KaiObong

KaiObong

Share

Contact information, map and directions, contact form, opening hours, services, ratings, photos, videos and announcements from KaiObong, Health/Beauty, Uyo.

11/02/2026
11/02/2026

LOVE NOTES FROM THE FATHER SERIES
DAY 10

Zimbabwean medical doctor and activist Arikana Chihombori-Quao in her speech, argued that Africa’s economic struggles stem from colonial systems that never truly ended, singling out France’s post-independence arrangements with its former colonies as especially damaging.

She traced Africa’s fragmentation to 1958–1961, when France required 14 newly independent states to sign what she described as a “pact for the continuation of colonization.” Under the agreements, those countries were required to deposit up to 85% of their foreign reserves in the French central bank, grant French firms priority access to public contracts and mineral resources, and rely on France to issue their currency through the CFA franc system.

 Nations that resisted, she said, were economically undermined to deter others from following.

Chihombori-Quao argued that these arrangements enabled France to extract hundreds of billions of dollars annually from Africa while shifting blame for poverty onto corruption alone. “You’re asked to focus on the thief with $50 billion,” she said, “while ignoring the one walking away with $500 billion.”

She concluded that Africa’s underdevelopment is not simply a failure of leadership, but the result of ongoing economic control, compounded by internal division and what she called the “colonization of the mind.” True liberation, she said, requires not only structural reform but also mental decolonization and the rejection of narratives that portray Africa as inherently poor or dependent.

  What do you think?  Is economic freedom still unfinished business in Africa?

---
This video is credited to #drarikanachihombori 11/02/2026

Zimbabwean medical doctor and activist Arikana Chihombori-Quao in her speech, argued that Africa’s economic struggles stem from colonial systems that never truly ended, singling out France’s post-independence arrangements with its former colonies as especially damaging. She traced Africa’s fragmentation to 1958–1961, when France required 14 newly independent states to sign what she described as a “pact for the continuation of colonization.” Under the agreements, those countries were required to deposit up to 85% of their foreign reserves in the French central bank, grant French firms priority access to public contracts and mineral resources, and rely on France to issue their currency through the CFA franc system. Nations that resisted, she said, were economically undermined to deter others from following. Chihombori-Quao argued that these arrangements enabled France to extract hundreds of billions of dollars annually from Africa while shifting blame for poverty onto corruption alone. “You’re asked to focus on the thief with $50 billion,” she said, “while ignoring the one walking away with $500 billion.” She concluded that Africa’s underdevelopment is not simply a failure of leadership, but the result of ongoing economic control, compounded by internal division and what she called the “colonization of the mind.” True liberation, she said, requires not only structural reform but also mental decolonization and the rejection of narratives that portray Africa as inherently poor or dependent. What do you think? Is economic freedom still unfinished business in Africa? --- This video is credited to #drarikanachihombori

18/01/2026
Spot on. 17/12/2025

Spot on.

Want your business to be the top-listed Beauty Salon in Uyo?
Click here to claim your Sponsored Listing.

Category

Website

Address


Uyo