Beijing, Washington, and Africa’s Fight to Write Its Own Story

Beijing, Washington, and Africa’s Fight to Write Its Own Story

Hadi Mrabet |Image taken by author in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.Greed has hollowed out Africa’s potential. For decades, leaders propped up by foreign patronage have traded resources for sovereignty at their people’s expense. Africa’s youth are no longer buying the performance. They see leaders cloak dependency in the rhetoric of Washington’s ‘altruism’ and Beijing’s ‘pragmatism,’ while corruption ensures the benefits never reach ordinary people. From…