Some of us have been sounding the alarm about the Chinese in Africa, but it doesn't appear as if most of us are listening. Here's an article I wrote in 2009.
IS CHINA'S INVOLVEMENT IN AFRICA IMPERIALISTIC?
(Dateline, Dec. 28, 2009, African Sun Times)
By Chika Onyeani
By Chika Onyeani
"My God!! Another 1884 European scramble for Africa, but this time between the United States, Europeans on the one hand, and China on the other? At least, as far as I know 10% of the African population of over 900 million are well educated, yet issues are being discussed as if we don't exist…
It is oxymoronic to state that the Chinese have landed in Africa. Of course, the Chinese have landed in Africa. But the question and the debate that Africans should be engaging in is whether the Chinese have come as an benefactor or as an imperialist. I hate to see this debate being orchestrated in the Western world (press), while Africans as usual, in our lackadaisical manner, engage in useless and meaningless discussions as Africa is being foisted with another "Scramble" for our continent's resources. At least, in 1884, we could proffer an excuse that we didn't understand what was going on then. As I said earlier, with more than 10% of the African population being well educated, this type of excuse will be a great disservice to our continent, as well as to the future generation of Africans, who would ask how we stood by and let another "Scramble for Africa" take place with our eyes wide open." (READ MORE)
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Publisher/Editor-in-Chief
African Sun Times: www.africansuntimes.com
Host: All Africa Radio: www.allafricaradio.com
Tel.: 973-675-9919
Fax: 973-675-5704
Cell: 917-279-4038
"It is not what you call me, but what I answer to, that matters most" - Capitalist Nigger: The Road to Success, Onyeani's internationally acclaimed No. 1 bestselling book.
Have you bought Onyeani's new blockbuster novel, The Broederbond Conspiracy, www.thebroederbondconspiracy.com? or www.theblackjamesbond.com, adapted by the San Francisco State University "to teach students how to write a spy novel."
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