Africa Will Not Wait: Exposing Colonial Double Standards in the 21st Century

The social media has turned this rage into action. From Bamenda to Bamako, Africans livestream abuses, launch hashtags, and challenge colonial narratives in real time. The monopoly of London and Paris over information has been shattered.

By The Independentist Editorial Desk

Across Africa, the decolonization that began in the 1950s and 1960s is increasingly seen as incomplete. While Britain and France retreated from formal empire, they never left. Debt traps, military bases, and puppet elites remained in place, ensuring continued control. Africans today are impatient with this double game and are determined to speed up liberation.

The Betrayal of Ambazonia

In 1961, the people of Southern Cameroons — now Ambazonia — were promised independence under United Nations Resolution 1608. Instead, Britain betrayed their trust, abandoning them to annexation by French Cameroon without any treaty of union. Six decades later, Ambazonians’ wish remains clear: the restoration of their sovereignty and recognition of their right to self-determination.

Meanwhile, the British Parliament makes speeches about humanitarian concern for Ambazonia. Politicians even attempt diplomacy by speaking in Pidgin English and Lamso to sound relatable. But behind closed doors, the Tory government funds and trains Paul Biya’s genocidal regime, with the blessing of Paris. This stark contradiction deepens Ambazonians’ rage and lays bare Britain’s colonial duplicity.

Sahel Resistance and Pan-African Rage

Across the Sahel, Africans are taking matters into their own hands. Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger expelled French troops and pulled out of ECOWAS, refusing to accept sovereignty dictated from Paris. These actions reflect the wider African mood: decolonization cannot be delayed by cosmetic gestures; it must be accelerated by bold acts.

Colonial Bedfellows

Britain and France may be on opposite sides when it comes to Brexit, but when it comes to Africa, they are bedfellows. Their colonial attitude remains the same: non-white populations are treated as less than human, as peoples to be subdued rather than respected. Africans see this clearly — and the awareness of such hypocrisy fuels an entrenched rage.

The Digital Awakening

Social media has turned this rage into action. From Bamenda to Bamako, Africans livestream abuses, launch hashtags, and challenge colonial narratives in real time. The monopoly of London and Paris over information has been shattered. Youth across the continent and in the diaspora now share one conviction: freedom must be seized, not requested.

Conclusion

Africans are no longer satisfied with half-measures. From Ambazonia’s demand for independence to the Sahel’s defiance of French troops, the continent is moving faster toward full liberation. Britain and France’s double standards — humanitarian speeches on one hand, military complicity and resource deals on the other — will not remain hidden.

The 21st century will expose these hypocrisies. And Africans, driven by rage and resilience, will dismantle them in pursuit of true sovereignty.

The Independentist Editorial Desk