The roots of revolution are impossible to destroy.
Africa is the source of all creation: a
continent and vanguard in civilization.
Human ancestors accelerated agricultural revolution
by understanding our connection to this planet.
We know that women were on the frontlines there too!
They cultivated an abundant supply of food
as plowers, gatherers, and innovators.
Community efforts are an ancient survival technique.
We provided for each other.
Foresight saved humanity across the world.
Secret societies worshipped nature
and co-existed well with it.
Village transformed to cities eventually.
Some settlements have existed for thousands
of years, like Saharan cities which
co-exist with the surrounding desert.
Ancient architecture inspires in its
incredibly eco-collaborative design.
Commerce brought a new aspect to
global interaction: money, power.
Djenné, Mali
Djenne was a flourishing city since the later BCE
era, on Niger's River Delta.
It sits on old trans-Sahelian trade routes by
Muslim cartographers: African and beyond.
This crossroads is where the slave trades'
greed mapped out generational devastation.
Goree (Senegal) was the central shipping port
for over 20 million human beings once.
History repeats itself if we don't learn from our mistakes.
An estimated 60 million in the Maafa were killed.
Continual dehumanization and land disruption
left a permanent effect on Central-West Africa.
Colonialism still hinders African progress with
false "Green Revolution" and uses
Africa as a resource hub till this day
Activists from the public health sector
to food sovereignty alliances have agreed:
this extraction model is not sustainable.
What is the solution to increasingly severe destruction
around the world, especially for our motherland?
Nicole Kali is here alongside other progressive
people in the African diaspora.
Revolution lives in their roots.
They will decide what a collective future looks like,
no one President or world leader.
Consensus is coming by the People's Council...
"Whereas the world is faced with major human,
environmental, and climate crises, it is urgent to
change course and turn to a development
model based on truly sustainable
practices, equity, and justice," says the
Alliance for Food Sovereignty in Africa!
A pandemic has caused unprecedented death.
Climate change is still pressing us to act.
Hope exists through the voices for peace among us.
Remember that as dark days lie ahead.
Call to End Support for Green Revolution Programs in Africa (Alliance for Food Sovereignty, 9-21)
Youth in Ghana Prevail on Leaders to Take Climate Action (Africa Climate Reports, 9-30-19)