Africa Was Never the Problem — It Was the Target

Unveiling the Silent War for a Continent’s Wealth and Future.

For too long, the narrative around Africa has been dominated by stories of poverty, conflict, and corruption as if these were organic issues that sprouted from within. But the truth is more disturbing, more strategic, and far more intentional. The challenges many African countries face today didn’t just arise out of nowhere they were manufactured, shaped, and reinforced by outside powers, especially the United States and its Western allies, all in a bid to control the continent’s rich resources and prevent its rise.

Let’s begin with the Democratic Republic of Congo. In 1961, Patrice Lumumba Congo’s first democratically elected prime minister was assassinated with the help of the CIA. Why? Because Lumumba wanted the Congolese people to benefit from their own wealth , uranium, diamonds, copper. He aimed to nationalize resources and break free from foreign exploitation. But the U.S. and Belgium weren’t having it. They saw economic independence as a threat and replaced Lumumba with a puppet regime that served foreign interests.

It wasn’t an isolated case. Just a few years later in Ghana, Kwame Nkrumah a pan-African visionary calling for unity, economic freedom, and liberation from neocolonialism was overthrown in a 1966 coup, orchestrated by the CIA. His book Neo-Colonialism: The Last Stage of Imperialism had made it crystal clear: the West still ruled through economic strings and political manipulation. Nkrumah wanted to cut those strings so they cut him out of power.

Fast forward to Libya in 2011. Muammar Gaddafi, the Libyan leader, had plans to introduce a gold-backed African currency. This would have challenged the dominance of the U.S. dollar and empowered African nations to trade among themselves with their own money. It was a move toward true independence. But instead, NATO, led by the U.S., bombed Libya under the guise of a humanitarian mission. Gaddafi was killed, the nation collapsed, and today Libya once Africa’s richest country is plagued by instability and even open-air slave markets.

The pattern doesn’t stop there. During the Cold War, Angola was turned into a battleground. The U.S. supported UNITA, a rebel group, against the socialist MPLA government. This proxy war raged for 25 years, leaving hundreds of thousands dead. Why? Oil and diamonds. While Angola bled, American companies kept drilling off its shores without interruption.

In Somalia, the U.S. intervened in the 1990s, claiming to deliver humanitarian aid. But behind the scenes, it armed rival factions and fueled chaos. The infamous Black Hawk Down incident wasn’t just a tragic military event it was part of a larger pattern of interference that left Somalia in decades of civil war.

Sudan’s split into North and South? Also driven by foreign interests. Western-backed groups, oil companies, and international pressure carved the country in two. But instead of peace, more violence followed. The people suffered, but contracts for oil kept rolling.

Then there’s Nigeria Africa’s biggest oil producer. For years, the U.S. supported military regimes and turned a blind eye to human rights abuses. The Niger Delta, rich in oil, was left polluted and poverty-stricken. The oil flowed, profits soared, but the people paid the price.

And don’t be fooled by so-called “foreign aid.” Much of the U.S. assistance to Africa came with conditions: open your markets, sell off your national industries, cut public services, and let multinational companies in or lose funding. If leaders resisted, their opponents were backed, coups were orchestrated, or economies were left to collapse. That’s not help it’s economic coercion.

This isn’t just about politics. It’s about power, wealth, and the legacy of imperialism. Every time an African leader tried to unite the continent, push for self-reliance, or reclaim natural resources, they became a target. Because a strong, unified Africa threatens the current global power structure including the dominance of Western nations and the system of racial hierarchy that keeps the global Black community divided and disempowered.

They want Africa in chaos because chaos makes it easier to control. It separates us from our history, our identity, and our true strength.

But now, the veil is lifting. The truth is out. And with knowledge comes responsibility.

It’s time to rewrite the narrative not just in books, but in action. We must stay informed, united, and empowered. Because an awakened Africa is unstoppable.

Stay W.O.K.E.: Wealthy. Outstanding. Knowledgeable. Empowered.

The future of Africa — and its children around the world — depends on it.