Babysitting France in Africa, By Owei Lakemfa

Demonstration seeking the end of the French intervention in Africa. Picture credit: Kilaye Bationo/AP

…since France invaded Egypt 225 years ago, it has dug in, refusing to let go of a continent it regards as its Garden of Eden, from which to eat and drink eternally. I explained that France is so greedy and vicious that it is ready to do anything to maintain its grip on Africa.

France is a problem. In Africa, it is a man-child fighting hard to retain its feeding bottle. The United Kingdom-based Socialist Labour organised a virtual conference of Africans to discuss this and the current crises in Africa, with an emphasis on the Francophone countries. Co-ordinator Tokunbo Oke, in commenting on the theme, “The Niger Coup: Imperialism and the Crisis of Francophone Africa”, lamented that to discuss, the African people have to surmount the obstacles of various European languages, as they are either Anglophone, Francophone, Iberiaphone, or Luxophone.

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