OVERVIEW
Capitalism and greed can transform a planet in five centuries.
Slavery wove its way across Africa like a virus.
Trans-Saharan routes and European inroads leave scars-seen from the air and living on the ground.
A continent cries for assistance after being destroyed, left to struggle.
Leaders such as Lumumba, Nkrumah and Sankara find their words more relevant.
Extractivism is a violent trade system that follows feudal colonialism.
It puts innocent lives between paramilitary and ruthless governments...bleeds out natural ecosystems.
War spreads from Chad to Mali, Eritrea to Niger and Sudan.
Regional battles, lingering inequality and the Hormuz blockade have created continental famine.
Humanitarian aid's been choked by foreign policy and distribution which favors richer nations.
Ebola may become a major threat in the most vulnerable areas (link).
Sudan has 21 million citizens near famine or in extreme hunger.
12 million lives have been displaced as they flee through dangerous situations.
Journalists, everyday people and advocates within Congo, Kenya, Mali document their experiences.
The truth reaches us despite blackouts and Western media silence.
It embarrasses the Global North who bears so much responsibility for the current geopolitical reality.
There is still hope for Africa.
We must understand two vital questions: how did history lead us here?
Where is the work being done?
TIMELINE
CENTRAL
1471-1472: Portuguese mercenary sailor Fernao Po locates Bioko (Guinea) and Cameroon's coast.
1472: Po's crewmate Lopo Goncalves is the first recorded European mariner to cross the equator, and landed in modern-day Gabon.
2025: Brice Oligui Nguema holds office as Gabon's president after a 2023 military coup.
NORTH
2026: Resistance sweeps Morocco's avenues, bridges and highways for anti-fascist actions. Young demonstrators question the monarchy.
EAST
2022-2023: Sudanese protesters disrupted seven different companies' gold mining in the River Nile State.
2026: The hunger crisis combines with higher oil prices to paint a grim picture unless aid can be shared locally across national infrastructure.
2026: Fatwar, Sudan residents organized against two major gold mining operations.
2026: 'Macron represents imperialism!' Kenyan protesters shout as the French President co-hosts Nairobi's Africa Forward Summit. Ruto's regime is fatally crushing dissent and arresting people.
SOUTH
1497: Vasco da Gama arrives on the Mozambican coast. He discovers an existent trafficking system under Arab power. That's eventually absorbed into Portugal's domain.
2026: President Chapo denounces protests in Frelimo State, not acknowledging the deaths of over 400 citizens since October.
WEST
2025: Togolese tensions rise as civilians and police forces clash over President Gnassingbe's 10-year-term.
2025: Nigerian youth reject the Museum of West African Art. The Benin Bronzes are in European custody.
ASSISTANCE AND MEDIA
ACCORD (South African peace-building coalition)
Localization Coordination Council (locally run grassroots organization)
LUCHA (Lutte pour le Changement [Fight For Change], Congolese movement)
Radio Dabanga (independent Sudanese media)
Rap Shar'3 (amplifying African and Arab voices globally)