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(Hadalsame) 25 March 2019<\/strong><\/span> – China is following the exact same playbook that European Nations wrote at the Berlin Conference. And if Africa doesn\u2019t wake up, the next century could be worse than the last.<\/p>\n

For those unfamiliar, in 1885, 14 European nations gathered in Germany to carve up the African continent amongst themselves. What became known as the Berlin Conference ushered in a century of colonialism, exploitation, and the underdevelopment of Africa. Our Motherland was pillaged, plundered, and in most places, left for dead.<\/p>\n

Africa is far from free today, but during the Black Power era of the 1960s \u2013 80s, revolutionary and evolutionary change offered promise of an Africa that realized her full potential. Our leaders warned us to be vigilant against neocolonialism \u2013 a resurgence of the dominance of alien nations, not by direct political control (as in traditional colonialism), but by economic and cultural influence.<\/p>\n

Our lack of vigilance against new threats that used the same tactics developed during the Berlin Conference was, according to our Great Ancestors, the biggest threat to the embryo of a sovereign Africa.<\/p>\n

Enter The\u00a0\u201cBeijing Conference\u201d<\/h2>\n

The warnings of our Ancestors have gone ignored, and while no one was paying attention, China held its own \u201cBeijing Conference\u201d. The only only non-Chinese institution invited to this conference? Goldman Sachs \u2013 which too has been quietly but very aggressively expanding in Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n

As the map below from Stratfor.com shows, ever since 2010, when China pledged over $100 billion to develop commercial projects in Africa, the continent has now become de facto Chinese territory.<\/p>\n

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Because where the infrastructure spending has taken place, next follow strategic sovereign investments, and other modernization pathways, until gradually Africa is nothing but an annexed territory for Beijing, full to the brim with critical raw materials, resources and supplies.<\/p>\n

Once the Beijing Conference concluded, China then began on-boarding African leaders. According to American geopolitical intelligence company Stratfor: <\/a><\/p>\n

Back in late July, Beijing hosted the 5th Forum on China-Africa Cooperation, during which China pledged up to $20 billion to African countries over the next three years. China has proposed or committed about $101 billion to commercial projects in Africa since 2010, some of which are under negotiation while others are currently under way. Together, construction and natural resource deals total approximately $90 billion, or about 90 percent of Chinese commercial activity in Africa since 2010.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

While China has paid lip service to agricultural and small- and medium-sized business development in addition to the aforementioned projects, money speaks louder than words. China\u2019s so-called investments are a clear indication that it sees Africa as a resource to be extracted rather than invested in.<\/p>\n

Why African Nations Lack \u201cIndigenous Engineering Capabilities\u201d<\/h2>\n

An important piece of analysis from the above Stratfor report states the following:<\/p>\n

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\u00a0since many African countries lack the indigenous engineering capability to construct these large-scale projects or the capital to undertake them, African governments with limited resources welcome Chinese investments enthusiastically.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Little discussion is held concerning why Africa lacks indigenous capabilities. And the answer to the question is at the heart of why African nations should be doing the exact opposite of allowing outside conquerors<\/del> investors from \u2018helping out\u2019.<\/p>\n

We know from our Great Ancestor Dr. Walter Rodney that when Europeans invaded the African continent, they put an end to the development of new technology. It was one of the ways they intentionally underdeveloped Africa to prevent competition.<\/p>\n

Walter Rodney And How Europe Underdeveloped Africa<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n