The emergence of a new generation of Pan-African leaders across Africa poses a significant threat to neo-colonialism, marking the end of Western dominance and the exploitation of African resources.
Recently, African leaders have taken bold steps to protect their national sovereignty and territorial integrity by implementing nationalist policies that embody self-determination.
The resurgence of the spirit of African strongmen like the slain leader of Libya, Colonel Muammar Gadhafi and the late former President of Zimbabwe, Robert Mugabe is a refreshing change in the geopolitical discourse, highlighting Africa’s potential to shape global politics.
Historically, Africa, with its vast natural resources, was dependent on Europe for development, with Europe wielding significant influence over African affairs. The Europeans also devised liberal mechanisms such as the imposition of Westminster democracy; debt traps, guised as Structural Adjustment Programs (SAPs) and other forms of lethal aid that perpetuated the subjugation of African states, leaving them susceptible to the West’s imperial machinations.
History has recorded how the West uses force to export Westminster democracy. The wars in the Middle East post 11 September 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States of America (USA) bear testimony to this.
