The Anti China Narrative Enveloping Africa: I disagree with Professor Lumumba's anti China rhetoric.

The Anti China Narrative in Africa, I disagree with Prof Lumumba. 

I reiterate that Africa is better off extending relations with China than allowing the US expanding its already bloated military operations in Africa. I disagree with Prof. LUMUMBA's portrayal of China as a significant existential threat to the emancipation of Africa. What Africa needs is a new breed of incorruptible leadership with a vision greater than Africans being second class citizens on their continent or anywhere in the world. America remains the largest country with the largest  influence and more military bases in Africa. The only reason why the West is renewing its interest in Africa is because of the presence of the Chinese. The Chinese Belt Road Initiative is bringing economic development never seen in Africa or parts of the Middle East since the  independence era. Westerners were quite comfortable with the status quo of Africa being a looting ground for their corporations. There has been absolutely zero infrastructure developments of significance in Africa supported by the West since the end of colonial occupation. Western loans had by far turned Africa backwards by more than a century. Zimbabwe has never recovered from the Western prescribed economic structural adjustment programme it undertook in the early 90's, and its not alone. So for the West to be pushing exeggerated propaganda across Africa of Chinese debt trap is outright deplorable. The sad thing is the Africans are buying it. The propaganda has been very effective but you only have to look who controls the media and information across the Africa, the Western media still dominates the landscape. The West omits its own indebtedness to China. The US alone owes China more than a trillion US dollars in treasury debt, a default of which cause turmoil in the US treasury markets. The Trump government has been exploring this nuclear option on its Chinese debt. Good African leadership would invest any loans in infrastructure development that stimulates economic growth  which as a result would generate greater fiscal capacity to service and repay the borrowed money. China is buying influence with tangible infrastructure development, via donations, grants or interest free loans, whereas as the West strategy has been intangible issues of democracy, governance and human rights and for many there is nothing to show for this other than economic devastation and instability. 

There has been more significant infrastructure development in Africa in the past 15 years backed by China than anything we have seen from the West other than massive impoverishment across the continent. Africans would be foolish to fall into the trap of Western influence again. Africa needs to step up its decoupling from the West. As evident by the current maneuvers of the West of re asserting their global hegemony, and shoring up their so called International Rules Based Order by going on an accelerated destabilization effort of multiple countries including China itself. One weak point on the continent the former French colonies, these countries will be the frontier of the West to counterbalance China. These countries may have made inroads in decoupling from the French central Bank control but politically and economically remain client states. 

The Chinese can be negotiated with, they need the support and influence of the region for them to counterbalance the American Empire. There is no negotiation of equal partners possible with westerners, they only know one modus operandi to destabilize, invade, destroy, regime change and plunder. We have already seen the US Empire apart from war and destruction they are not willing to have a competitive economic base, the way they have attacked rising Chinese corporations, is clear that African companies can never be allowed to grow in influence. At present Africa has no social media giants, all the data of Africans is being harvested and manipulated by the West. Soon the West will have irreversible mass surveillance and control over Africa. The West is un willing to give up on that power. Africa can benefit from the Chinese is developing its own platforms and de couple from Western platforms. There has one directional flow in Western trade with Africa, resources and wealth going to their countries and Africa getting nothing in return. Overpriced intellectual property and copyrights meant no transfer of technology or development to Africa until the Chinese came along. 

The other important issue, is the financial system. We have all been victims of western sanctions, a tool of economic sbaotage now increasingly deployed by the West. The harm it can cause is incalculable. You only have to look at Zimbabwe, Venezuela, Iran, Cuba, Syria, North Korea and many other countries that refuse to bow down to the Empire. The West has this power because of its control over the world financial system, especially SWIFT system. China and Russia are currently the few nations capable of developing an alternative financial system. This has been in the works for the past few years and of successful will be a game changer. It's an opportunity for Africa and other countries to escape the economic servitude to the West.

The anti China narrative is being driven by the West and somehow this is seeping through African political discourse without qualification or quantification. No one is investigating who is driving this sentiment across the continent, but I have no doubt that its the Western sponsored. I am not saying the Chinese are pure and perfect but considering our 500 years of slavery by the racist West, we can learn more from China about charting our own destiny and driving our own narrative. Making enemies of China and courting the West  is bring us back 500 years. 

See the attached map:

In red, are countries that US Empire intervened through :

- military operations

- backing dictators, militias and terrorists

- CIA operations

- and  other nefarious means

Resulting in:

- resources stolen

- land stolen

- destruction of public services and ruin with debt

- populations enslaved

- Diseases and pandemics introduced

- Population control racist policies

- and much more

The map in without red zones represents China and the zero  countries it has enslaved. 

Author: Ashe