Who Benefits from Africa's Poverty? PD Lawton RTF Lecture

In this Rising Tide Foundation lecture, Africa Agenda editor in chief PD Lawton takes you through a definitive history of Africa with a look to the future. PD introduces ancient African renaissance traditions that have long been suppressed by colonial powers since the 19th century and takes the viewer through the calamitous 20th century with a look to the good, the bad and the ugly dynamics that fought to revive Africa's noble heritage vs those interests that sought to keep the continent in a dark age, depopulated condition.

After evaluating the struggles led by such great men as Kwame Nkrumah, Patrice Lumumba, Thomas Sankara and many others, PD evaluates how these historic currents are impacting today's Africa with a look towards those seeking a better future in tandem with China's Belt and Road Initiative vs those representing the anti-human Malthusian agenda.

Supplementary Resources:

THOMAS SANKARA, The Upright Man. Director: Robin Shuffield

Sankara`s : Discours sur la dette:

Documentary on Glencore and role of mining mnc`s: Stealing Africa: Why Poverty? Director: Christoffer Guldbrandsen

French Intervention in Cote D`Ivoire 2011. Documentary La Franca in Nero. Director : Sylvestre Montanaro

3 Part Documentary on France`s role in Africa. Documentary made by Al Jazeera but v. interesing. The French African Connection

African history based on Dr Cheik Anta Diop

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[Adnancorner]

when hear the term africa... list of things come to my mind..
craddle of civilisations
gold
anunaki
southern african continent - tropics and desert climate
delicious food
abundance of flora and fauna

[gailseib]

I loved this talk. Sometimes things just resonate and you can feel the pain of the people who suffer while the rest of the world basks in fabricated lies which stop us from seeing reality. Bravo KD for sharing your insight and knowledge.

[juakin]

Great lecture, great discussion, especially at the end on the subject of gradualism. Watching that video again to catch the references calmly.

[juliusskoolafish]

I learnt so much from that video, thank you PD. With reference to Jacob Zuma it reinforced that when certain characters are vilified by the ‘mainstream media’, quite the opposite is usually true. I recently listened to a podcast by Matthew Raphael Johnson who painted a much more favourable picture of King Leopold II of the Congo Free State. Any trusted sources for information on this topic would be appreciated.