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France is a NEO-COLONIZER

By Wanaku Verdzekov · · The Cameroons

Tags: france, neo-colonialism, oil, cfa-franc

I wear the shoe. I know where it pinches. You can tell Macron and Biya.

France neo-colonizes Franco-Cameroun, and the latter neo-colonizes AMBAZONIA, aka British Southern Cameroons. In effect, the citizens of AMBAZONIA are triple-colonized: first by Europeans (the Germans and the British), then by Europeans (the French), then by Bantu Negroes (Franco-Cameroun).

Question: why is everyone interested in "colonizing" AMBAZONIA? Simple answer: oil and gas.

Question: what happens after all the oil and gas, and the environment, are gone? Simple answer: the people will be left alone. Since that is the end situation, it is advisable for the people to PREPARE to be LEFT ALONE (as in INDEPENDENT and SELF-RULING).

It would be much, much better to do that while there is still oil and gas to talk about. Without the oil and gas, no one in Europe, America, China or anywhere else will even mention the name AMBAZONIA or British Southern Cameroons, let alone the PEOPLE. France is a neo-colonizer simply because of the free ride on the assets of the land, not because of the cute faces of its people.

The question Ambazonian citizens can ask every French college student is: "Ambazonia was never colonized by France. So how come a gendarme is standing in GrandMa's bedroom in Ibalikumato?"

GREED! It can turn a human into a monster. It blinds even as it sees more to devour.

France's comeback after World War II was enabled mainly by the UK and the USA. Question: are the UK and the USA aware that France is still riding the coat-tails of the Bretton Woods MISTAKE of allowing France to PRINT MONEY for 15 African "countries"? What the UK and USA can ask themselves is: how do these 15 African "countries" VOTE at the UN when France is concerned?

Answer: take that to the Banque de France, if you can.

Ija'iku fɨlasi!

— Wanaku Verdzekov

Reading & grammar

Reading level: Gr 10–12

Understand

  1. Why does the author say Ambazonians are "triple-colonized"?
  2. What does the author say will happen when the oil and gas are gone?
  3. What question does the author want to ask French students?

Grammar focus: the prefix neo-. Neo- means "new": neo-colonizer is a new kind of colonizer who rules through money and influence, not direct occupation.

Try it: List three words with neo- and define each.

Discuss: Can a former colonial power have a fair relationship with its former colonies? Argue.