Africa should free itself from the yoke of neo-colonialism

African Union flag. [iStockphoto]

Will the imperial West allow the global South to extricate itself from the influences of the metropoles? Will African countries embark on nation-building in their own image and likeness? The excitement about the king's coming was much ado about nothing.

The legacy of colonialism and neo-colonialism has always stood in the path to genuine nationhood. Their policy of divide and rule was so successful in a negative way that to date, we are yet to fully extricate ourselves from its stranglehold. All the talk about kingpins is the clearest manifestation that the ethnic cleavages opened during the colonial enterprise are still open.