Africa Must Deal with Blats for Its True Decolonisation

Nkuzi Mhango

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Africa has always blamed external colonisation for its Catch-22s such as violent ethnic conflicts for the struggle for resource control, perpetual exploitation, poverty, and general underdevelopment all tacked to its past, which is a fact, logical, and the right to pour out vials of ire based perpetual victimhood it has clung to, and maintained, and lost a golden chance of addressing another type of colonialism, specifically internal colonisation presided over by black traitors or black betrayers or blats or blabes. Basically, internalised internal colonisation is but a mimesis of Africa�s nemesis, namely external colonisation as another major side of the jigsaw-cum-story all those supposed to either clinically address or take it on, have, by far, never done so for their perpetual peril. In addressing internal colonisation, this corpus explores and interrogates the narratives and nuances of the terms it uses. The untold story of Africa is about internal colonisation that has alluded to many for many years up until now simply because it made Africans wrongly believe that it is only external colonisation their big and only enemy.

Sujets

• African Studies
• Ethnic Studies
• Social Science
• Sociologie, société et politique

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• Publié par: Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd
• Date de parution: 04 août 2023
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781779314932
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 2 Mo

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Africa Must Deal with Blats for Its True Decolonisation

Unclothed Truth about Internalised Internal Colonialism

Nkwazi N. Mhango

Africa Must Deal with Blats for Its True Decolonisation: Unclothed Truth about Internalised Internal Colonialism Nkwazi N. Mhango

Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd, Chitungwiza Zimbabwe * Creativity, Wisdom and Beauty

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Publisher:Mmap Mwanaka Media and Publishing Pvt Ltd 24 Svosve Road, Zengeza 1 Chitungwiza Zimbabwe [e-mail] [e-mail] https://www.mmapublishing.org www.africanbookscollective.com/publishers/mwanaka-media-and- publishing https://facebook.com/MwanakaMediaAndPublishing/ Distributed in and outside N. America by African Books Collective [e-mail] www.africanbookscollective.com ISBN: 978-1-77931-476-5 EAN: 9781779314765 © Nkwazi N. Mhango 2023 All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, mechanical or electronic, including photocopying and recording, or be stored in any information storage or retrieval system, without written permission from the publisher DISCLAIMER All views expressed in this publication are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views ofMmap.

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Acknowledgements As ever, I exceptionally and unlimitedly acknowledge my wife Nesaa who contributed immensely to writing this tome. Her unconditional and unwavering support has always been second to none. So, too, our children Ng’ani, Nkuzi, and Nkwazi Jr, the youngest, dobear the brunt sometimes, especially when I am out for my research and readings, which lead to missing me at home at the normal times and occasions as their father. I hugely acknowledge my mentors, Professor Sean Byrne of the University of Manitoba, Canada; has also been so instrumental to remind me not to stop writing apart from contributing some ideas as far as writing is concerned. Again, Byrne is the one who pushed me to the limits to write academic books after teaching me in my grad studies. I also would like to acknowledge Professor Jessica Senehi of the University of Manitoba who has also been instrumental to me, especiallyvis-a-vishow to tell the story nicely. From these two professors and friends, I learned how to use a simplified language in telling my stories. My friends Willy Mutunga, former Kenya’s Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court of Kenya and Pius Msekwa, current Vice Chancellor of the Moshi Co-operative University (MoCU) and the Mbeya University of Technology and Science (MUST), former Vice Chancellor of the University of Dar es Salaam (UDSM), former National Vice Chairman of the Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM), National Executive Secretary of former the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU); and the CCM, Member of Parliament for Ukerewe constituency in Mwanza region; Former Chair of the

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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association (CPA), Deputy Speaker, and later Speaker of Parliament of the United Republic of Tanzania, author of several books, papers and articles, has always kept me happy for the humour and views we share as scholars. There is no way I can complete my acknowledgements without mentioning the name of my brother, Professor Munyaradzi Mawere who has always encouraged me to think about Africa; and thus, do something about it. As well, my friends and readers Sirili Akko and others acknowledged for their unwavering support. Finally, I would like to acknowledge all academics, practitioners and readers who will pick up from where I ended in my quest for the decolonisation and detoxification of internalised internal colonisation of Africa.

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Table of Contents

Acknowledgements ................................................................................ iii

Table of Acronyms ................................................................................ vii

Introduction.............................................................................................. 1

Chapter One: The Ontology of Internal Colonisation .................... 21

Chapter Two: Decolonising Internal Institutions and Systems ...... 44

Chapter Three: The Politics of ‘It Is Our Time to Eat’................... 95

Chapter Four: Political Decolonisation and Detoxification of Africa ..................................................................................................... 123

Chapter Five: Systemic Decolonising and Deconstructing ........... 146

Chapter Six: Socio-Economic Decolonisation of Africa ............... 165

Chapter Seven: Socio-Economic Ramifications of Internal Colonialism ........................................................................................... 211

Conclusion ............................................................................................ 253

Table of References............................................................................. 264 Mmap Nonfiction and Academic books………………………314

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Table of Acronyms AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ASSAF Aid Organisation for Refugees and Asylum Seekers in Israel AUAfrican Union CCM Chama Cha Mapinduzi CS Cabinet Secretary EAC East African Community ECOWAS Economic Commission of West African States

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EPA External Payment Arrears FMF Fees Must Fall GMFs Genetically Modified Foods HIV Human immunodeficiency ICC International Criminal Court IFIs International Financial Institutions IKS Indigenous African Knowledge Systems IMF International Monetary Fund IOM International Organisation for Migration ISIL Islamic State of Iraq and Levant MOSOP Movement for the Survival of the Ogoni People MUST Mbeya University of Technology and Science NGOs Non-Governmental Organisations MoCU Moshi Co-operative University OAU Organisation of African Unity OIC Organisation of Islamic Cooperation PEV Post-Election Violence PGB Presidential Guard Brigade RMF Rhodes Must Fall SAPs Structural Adjustment Policies SSA Sub-Saharan Africa TANESCO Tanzania Electrical Supply Company Tshs Tanzania Schillings UNUnited Nations WB World Bank ZANU-PF Zimbabwe African National Union–Patriotic Front

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Introduction

Decolonization, which sets out to change the order of the world, is, obviously, a program of complete disorder. But it cannot come as a result of magical practices, neither of a natural shock, nor of a friendly understanding. Decolonization, as we know, is a historical process: that is to say it cannot be understood, it cannot become intelligible nor clear to itself except in the exact measure that we can discern the movements which give it historical form and contentFanon (1963, p. 36) cited in Tuck & Yang (2012, p. 2). fter being colonised and exploited for a long time, Africa A has always blamed Europe or the West for its miseries such as corruption, ethnicism, violent conflicts revolving around struggle for resource control, perpetual exploitation, poverty, and general underdevelopment all traced back to colonialism, which, in fact, is a fact, logical, and the right to pour out vials of wrath. For this reason, the role[s] the West played in the pauperisation of Africa (Owusu-Ampomah, 2011) and excluding Africa from the international superstructure the West authored and maintained for its advantage, is hugely undeniable if we openly and truly face it. However, there is another major side of the jigsaw-cum-story those supposed to either clinically address or take on, have, by far, never done so for their perpetual perils as far as Africa is concerned either individually or collectively. To do this, this volume explores, excavates, and interrogates the nuances of the means and terms that coloniality (Benyera, 2021) has always used in seeing to it that Africa remains a lamb for slaughter. Benyera (2021) define coloniality as “the continued asymmetrical power relations between the (former) colonisers and their (former) colonised” (p. 3). Coloniality is not new but an untold story of Africa, which revolves around internal colonisation that has confounded many for many years up until now

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