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afoolishreader

10 months ago

poor countries are not ‘underdeveloped’, they are over EXPLOITED, our resources UPHOLD the economies of so-called ‘developed’ countries — you would be nothing without the sacrifices you forced us and our people to make.

"The wouldn't exist without Africa"

[Image description: a map of the continent of Africa, whose countries are represented by natural resources and minerals that western/Europeans colonizers and imperialists have and currently exploit extract for export. Some regions include: petroleum and natural gas, crude oil and petroleum, clothing and textiles, petroleum products, copper and diaminds, livestock, coffee and gypsum, coffee, zinc, titanium, fish, gold, cocoa beans, platinum, tea, coal, and cotton.

[source: @ Slow Factory "systemic change for collective liberation"]

"Colonialism is not a thing of the past. It's an economic system that persists today." -Celine Semaan

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history feminism social justice world colonialism africa feminist egyptian exploitation enslavement egypt western imperialism american imperialism neocolonialism settler violence congoisbleeding colonial violence

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