Africa Can Seize Liberation From Modern Colonizers If It Does This

👉 Watch the original interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RcE-4GT7C_o&t=180s

Historian David McNally on slavery and capitalism

In this video, TJ reacts to historian David McNally’s powerful argument that enslaved Africans were not passive recipients of freedom but the true drivers of emancipation through their own collective resistance. McNally challenges the common myth that Abraham Lincoln “freed the slaves,” showing instead how liberation was won from below. TJ explains how this insight reshapes our understanding of African liberation struggles today, where sovereignty will only be achieved through the people’s organized determination rather than external benevolence.

McNally also reframes global capitalism itself. Rather than slavery being a backward pre-capitalist system, he argues plantations were the most advanced capitalist enterprises of their time, generating the wealth that built Europe’s industrial power. TJ breaks down how this connects to Africa today, where natural resources and labor still fuel global prosperity while the continent remains trapped in debt, dependency, and poverty. The mechanism has changed, but the exploitation persists. Concepts like “time sovereignty” show how both nations and individuals are still robbed of control over their existence through debt servicing, unfair contracts, and survival-driven labor.

Another critical point comes from Clara’s analysis of market dependency, which exposes the lie of “free markets.” TJ analyzes how IMF and World Bank policies do not reduce state power but redirect it to protect capital while dismantling social services. This mirrors historical patterns where structures of power are maintained to benefit elites while ordinary people pay the cost. McNally’s framework highlights why individual leaders often fail—the system punishes sovereignty but rewards submission.

For African geopolitics, the lesson is urgent: freedom is never granted from above but seized from below through solidarity and coordinated resistance. Just as enslaved Africans shattered slavery through unity, Africa today must coordinate regionally to end neocolonial extraction and achieve true independence.

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