It seems that we have an attitude here that other are somehow needed to empower us.
No, no, no. I have NEVER said any such thing. But, I am more than a mere average run of the mill Pan-Africanist. I am an Nkrumaist-Toureist Pan-Africanist. And, both Nkrumah and Sekou Toure taught us to be pragmatic.
Pragmatism means facing reality and dealing with it. We cannot isolate ourseves from the entire world. But, by engaging the world we do not abandon Pan-Africanism. And, reality is a positive and constructive relationship between Africans and Asians and Arabs since before te recording of ay history, oral or written. This is what we must build on as we regain our Black Power.
Forget Arabs? Then why do you keep throwing it at us?
We are in bad shape when asking the enslavers of blacks in Sudan and west Sudan(Mauritiana)
Dang! Wake up! Mauritania is nearly 99% Muslim!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! No wonder people will not leave it alone any more than they will leave Somalia alone which over 99% Muslim. I think the solution to this problem is similar to what we see in Eritrea: put EVERY able bodied girl and boy in the army and give them plenty of training and bullets and we will see wo will win this modern day crusade.
to help us become economically liberated and free. And as for trading food to China. That would be no different than what whites did when they use to ship 60 % of the food out of Zimbabwe.
Wrong. Right now, the whites are trying to destroy Zimbabwe by refusing to buy our exports. So, Zimbabwe has no real alternative but to do busness in Asia. And, we thank the peoples of China, Indonesia ad the Arab countries who have shown us positve responses to this and similar problems. And, we ask the peoples of Japan, the Philipines, Bangladesh and many other Asian countries to join the party. And, of course, we have not forgotten about our brothers and sisters in the Caribbean and and Latin America. Whew! That's just about the entire non-White world! We celebrate: white supreamcy is dead forever. All that is left is the burial ceremony. LOOOOOOL
Oh! I almost forgot our brothers and sisters of the south in Austrailia and New Zealand and all the other islands. We have recently welcomed them all into the Pan-Africanist Movement. Celebration y'all. Right Now!
Its an act of insanity to think of shipping food away from a nation with acute hunger.
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Let me dumb this down further. I am not talking about shipping out existing supplies. I am talking about increasing production on lands that are not currently under cultivation due to colonial neglect and market limitations from the west. Our problem is the west undersells us by providing subsidies to their farmers. Therefore, our markets are destroyed and held in check. To develop the DESERT areas we cannot compete against western farmers. So, we have no choice but to sell the SURPLUSES generated by farming in the deserts to Asia.
And, Asia is the place to sell it because the real food shortage is not in Africa. The real food shortage is in Asia. For insatnce, much of Bangladesh is below sea level. Therefore, it is extemely susceptible to flooding. When foods overtake the country, they MUST import food. Our job is to produce the food in te desert areas of Africa. NOBODY has more available land for farming and food production than Africa. And, we thank GOD Almighty for Blessing us with Africa.
But, here is were the danger lies: if we Africans do not become more active as god stewards of what GOD Has Given us, the starving peoples of Asia will insist on migraing to Africa and working the land themselves. WE MUST RECLAIM WHAT BOOKER T. WASHINGTON TAUGHT US. We prefer to have Africans work the land and benefit by selling what the Asians have a legitmate need and desire for. If we do not use it, we might just loose it. Make some money and stop being a slave to the white man forever.
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