Europe has oppressed Africa for the past 500 years. It started with slavery, where our ancestors went to work on their plantations, and then colonialism, where European powers sat down and partitioned the continent among themselves. We not only lost material wealth as a people, but also our dignity.
Now, a new master has come along. China. China is saddling us with debts that even our great grandchildren will not be able to pay. If you are unable to pay, China takes over key national assets such as ports and airports, as they did in Angola. Secondly China creates a market for its products, and will swamp the continent with their products. Our products will not sell in their market as China often closes off competition by barring competition to protect it's industries. In the end the relationship between China and Africa is one sided, as China wants to take over our mineral resources, just as Europe and America used to do. As former Nigerian Central Bank Governor Lamido Sanusi said, Africa must be wary of China. China is not our friend.
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