GHANA POLITICIAN: 'AFRICAN LEADERS ARE DEMOLITION CREW'

Africa’s sorry predicament is not an accident, and its leaders play an integral role in subjugating the continent to the former colonial masters, according to Ghanaian politician Kofi Wayo in this interview that dates to between 2001 and 2009 with Ghanaian journalist David Ampofo (@DavidAmpofo_ on X).

Upon flag independence, the push for sovereignty and development fronted a threat to the imperial powers, which relied on African labour and resources for centuries. Counter-revolutionary movements overthrew progressive leaders like Ghana's Kwame Nkrumah (1909-72) and buried initiatives like nationalisation in favour of handing Africa to multinational corporations through privatisation. The result? Poverty amidst a wealth of natural resources.

Patriotism is also lacking. While Europeans pillage the world to improve their homes, African elites serve European and US imperialism at the expense of their home countries. Resources to build schools and roads get diverted to offshore tax havens in countries like the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Video credit: @timewithdavid (David Ampofo on YouTube)

Sources
Africa and neocolonialism
https://www.rt.com/africa/585928-africa-fight-against-neocolonialism/

Ghana and IMF SAP’s
https://www.e-ir.info/2015/03/01/conditional-development-ghana-crippled-by-structural-adjustment-programmes/

African elite unpatriotic
https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-031-51000-7_8

Tax havens
https://taxjustice.net/press/tax-haven-ranking-uk-protects-itself-while-keeping-world-defenceless-to-british-tax-havens