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Commentary

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Many m’zungu will see the conflict between communitarianism and commodification as an

abstract. It’s not an abstract. The history of Africa shows that. There are said to be more
than 2,000 spoken languages in Africa today. That alone is a testament to the local nature

of African societies. Africa nations do not have a history of invading other countries. That’s

a phenomenon more easily identified with Europe.

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The imposition of m’zungu values, culture and religion by colonial powers has left a legacy
that distorts modern-day African governance.

Such is the continuing adherence to at least some of the beliefs that are inherent to

traditional African religions and Animism that it has led to ‘000s of different ‘christian

churches’ in a country such as Ghana.

And this innate need for Africans to create their own identity has led us to today’s

world where we have a m’zungu-manufactured conflict. A conflict where m’zungu donor
nations threaten African governments who dare to oppose homosexuality or same-sex

marriage in keeping with the will of their own people. And where m’zungu Christians stir up

trouble for African governments who, against the wishes of their own people, act in line
with the demands of countries like the USA, show any acceptance of homosexuality or

same-sex marriage.

For the background to the above commentary, please refer to :

Canós-Donnay, Sirio. "The Empire of Mali." Oxford Research Encyclopaedia of African History,
and
Diop, Cheikh Anta. “Precolonial Black Africa: A Comparative Study of the Political and Social Systems of
Europe and Black Africa, From Antiquity to the Formation of Modern States”

and
Perbi, Dr Akosua. "SLAVERY AND THE SLAVE TRADE IN PRE-COLONIAL AFRICA,"

Rodney, Walter (1966). "African Slavery and Other Forms of Social Oppression on the Upper Guinea
Coast in the Context of the Atlantic Slave-Trade", The Journal of African History.

and