation in Angola, in Nigeria, and in the rest of Africa. The Niger data area is in ruins. This has led to militant struggle,” Professor Onyekpe indicated.
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