During colonialism, indigenous African languages and ways of life were obliterated by White European settlers. Africans were denied all knowledge of self and robbed of their own identities, which were replaced with colonial values and an inferiority complex. Narratives of who and what White people were in comparison with Africans were penned by Europeans – and, right up to the present, these fabrications remain the standard by which many Africans judge themselves. A large chunk of their own history, civilisation and self-knowledge is hidden from them. These White-supremacist narratives are responsible for Africans remaining in perpetual cycles of exploitation, while ironically looking to their Western oppressors for ‘salvation.’
Western powers, colonialists and neo-colonialists have always sought to suppress knowledge because ignorance facilitates oppression. Keeping the masses un- or mis-informed makes it easier to control them.
In today’s digital age, the West’s war to impose a monopoly on information could not be more clear.
Those who deny us truth and keep us in darkness do so to keep us on a leash because to deny people knowledge is to ensure their minds remain enslaved. Thus, those who block the African sun do not want our seeds to sprout and are, undoubtedly, our enemies.