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What Do Some Africans Really Want?
It’s a question that leaves many of us shaking our heads: what do some Africans really want? Imagine this—strong men from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso rise up, not for personal gain or foreign influence, but to protect their people, to reclaim sovereignty, and to end decades of manipulation by foreign powers. These leaders took it upon themselves to defend their homelands, to push back against neocolonialism, to chart a new course for their nations.
And yet—some of their own people, not in Africa, but in the streets of France, are protesting against them. Let that sink in. Instead of standing with their brothers and sisters back home who are trying to build something real, they’re waving signs in a foreign land, condemning the very people working to lift their nations out of generations of poverty and exploitation.
What kind of contradiction is this?
These leaders from Mali, Niger, and Burkina Faso have called for unity. They've said enough is enough to foreign meddling. They’re focusing on security, national pride, and economic independence. And still, some Africans abroad seem more comfortable defending the status quo than supporting genuine change. Are we so used to being dominated that freedom feels uncomfortable?
It’s time to ask ourselves hard questions:
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Why would an African protest against leaders trying to kick out foreign soldiers who never brought peace?
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Why would you oppose efforts to control your own natural resources?
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Why fight those who want to see Africa rise, united and free?
These protests in France, led by a small but loud group, do not represent the whole diaspora. But they raise a painful truth: colonization was not just physical—it was psychological. Some of us still haven’t unlearned the idea that salvation must come from outside. That if it’s not backed by the West, it must be wrong.
But Africa is waking up. The youth are seeing through the lies. And these new leaders? They're not perfect—but they are trying. They're standing for dignity. They’re saying: We can manage our own affairs.
So to those protesting in France against your own people's progress, ask yourself: whose voice are you really echoing? And who benefits from your outrage?