#nigera protests

Repost from @mybeautifulafrica__ So many people dread this kind of post... but awareness is a good thing. For far too long Western entities have felt entitled to Africa’s resources & wealth while they try to convince you that Africa is poor & needs #whitesaviorism to survive. The truth is that big companies like #debeers #apple #microsoft #tesla and #nestle depend on the violence & exploitation that plague DRC Congo in order to plunder their natural resources for their wealth. The truth is that rape & child labor are tyrannical and patriarchal characteristics imposed on Africa by Colonial rule. The truth is the violent system of policing we see in Nigeria 🇳🇬 Kenya 🇰🇪 and in the U.S. originates from Great Britain.

So many other issues I did not mention in Namibia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Sudan & Guinea but....

2020 is ushering in major shifts. One of them is that Africa is decolonizing. The awareness around DRC and #endsars is people finally standing up and demanding humanity. Let us not be so uncomfortable with the pain of the #motherland that we fail to support her desire to heal. #supportafrica

The origins of police, a civil force charged with deterring crime, came from England ( no surprise formerly British-ruled countries have notoriously brutal police forces ) police was originally associated with monarchy—“keeping the king’s peace” & not so much the protection of his subjects.

Policing was adopted in Colonial America but had been very informal, resembling what we know as “security or neighborhood watch”

In the South, however, the economics that drove the creation of police forces were centered on the preservation of the slavery system.