African borders are only 135 years old as per the 1885 Berlin conference resolutions.

In 1885 European leaders met at the infamous Berlin Conference to divide Africa and arbitrarily draw up borders that exist to this day.
Representatives of 13 European states, the United States of America and the Ottoman Empire converged on Berlin at the invitation of German Chancellor Otto von Bismarck to divide up Africa among themselves "in accordance with international law."
Africans were not invited to the meeting. The strategy of divide and conquer was then set in motion & it runs like a well oiled machine with the aid of pseudo revolutionaries and pan africanists.
Today we isolate, bastardise and make an enemy out of everyone who dares speak against these imposed borders because we can't be seen to be rebelling against our colonial masters. We offer those who dare to speak out as sacrificial lambs on the altar of colonial divisions.
When Bob Marley says "Africa unite
'Cause we're moving right out of Babylon
And we're going to our Father's land
How good and how pleasant it would be
Before God and man,
To see the unification of all Africans" we jam and sing along with no meaning or intent.
When Kwame Nkrumah says “The forces that unite us are intrinsic and greater than the superimposed influences that keep us apart.” or ‘The People Of Africa Are Crying For Unity’ we nod agreeably to his words of wisdom.
But if a certain Julius Malema was to quote “Africa is one continent, one people, and one nation”. by Kwame Nkrumah he would be labeled as a sellout who doesn't want to #PutSouthAfricaFirst
Perhaps if it was a different Julius who said
“African nationalism is meaningless, dangerous, anachronistic, if it is not, at the same time, pan-Africanism”. As said by Julius Mwalimu Nyerere we'd all call for the unity of Africa.
He goes on to say “Unity will not make us rich, but it can make it difficult for Africa and the African peoples to be disregarded and humiliated”. Maybe then we'd want to reconsider our stance & fight to be self determined, self reliant, self gorvening & by all means united.
Those behind #VoetsakEff & #VoetsekMalema solely cos Malema calls for the European imposed borders on Africa to be collapsed will obviously push the propaganda that Malema wants to collapse SA borders &...
not tell you the whole story that he is seeking to champion this ideal continentally so we can move and trade freely amongst ourselves and so we can engage the world as a united front.
You cannot say Malema is a sellout without calling Patrice Lumumba a sellout:“These divisions, which the colonial powers have always exploited the better to dominate us, have played an important role & are still playing that role in the suicide of Africa”
“African unity & solidarity are no longer dreams. They must be expressed in decisions”.We know that Africa is neither French, British,American nor Russian, that it is African. We know the objects of the West.
Yesterday they divided us on the level of a tribe, clan and village…They want to create antagonistic blocs, satellites…” To CIC @Julius_S_Malema I quote Bantu Biko in saying “It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die”
In just 7 years you are leading not only a national party but a continental movement that is calling for Economic freedom and African unity in our lifetime. This is what I signed up for and for this I salute you.
Let the accomplices who voted for the Anc hold it accountable for all the criminal elements who are running hammock whether they are SA citizens or from any other country on the globe. Lead us to the #UnitedStatesOfAfrica #AfricanUnity #EFFMustRise #juliusmalemamustrise
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