That France and Africa Story
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Since I can't sleep, A thread on France and the 14 African countries who still pay tax colonies up to now.
1. In 1958, Guinea decided to get its independence. The Frenchs in Guinea in fury destroyed everything,: schools, hospitals,...saying they are leaving but not leaving behind the benefits of colonization
Sekiu Touré( God bless his soul) resisted and say Guinea chose freedom
2. Mali decided to join Guinea and freed itself from the french. Modiba Keita who was leading this decolonization was then assassinated by the french.
And Mali chose peace and agreed to pay colonial taxes as an independent state
3. Togo, afraid of not surviving if the french burned everything. President Olympio chose to pay an annual debt to France as a thank you for the benefits they got from the French colonization
That was the 3rd country to join the list of countries to pay colonial taxes in 1963
4. Burkina Faso was the 4th country paying colonial taxes since its decolonization. When Sankara became president, he cancelled the agreement and cut ties with the french and months later he was killed.
And Blaise Compaoré restored the colonial tax agreements when he took over
5. Central African Republic was the 5th country paying colonial taxes. David Dacko, The president who resisted against that was then killed in 1966
Let's also not forget the Central African Republic is still very unsafe with high rates of crimes.
6. Benin was the 6th country to join the colonial taxes wagon. It was after President Hubery Maga was assassinated in 1972 after he refused to bend for the French
News on the streets say that he was killed by his guard who attend a French military school
7. So what do we mean by colonial taxes?
Basically, these former French colonies are left with 15% of their own resources
France forced its former colonies to put 65% of their foreign currency reserves into the French Treasury, plus another 20% for financial liabilities,
8. Since French former colonies, already poor countries, are left with 15% of their own resources to function, they then go back to France for debts. And the colonizer will give them debts from their own money on commercial rates.
I swear WE ARE COLONIZED
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9. It doesn't only stop to resources. France former colonies are not allowed to get any other partners. France has an exclusive right to supply military equipment
Mostly France former colonies must use the colonial currency which is the CFA
10. So here are the 14 countries that pay colonial taxes to France up to now:
1. Benin2. Burkina Faso3. Senegal4. Ivory Coast5. Mali6. Niger7. Togo8. Cameroon9. Central African republic10. Guinea Bissau11. Equatorial Guinea12. Tchad13. Congo-Brazaville14. Gabon
To end my thread, the decolonization of our continent will be much more complex as we sometimes think
OMG THIS THREAD IS TRENDING. I CANNOT CONTROL MY MENTIONS
11. I am adding to this thread. More things we all should understand about France-Africa relations
The colonial pacts simple made France the legitimate partnership in anything
The only way the former colonies could get independence was through signing colonial pacts with France
12. The colonial taxes are framed by France under what they call colonial debts. France billed every country for schools, hospitals, every penny it supposed spent on these countries
Note that France never shared how much each country owe. All it does, it bills them every month
13. Briefly, none of these 14 countries knows how much they supposedly owe France. France inflates it as it wants. All they get is bills for every penny supposedly France spent on them during colonialism
And that's the end of my thread for now
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