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Notes from the Author

A Summary of the Trilogy

the policy of the post-2nd world war USA to break colonial empires to open up
markets for their own manufacturers

The m’zungu never wanted to leave Africa, never wanted to give up the opportunities for

extraction and exploitation. Decolonisation was never about the African. Circumstances
simply made it inevitable.

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A Colonisation that never ended

The m’zungu talk as though there only ever was a single colonisation. (They still teach their
children this, so this myth will live on.) Africans can reasonably argue that, so far, there have been

four waves of m’zungu colonisation.

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m̩ 'zuŋ u interest in Africa has always been, and still is, about extraction.
(Just reread the comments made by UK politicians at the time of the creation of FCDO and

see how much of their reasoning relates to their perception of UK self-interest. )

They came. They never left. They simply changed form.

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Volume 2 Changes!

21st Century Africa
This is a time of change. A period where Africa's importance rises globally.

In politics, where Africa's 54 nations will occupy many of the seats in world bodies, such as the
UN.

In commerce, where Africa will be the home of ‘1 in 5’ of the world’s workforce.

In resources, as ever-rising global consumption increases, so does the competition for Africa's
richness of natural assets.

We are approaching that time when Africa realises its independence. m’zungu nations in
general need to re-evaluate their relationship with Africa.

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Self-dependent Africans, A non-dependent Africa
African governments have been actively progressing on a path that will allow them a

greater level of control over their own future. There are still difficulties, including