Africans' First International

12/01/2026

They called it independence. But how independent can you be when someone else still prints your money?

Sylvannus Olympio became Togo’s first president in 1960 with a vision most African leaders didn’t dare speak aloud: true economic sovereignty. He wanted Togo to print its own currency, control its own central bank, and break free from the CFA franc—a colonial relic that kept 14 African nations financially tied to France.

France wasn’t having it. The CFA system wasn’t just symbolic. It was strategic. African nations were required to deposit 50% of their foreign reserves in the French Treasury, giving France direct control over their monetary policy, inflation, and economic decisions. Olympio’s plan threatened the entire architecture.

Three days before he could launch Togo’s new currency in January 1963, he was assassinated outside the U.S. embassy. The assassins? Former French colonial soldiers. France denied involvement, but the message was clear: economic freedom would cost you your life.

Even today, most CFA nations still don’t control their own money supply.

If political independence means nothing without economic independence, was decolonization ever finished?

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Sources:

- Verschave, François-Xavier. La Françafrique* (Stock, 1998)
- Pigeaud, F***y & Sylla, Ndongo Samba. Africa’s Last Colonial Currency: The CFA Franc Story (Pluto Press, 2021)

07/01/2026

has got a Huge Work to do in Restructuring The Post Colonial Era

They wrote the rules. Then called it liberation.

The United Nations was founded in 1945—not by colonized nations fighting for freedom, but by the very empires that had colonized them. Britain, France, the U.S., and other colonial powers sat at the table drafting a charter about “human rights” and “self-determination” while still ruling over millions in Africa, Asia, and the Caribbean.

The UN didn’t dismantle colonialism. It managed its transition. Former colonies were admitted only after independence—often on terms that kept them economically dependent. The Security Council’s five permanent members? All former or current colonial powers. They still hold veto power over global decisions.

This isn’t conspiracy. It’s structure. The architecture of global governance was designed by those who benefited most from the old order. Decolonization happened, yes—but the institutions that claim to represent the world were never decolonized.

So when we talk about reforming the UN, we’re really asking: can an institution built by colonizers ever truly serve the formerly colonized?

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Sources:

- “The United Nations and Decolonization” – UN Official Archives
- *Imperialism and the Origins of the UN* by Mark Mazower, Princeton University Press

IGALA RACE Praise Festival

22/07/2025

YOU WILL NEVER LEARN THIS IN SCHOOL.

° Africa area = 30,37 million km2
° China area = 9,6 million km2
° US area = 9,8 million km2
° Europa area = 10,18 million km2

● Africa is bigger than all of Europe, China and the United States of America together.

● But on most world maps, Africa is represented in downsize.

This is deliberately done to create the visual effect of a small Africa to manipulate, brainwash, and deceive Africans wherever they are.

- Africa has 60% arable land.

- Africa owns 90% of raw material reserve.

- Africa owns 40% of the global gold reserve.

- Africa, 33% of diamond reserve.

- Africa has 80% of Coltan's global reserve (mineral for telephone and electronics production), mainly in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

- Africa has 60% of global cobalt reserve (mineral for car battery manufacture).

- Africa is rich in oil and natural gas.

- Africa (Namibia) has the world's richest fish coastline.

- Africa is rich in manganese, iron and wood.

- Africa is three times the area of China, three times the area of Europe, three times the United States of America.

- Africa has thirty-half million km2 (30 875 415 km2).

- Africa has 1,3 billion inhabitants (China has 1,4 billion inhabitants in 9,6 million km2).

Which means Africa is SUBPOPULATED.

- The arable lands of the Democratic Republic of Congo are capable of feeding all of Africa.
And all of Africa's arable land is a cord to feed the whole world.

- The Democratic Republic of Congo has important rivers that can illuminate Africa.
The problem is that some people have destabilized DRC for decades.

- Africa is a culturally diverse continent in terms of dance, music, architecture, sculpture, etc.

- Africa accommodates 30.000 medicinal recipes and herbs that the West modifies in its laboratories.

- Africa has a young global population that should reach 2,5 billion by the year 2050.

● AFRICA REPRESENTS THE FUTURE OF HUMANITY💖

What do we need to use our resources effectively ?

19/05/2025

A key figure in West Africa’s banking sector, the serial Burkinabè entrepreneur has successfully led major regional expansion and strategic diversification of the group’s operations.
➡️ https://l.theafricareport.com/cU2

03/05/2025

In a quiet but historic move, Burkina Faso, Mali, and Niger have launched a joint regional bank aimed at reclaiming economic control from decades of foreign oversight. The announcement, made in Niamey, marks a major step away from the CFA franc and France’s lingering financial influence over the region.

Led by Captain Ibrahim Traoré, Colonel Assimi Goïta, and General Abdourahamane Tiani, the three governments say the bank will prioritize local industries, agriculture, and infrastructure, with reserves kept in Africa and policies set without external approval.

For years, these countries relied on a currency tied to European central banks, limiting their ability to fund their own development. With the new institution, African economists and engineers are being brought home, small businesses are gaining access to credit, and youth are being trained to run systems previously controlled from abroad.

The bank isn’t just a financial tool. It’s a political message—one that says sovereignty must include economic independence. No flags changed, no borders moved, but power quietly shifted back to African hands.

18/02/2025

Is it a mistake that God has so Endowed Africa with all sorts of Resources, even Natural?

18/02/2025

Where did we get it wrong, Africans'?


Will Africans ever free Africans, and let Africa thrive?

It's not about the foreign influences, it's our compromises and a lack of true patriotism.

And, off cause, sometimes, our people don't value our sacrifices and through a way our contributions to the Commonwealth of our people, however, we must remember, and never forget, it's not about what others do to us, What are your beliefs about Africa!

Would you rather, live for yourself, or live for the common good of the future of the coming generations of our children?

14/01/2025

Did You Know???

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02/03/2024

31/12/2023

NGEMA, PLAYWRIGHT BEST KNOWN FOR ‘SARAFINA!,’ DIES AT 68

Before the fall of apartheid, his plays, which also included “Woza Albert!” and “Asinamali,” challenged the South African government’s racial policies.

Mbongeni Ngema, a South African playwright, lyricist and director whose stage works, including the Tony-nominated musical “Sarafina!,” challenged and mocked his homeland’s longtime policy of racial apartheid, died on Wednesday in a hospital in Mbizana, South Africa, after a car accident. He was 68.

Mr. Ngema was a passenger in a car that was struck head on when he was returning from a funeral in Lusikisiki, in Eastern Cape Province, according to a family statement cited in the South African news media.

“His masterfully creative narration of our liberation struggle honored the humanity of oppressed South Africans and exposed the inhumanity of an oppressive regime,” President Cyril Ramaphosa of South Africa said in a post on X after Mr. Ngema’s death.

In the decade before the release of Nelson Mandela from prison in 1990 and the dismantling of apartheid in the early ’90s, the South African system of institutionalized racism was an overwhelming concern to Mr. Ngema. During that decade he cocreated the play “Woza Albert!,” wrote and directed the play “Asinamali!” and wrote the script and collaborated on the music for “Sarafina!”




Ngema

23/12/2023

Congratulations 🎉 ADEJO 👑

From Igala Kingdom To Manchester City, The Story Of Kadiri Attah The New Manchester City Player

In a bid to strengthen their attack, Manchester City has secured the loan deal of Jordan Attah Kadir Attah who played for the Belgian side, Lommel.

The forward who started his football career in Nasarawa United has been a force to reckon with in the Belgian league before eventually making it to the English Premiership

His recent run of form has attracted the Manchester City manager, Joseph Guadiola, who secured his service on loan to feature in the 2023–2024 season at the Etihad stadium.

This could mean a major breakthrough in the life of Alex Attah Jordan, who will be aiming to cement a place at the Etihad Stadium.

It’s a moment of pride for the entire Igala kingdom.
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