Kumasi, March 30, – Africa must dismantle the neo-colonial economic blueprint imposed in 1961, Pan-Africanist Mr. Nyaaba-Aweeba Azongo has urged, warning that reparative justice alone will not free the continent from enduring economic enslavement.
Mr. Azongo said that while the recent UN resolution designating the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade as the gravest crime against humanity is a historic milestone, it is not sufficient without a self-reparative African development framework.
He explained that the 1961 CIA-coded “Non-Communist Manifesto,” adopted by Western powers, institutionalized Africa’s economic subjugation, creating a system where local elites aligned with foreign interests to stifle genuine development.
“The blueprint has been the anchor of Africa’s underdevelopment for 65 years,” Mr. Azongo said. “Ending neo-colonial economic slavery requires a decisive African-based self-reparative development order that prioritizes the masses over foreign-imposed economic agendas.”
Reflecting on Ghana’s first President, Dr. Kwame Nkrumah, he recalled the 1960 declaration: “We face neither East, nor West, we face forward,” noting that the subsequent CIA-backed blueprint sought to derail the continent’s independent economic trajectory, leading to sustained political and economic pressures on Africa’s leaders.
Mr. Azongo stressed that decoding the neo-colonial ideology is urgent to chart a new development future for Ghana and the continent, breaking free from an enduring cycle of dependence and underdevelopment.
GHBUSS
March 30, 2026
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