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The struggle for human rights starts when another person takes land and subjugates the people of that land through laws that undermine their personhood. So what is liberation? Why does the idea of freedom run in the blood of so many and why is it so contagious? The decolonization of Africa was a radical and transformative period where young leaders took to organizing themselves and spoke of the injustices that saw the majority African population being pushed out of economic participation, being dehumanized and outright exploited for labour.<\/span><\/p>\n

Colonization was the unadulterated rape of nations in the greedy pursuit of control for our natural resources. And slowly this penetration of colonial power seeped into the social fabric of African livelihoods, manifesting as displacement, the vulnerability of women and children heightened, and poverty and injustice became a daily reality.<\/span><\/p>\n

Tell me today, African child do you not see the same pattern taking on the form in the fossil fuel industry; greed, a disregard for human life and the suffering of many? Tell me African child do you not see the seeds of discord being sowed among us, with promises of jobs, houses and money while our environment is being ripped to shreds, our diversity is being corroded and we are now forced into the exile of the self.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The continent is not being divided by countries any more as with the Berlin Agreement of 1885, it is being chopped up by Exxon, Shell, BP, Total, Anglo American PLC, Sasol Mining, Glencore Xstrata, Exxaro and South32\u2019s South Africa Energy Coal, Yanzhou Coal, Shaanxi Coal.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

And as the impacts of climate change increase and we see the rains don\u2019t come, the signs of the times are here. The direct consequences of man-made climate change include: rising maximum temperatures, rising minimum temperatures, rising sea levels\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

higher ocean temperatures, an increase or decrease in precipitation ( rain and hail)<\/span><\/p>\n

shrinking glaciers and thawing permafrost. The indirect consequences of climate change, which directly affect us humans and our environment, include an increase in food and water crises, especially in Africa, health risks through rising air temperatures and heatwaves. The economic implications of dealing with secondary damage related to climate change mean vulnerable African countries will go into more debt when the secure loans from foreign nations with natural resource interests.<\/span><\/p>\n

I come from a family of activists, we are inherently activists, every single African. In us, we have the spirit of radical leaders who brought freedom to nations such <\/span>as<\/span> Jomo Kenyatta(Kenya), Kwame Nkrumah(Ghana), Julius Nyerere(Tanzania), L\u00e9opold S\u00e9dar Senghor(Senegal), Nnamdi Azikiwe(Nigeria), and F\u00e9lix Houphou\u00ebt-Boigny(C\u00f4te d’Ivoire)<\/span><\/p>\n

The hunger for freedom starts with one and catches like wildfire. We have everything to lose and we have run out of patience. We are the flowers of revolution and we demand revolutionary energy for our future. The time to deCOALonize is here. #AfrikaVuka<\/span><\/p>\n

Join a Global ClImate strike near you <\/span>www.globalclimatestrike.net<\/span><\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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