Antonella Randazzo
"If the future is black
Africa is that nobody says"
You can not fully understand the current situation of the world if you do not understand the vicissitudes of the African continent and its implications of power and wealth.
"If the future is black. The Africa that no one says "is a text that comes from careful historical research, aiming to capture the main characteristics of European colonialism and neocolonialism, in an attempt to get a better understanding of Africa's problems today.
Most people experience today is a deep sense of despair and bewilderment in the face of the horrors of war, famine, hunger and extreme poverty that seem to condemn Africa to a drift without hope. But why Africa has such a tragic fate? Who or what has made sure that this land REACHED current disturbing situation? The future of Africa is black?
The book, along throughout the colonial and neo-colonial history of Africa, seeks to answer these questions and drew conclusions about the realistic and possible future of the continent.
From the "Scramble in Africa" \u200b\u200b(ie the division of the continent, in 1885, in areas of European domination, regardless of its inhabitants), to the most important stages of the process of decolonization, the work explains clearly why the inhabitants of the continent rich in natural resources are forced to live in poverty, and the true meaning of the current African wars. Today
systems of mass communication increasingly ignoring the facts taking place in Africa. But this should not lead to deception: Africa is ignored as regards its inhabitants, but what about his wealth, it has never been vacated. The agenda of Western countries, as now, seem its natural resources, not its people.
Africa, paradoxically, is doomed because of his wealth. It 's the continent rich in mineral resources. It has numerous deposits of fossil fuels, oil, coal and natural gas. Africa is rich in gold, diamonds, copper, bauxite, manganese, nickel, platinum, cobalt, radio, germanium, lithium, titanium, iron ore, chromium, tin, zinc, lead, thorium, zirconium, vanadium, antimony and beryllium .
Along the western coast of Africa extracted oil, and rich uranium deposits are located in Congo, South Africa, Niger, Gabon and Central African Republic. In Congo there is also the largest reserves in the world of radio. 20% of world reserves of copper are found in Zambia, Congo, South Africa and Zimbabwe. In Congo and Zambia is 90% of the deposits of cobalt in the world. About three-quarters the world's gold comes from Africa.
Almost all this wealth is controlled by large Western corporations. In other words, even today almost all the West looting African resources, and shall subject the continent due to corruption and the enormous debt that is forced to pay the rich nations. This
book aims to capture the main features of the most significant European colonialism and neocolonialism, in an attempt to get a better understanding of Africa's problems. The first chapter deals with the 'scramble for Africa' (scrum for Africa), that the division of the continent, which occurred in the period 1884-1885, in areas of European domination, regardless of its inhabitants. The second chapter is ethnocentric attitude that characterized Western culture in the colonial period. The third chapter covers the most important stages of the process of decolonization, with brief references to situations of war, that some people had to face in order to obtain freedom. The fourth chapter explains why so many wars in Africa of yesterday and today, bringing out the true motivations and managers. The last chapter addresses the issue of human rights in colonial lands, explaining the paradoxes of European, which stand as champions of human rights but who massacred without mercy the lands on which dominate.
should understand why the people of a continent so rich should be forced to starve. And why the West, which professes high moral values \u200b\u200band religious institutions do not possess that allow you to translate those values \u200b\u200binto reality. We also ask that we, as intellectuals and French historians, if not necessary "to clarify the values \u200b\u200bthat hold together our society. Ask us (...) which would allow prosecutions to restore the perception of the younger generation on what is permissible and what is criminal. "
Crimes committed in the colonies were all punished. The colonial wars were not considered even wars, and patriots were treated as outlaws, "rebels", subversives, or terrorists.
Globalization has given the final coup de grace to a continent already devastated and exploited. The International Monetary Fund and the World Bank granted credits in exchange for privatization national, and implementation of "economic restructuring, which included spending cuts, layoffs and currency depreciation. Because of these policies, the debt has grown so excessive, and the low-income African countries is barely pay the interest. The population, which can not count on state aid or local resources, is forced to die of starvation and infectious diseases.
Meanwhile, the African wars, engaging the most powerful economic and financial groups on the planet in the nineties French and Belgian groups against U.S. and Chinese groups today against U.S. teams.
analysis of the book is an Africa very different from the one told on television, and the facts without any reticence, there is also reason to hope for the future of Africa and the world. A world there can be no better future and give hope to Africa. We are all Africans. THIS BOOK WILL
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