EUROPE DID NOT CONQUER AFRICA

In almost all the lands that Europeans invaded during their colonial expansion, over 90 percent of the indigenous people were wiped out by violence and foreign diseases. However, Africans managed to survive extermination. Renowned professor of African Traditional Religion Kofi Asare Opoku provides insight.

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LESSONS FROM CANADA'S NAZI SCANDAL

Canada's ovation for a former Nazi soldier has sent ripples across the world So, what’s this got to do with Africa? Well, rightly, there was outrage when Yarolsav Hunka was warmly applauded in Canada’s parliament. The House of Commons Speaker was forced to resign over the incident which highlights the importance of never whitewashing the crimes of World War Two. However, did you know Nazis used Africa to perfect their barbarism decades before? Unfortunately those were crimes the world chose to ignore. We discuss it at length on our YouTube page, but here's a taste of what it's about.

https://youtu.be/dCO9wG0tKzA?si=ML98bW3ONege8LF7

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THE REAL GANG IN HAITI

The United Nations Security Council vote on 2 October has opened a new era of occupation in Haiti. Popular debates have sprung up, speculating whether or not the latest "peacekeeping" mission, spearheaded by Kenya and funded by the United States, will be effective. However, African Stream host Salifu Mack says history shows US interests in Haiti have always resulted in the exact opposite of "peace." For more information about the history of occupation in Haiti, check out the many resources made available by the @blackallianceforpeace.

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ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AFRICA SHOULD CARE

Many across Africa may be watching with indifference the conflict unfolding between Palestinian resistance fighters and Israel. African Stream lays out why Pan-Africans should care about the Palestinian struggle.

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SOUTH AFRICANS SHOW SOLIDARITY WITH PALESTINIANS

South Africans have been showing their solidarity with Palestinians at protests outside the US Consulate in Johannesburg and the Jewish Museum in Cape Town. More radical protesters also turned out, expressing vocal support for militant group Hamas.

There is a longstanding tradition of championing Palestine in South Africa, best encapsulated by Nelson Mandela’s dictum: “Our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of the Palestinians.”

Not only do many South Africans see an affinity between their plight under apartheid and that of the Palestinians under Israeli occupation, but there were close historical ties between the White-supremacist regime in South Africa and the Israeli state.

An editorial in Die Burger, the apartheid-era South African government’s mouth-piece, stated: “Israel and South Africa ... are engaged in a struggle for existence...

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The anti-Western powers have driven Israel and South Africa into a community of interests which had better be utilised than denied.”

Israel reportedly assisted South Africa in its nuclear weapons programme, which ended in 1989. South African paramilitaries and volunteers paid visits to Israel, and Pretoria permitted Zionist organisations and fundraising inside South Africa.

Since independence, however, South Africa has been one of our continent’s bulwarks of support for the Palestinian cause, alongside countries like Algeria. Its third-largest political party, the Economic Freedom Fighters, recently called for a significant reduction in South African-Israeli relations, including the shutting down of embassies.

What do you think? Would that be a step too far in South Africa’s show of solidarity? Let us know in the comments.

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TALLEST STATUE IN AFRICA

Located in the bustling city of Dakar, the 49-metre African Renaissance Monument has come to symbolise Africa’s liberation for some, but a gigantic expression of extravagance for others. What do you make of it?

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PAN-AFRICANIST GREATS FOR PALESTINE

African freedom fighters have consistently taken a clear position on the liberation of Palestine. We’ve curated some highlights for you here.

Some revolutionary Pan-Africanists, such as Kwame Ture, saw Palestine as "the tip of Africa."

In South Africa, those that experienced apartheid’s brutality and cruelty have drawn parallels between the settler-colonial occupation of their lands and that of Palestine.

The great Thomas Sankara adopted an unwavering stance in support of Palestinian liberation.

Pan-Africanists were not silent then. We will not be silent now. So make some noise in the comments!

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