The claim colonialists taught Africans democracy is blown away by Nigerian author Chinua Achebe. He reminds us imperial rule was “the most extreme form of totalitarianism” and thwarted forms of democracy that had long existed in African societies. #Africans #Nigerians #colonialism #AfricaWakeUp #politics #ChinuaAchebe #neocolonialism #liberation #AfricaUnite #AfricaRise | Newslion

"Colonialism did not teach Africa democracy, it ruled by dictatorship. Governors answered to London and Paris, not to African people. There were no institutions of accountability, no practice of consent, no preparation for self-rule. You cannot learn democracy under domination. The claim that Africa 'wasn’t ready' was never truth, it was justification." 🗣️ Chinua Achebe was a Nigerian novelist and one of the world’s greatest poets, who is regarded as a central figure of modern African literatur