Digital Colonialism Is the New Scramble for Africa
Africans are in a position to create alternative solutions, establish a regulatory framework, and pursue the development of genuine digital sovereignty.
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Africans are in a position to create alternative solutions, establish a regulatory framework, and pursue the development of genuine digital sovereignty.
Decolonising is not about deleting; rather it is to situate the histories and knowledges that do not originate from the West in the context of colonialism and power.
Post-colonial echoes perfectly encapsulate all the wondrous things history has to offer to those whose minds are wise enough not to lose sight of the past and whose hearts remain open to all the many possibilities of the future.
China has become skilled at waging lawfare to advance its interests in the Indo-Pacific through black legal ops, including what has been characterized as a ‘legal blitzkrieg’ in Hong Kong.
We don’t have to wait for AI to develop self-awareness and (perhaps more unlikely) ethical self-control to have a serious conversation about the dangers of this new trend.
There is a need to make sense of the post-World War 2 rules and institutions that stand both as a legacy of colonialism and at the same time a vehicle to overcome it.
There is a need to make sense of the post-World War 2 rules and institutions that stand both as a legacy of colonialism and at the same time a vehicle to overcome it.
Since political violence, in particular war, is a quintessential instrument of colonialism, the praeter-colonial mind would be remiss not to inquire into its nature and changing character.
Perhaps it is time to retire the ‘West versus the rest’ framework in a similar way that some have advocated to drop the ‘post-Soviet’ label.
America, the continent, has always been a place to welcome those who decided that staying put was not going to cut it.