THEone of the great misfortunes of Africa in addition to the endemic famine due in particular to a colonial history but not only but also to leaders who perpetuate the colonial order for their benefit, while taking the precaution of being dubbed by their former masters, is a new form of remote enslavement where the African works for others but is unable to meet his needs. Could it be that because it has not yet "entered into history" where is it an atavism, even a curse? We already know about the plundering of raw materials from the soil and subsoil of Africa, in particular energy and rare metals such as coltran which is used in communication technology (computer, mobile phones, etc.). This coltran is sold a hundred times its price by intermediaries without law or faith to Western multinationals very discreet about this new trade far more abject than the historic trade of these same civilizers in a land of conquest and evangelization of these barbarian peoples who were to necessarily affected by the gospel in the name of the "rule of the three Cs". Christianization, commerce, colonization.
In this contribution, we will talk about a new colonization, a true post-colonialism which perpetuates the consenting exploitation of the native by non-natives who have come to make the most of the African land to feed the new colonists from a distance.
The grabbing of agricultural land in Africa by foreign states and multinationals has been denounced several times, notably in February 2011 in Dakar, on the occasion of the World Social Forum, by the NGO Actionaid.
The great success of the enemies of Africa is to have corrupted the Africans themselves. Frantz Fanon
Land grabbing, an ancient phenomenon that is accelerating
The acquisition of land is not a new phenomenon, but it has gained momentum with the arrival of the food crisis of 2008. He said that investors, who flock to these arable lands, have online focus on capital gains on the sale of products and foodstuffs. As examples, we cite the case of an American who, on his own, acquired a million ha in Sudan, or companies producing biofuels who bought large areas of land to cultivate jatropha. . Likewise, ten million hectares of farmland have been offered to South African farmers to grow corn and soybeans and raise poultry and dairy cows, announced in April 2009.
If we refer to the definition, the expression "land grabbing" comes from the English land grabbing (to grab, "to grab", "to grab"). It refers to the sale, rental or transfer of arable land on a large scale, generally several thousand hectares, between a State and a local or foreign investor, public or private. (…) The American company United Fruit Company once owned nearly a quarter of the cultivable land in Honduras (hence the expression “banana republic”). The countries concerned are generally developing or emerging countries, with large areas of cultivable land considered "available" and inexpensive and offering comparative advantages in agricultural production: favorable climate, inexpensive labor. According to the Land Matrix project, which brings together five partners, including the Center for International Cooperation in Agronomic Research for Development (CIRAD), 83,2 million hectares are or have been the subject of international transactions for agricultural purposes between 2000 and 2010. This represents 1,7% of the usable agricultural area in the world. The number of contracts signed and recorded stands at 403, for a total area of 26,2 million hectares.
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