Africa got flag independence, while the colonisers retained the tools of power – such as control of Africa’s economies via chokehold institutions like the World Bank and IMF.
For this to work, they needed compliant Africans – collaborators willing to take out true African heroes like Thomas Sankara and Patrice Lumumba.
In this report, African Stream’s William Sakawa looks at four of the worst offenders among African leaders when it comes to serving foreign interests at the expense of their own people – including DR Congo’s Mobutu and Kenya’s Kenyatta.
Who do you think the biggest traitor was?