GARVEY'S VOICE

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AFRICA
after Berlin
[Genocide]
Conference
1884-1885

Atlantic
Ocean

Where is the Black Man's government?

Where is his king and kingdom?
Where is his president, his country, and
his ambassador, his army, his navy,
his men of big affaires?

I could not find them, and

then I declared I will help make them.
Indian
- Marcus Garvey - Ocean

We must canonize our own saints, create our own martyrs, and elevate to
positions of fame and honor Black Men and Women who have made their
distinct contributions to our racial history.

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Page 4 PRESIDENT GENERAL MESSAGE

Page 6, 7 BERLIN CONFERENCE: THE TRUTH

Page 8, 9 CONTINUED BESTIALITY OF FRANCE

President General, Page 10 THANKSGIVING - NO THANKS TAKING

Hon. Michael R. Duncan
Page 11 EDITOR-IN-CHIEF

Page 12, 13 COUP D'ETAT IN AFRICA

Page 14-16 AFRICA MAP

Page 20-21 MY BLACK IS SO BEAUTIFUL

NEWS BRIEFS
Page 26 ETHIOPIA'S NEW NILE DAM
Page 27 FLOODING IN CENTRAL, EASTERN AFRICA

BLACK HISTORY
Page 17 AFRICAN QUEEN
protector of the golden stool
Page 18 AFRICAN KING
africa for the africans

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reflections of an editor
In order for us to rebuild our THE PEOPLE'S FORUM
empire, we as a people have to
start imagining it, that is to say MOTHER SAMAD We welcome letters to The
Dear Editor: The resemblance People's Forum, but they must
that as we gain knowledge include (for verification
between Mother Samad and
from our enemies, we have to purposes) the writer's name,
her mother - Alice, who was a
collect and apply it accordingly. member of the Black Cross address and cellular number.
Unfortunately we do not transfer a lot of the This includes letters sent via
Nurses - is remarkable.
email. The name may be
knowledge to our people that we have gained from Jasmin Pitter
withheld upon request. Letters
working with this country. We have to transfer signed simply 'Name Withheld'
knowledge and information gained to our own are not considered for print.
African countries and our own people the world Letters should be as brief as
over for defensive purposes as well as well as possible, and, of course, all
letters are subject to editing.
possibly offensive purposes. As such, it would not
Letters containing the proviso
be enough for a Black child to merely dream of 'Do Not Edit' are not considered
being on the spaceship with white astronauts or to for print. Email letters to
dream of being a part of AIG management. This only hch@unia-
helps to maintain the servant mentality that is too
prevalent (actually it is by design) in the Black
community. We are just an extra or we are taken along as an extra. We need Black men and women to being the
masters of technology, space, finance or medicine. We need to be in control. It isn't simply enough to just ride along
and be along. We must have our own technology program. We must explore our moons and the other sides of the
world. It is only out of mastery and the desire for mastery and, what may be a very bad word, the desire for power
that mental growth takes place. To opt for equality - that we've done too much - does not do enough emphasis on
mastery of our selves and our destiny and so forth. There is a difference in a child when he is going to school to
master something as opposed to becoming a servant. The major difference is on how he interacts with the information
that is being developed in the classroom and how he perceives that information and how he is going to use that
information. To a good extent a person who is not headed for mastery is essentially interested in learning what as
opposed to how. To a great extent his approach to knowledge is passive and he is more interested in memorizing and
remembering what is told to him. He is learning more to take orders than he is to give orders. To a great extent, many
of our so called educated Blacks, that is highly educated Blacks, are educated in that mode. Unfortunately, many of
us go to school to get a job, for instance. We do not perceive it as a part of a massive effort to attain control and
mastery of our situation and ultimately to outdo the european. You see one of the major problems we have as a
people, and one of the major functions of euro-centric psychology, sociology, history and so forth has been to
convince non-white people of the invincibility of white people, to convince us that the white man is not capable of
being defeated, that he cannot assume his minority position in the world as he is. This being the case then, it has made
us think that we have to accommodate him, that we have to get along with him, we have to live with him because they
are in control and so forth. Well, that leads to a type of attitude toward learning. That means that you are not going to
try to out-learn him, out-think him, out-maneuver him, you see. So, if you are going for mastery, then the knowledge
becomes very important and you see it as a tool for advancing your own power interests in the world. If you're not
going for mastery, then you see it as a means of carrying out efficiently the orders that are handed down. It also limits
creativity because if we are to defeat the european, we are to master this earth, take back this earth from the
european then we must out-think the european. We must then be creative, that puts the learning emphasis on the
how-ness, the how to think, as such, and to the use of knowledge as a tool of mastery. It's a very different kind of
thing, very different emphasis. I want to get a little more practical implication of what this means. As a result of the
control, the paternalism of the europeans over Black people we must recognize that even if the european becomes
good and nice, and accepts us and so forth, the fact that he would still be in control creates what we call a benevolent
paternalism which still to a degree helps to maintain this passive mode of thinking, this passive mode of knowledge.
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The Berlin Conference was held in Berlin,
Germany, from November 15, 1884, to
February 26, 1885. Among the evildoers
present were representatives from
thirteen different European countries:
Austria-Hungary, Belgium, Denmark,
France, Germany, Great Britain, Italy
Netherlands, Portugal, Russia, Spain,
Sweden-Norway, Turkey, and the USA.
Due to conflicts that had arisen
concerning claims to African territory, in
particular the disagreement among
Belgium, France, and Portugal over
possession of the Congo Basin, the
diplomats assembled to partition Africa
and to settle territorial claims, as well as
to discuss matters of future trade as they
would steal Africa's abundant resources.
The Berlin Conference initiated a greedy, brutal scramble for Africa. It resulted in the formation of the Berlin
Conference General Act of 1885, which ensured that no one could claim African land simply by name. Because this
meant that territories were claimed on a “first-come-first-serve” basis, it heightened the speed and brutality in which
Africa was conquered. The Europeans did not hesitate to take advantage of the unsuspecting Africans by using
brute force genocide, technology and trickery to con the natives of their land and resources.

Prelude to the Conference [Genocide]

From 1878 to 1885, Stanley returned to the Congo, not as a reporter but as an envoy from Léopold with the secret
mission to organize what soon after the closure of the Berlin Conference,
i.e. in August 1885, would become known as the Congo Free State.
French intelligence had discovered Leopold's plans, and France quickly
engaged in its own colonial exploration. In 1881 French naval officer
Pierre de Brazza was dispatched to central Africa, traveled into the
western Congo basin, and raised the French flag over the newly founded
Brazzaville, in what is now the Republic of Congo. Finally, Portugal,
which already had a long, but essentially abandoned colonial Empire in the
area through the mostly defunct proxy state Kongo Empire, also claimed the area. Its claims were based on old
treaties with Spain and the Roman Catholic Church. It quickly made a treaty on 26 February 1884 with its former
ally, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, to block off the Congo Society's access to the Atlantic.
Owing to the European race for colonies, Germany started launching expeditions of its own, which frightened both
England and France. Hoping to quickly soothe this brewing conflict, King Leopold II convinced France and
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BERLIN CONFERENCE
Germany that common trade (exploitation) in Africa was in the best interests (Race First) of all three countries.
Under support from the British and the initiative of Portugal, Otto von Bismarck, Chancellor of Germany, called on
representatives of 13 nations in Europe as well as the United States to take part in the Berlin Conference in 1884 to
work out joint policy on the African continent
Bismarck declared South-west Africa a
German colony suitable not only for trade
but for European settlement. Belgium's
Leopold, meanwhile seized the Congo, and
France claimed control of West Africa.
To take out Africa's mineral resources the
Europeans had to commit themselves to a
program of complete, brutal systemic
genocide and terror so as to break the
soul and spirit of Africa. This is their
legacy. Not to cite this, is an abomination and
itself a crime against humanity. Let’s look at
two colonies in order to understand how
Europe operates: Congo and Namibia.
Congo became the personal property of
Leopold from Belgium, which featured
severe atrocities, violence and major
population decline. Note the civilian
victims of mutilation.
A missionary points
to the severed hand
of a Congo villager.
Severed hands were
the most potent
symbol of colonial
brutality. A father stares at the hand and foot

of his 5-yr old daughter, severed as a punish-

ment for having harvested too little rubber.

Namibia Images of survivors of the Herero genocide

Despicable picture of Congolese (African) men holding cut off hands in

May of 1904. This is why we need the UNIA - to rebuild our African
empire so as to defend Africans all over the world. Race First
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THE CONTINUED BESTIALITY OF FRANCE ON AFRICA
We always accuse the leaders of African countries of being corrupt and of not working in the interest of their citizens.
However, even if they wanted to be honest leaders, they would not be able to do so. This is because the former
colonial masters will never accept a self reliant African continent with her states free and united.

A classic example is France and how to this day, it controls the following 14 former colonies, which assuredly results
in preventing successful African development and sovereignty
When Sékou Touré of Guinea decided in 1958 to get out of French colonial empire, and opted for the country
independence, the French colonial elite in Paris got so furious, and in a historic act of fury the French administration in
Guinea destroyed everything in the country which represented what they called the benefits from French colonization.
Three thousand French left the country, taking all their property and destroying anything that which could not be
moved: schools, nurseries, public administration buildings were crumbled; cars, books, medicine, research institute
instruments, tractors were crushed and sabotaged; horses, cows in the farms were killed, and food in warehouses
were burned or poisoned. The purpose of this outrageous act was to send a clear message to all other colonies that
the consequences for rejecting France would be very high.
Slowly fear spread trough the African elite, and none after the Guinea events ever found the
courage to follow the example of Sékou Touré, whose slogan was “We prefer freedom in
in poverty to opulence in slavery.”
FACT: During the last 50 years, a total of 67 coups happened in 26 countries in Africa, 16
of those countries are French ex-colonies, which means 61% of the coups happened in
French speaking Africa.
FACT: During that turbulent period of African fighting to liberate themselves from European colonization, France
would repeatedly use many ex Foreign legionnaires to carry out coups against elected presidents.
FACT: France is certainly not the only ex colonial master to engineer the overthrow and destabilization of African
states.
In March 2008, former French President Jacques Chirac said:
“Without Africa, France will slide down into the rank of a third [world] power”
Chirac’s predecessor François Mitterrand already prophesied in 1957 that:
”Without Africa, France will have no history in the 21st century”
FACT: African leaders would work in the interest of their people if they were not
constantly stalked and bullied by colonial countries.
In 1958, scared about the consequence of choosing independence from France, Leopold Sedar Senghor declared:
“The choice of the Senegalese people is independence; they want it to take place only in friendship with France, not
in dispute.” From then on France accepted only an “independence on paper” for his colonies, but signed binding
“Cooperation Accords”, detailing the nature of their relations with France, in particular ties to France colonial
currency (the Franc), France educational system, military and commercial preferences.
Below are the 11 main components of the Colonization continuation pact since 1950s:
#1. Colonial Debt for the benefits of France colonization
The newly “independent” countries are forced to pay for the country’s infrastructure that France takes
credit for building during colonization. The amount of this debt varies depending on what country is paying
the debt and how its infrastructure is developed.
#2. Automatic confiscation of national reserves
France has been holding the national reserves of fourteen African countries since 1961:
Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, Togo,
Cameroon, Central African Republic, Chad, Congo-Brazzaville, Equatorial Guinea and Gabon.
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THE CONTINUED BESTIALITY OF FRANCE ON AFRICA
Two declared independent African banks – BEAC (Banque des Etats de l’Afrique Centrale) and BEACO
(Banque Centrale des Etats de l’Afrique de l’Ouest) – have in practice no monetary policies of their own.
The countries themselves do not know, nor are they told how much of the pool of foreign reserves held by
the French Treasury belongs to them as a group or individually.
The monetary policy governing such a diverse aggregation of countries is uncomplicated because it is, in
fact, operated by the French Treasury, without reference to the central fiscal authorities of any of the
African regional institutions. Under the terms of the agreement which set up these banks and the CFA the
Central Bank of each African country is obliged to keep at least 65% of its foreign exchange reserves in
an “operations account” held at the French Treasury, as well as another 20% to cover financial liabilities.
The final say is that of the French Treasury which has invested the foreign reserves of the African countries
in its own name on the Paris Bourse.
The 14 African countries don’t have access to this money - their own money!
France allows them to access only 15 percent of the money in any given year. If they need more than that,
they have to borrow at commercial rates from the remaining 85 percent - of their own money – that is
To make things worse, France fixes a limit on the amount of money the countries may borrow from the
reserve. The limit is fixed at 20 percent of their public revenue in the preceding year. If the countries need
to borrow more than that, France vetoes it.
#3. Right of first refusal on any raw or natural resource discovered in the country
#4. Priority to French interests and companies in public procurement and public biding
In Côte d’Ivoire, for example, French companies own and control all the major utilities – water, electricity,
telephone, transport, ports and major banks. The same in commerce, construction, and agriculture.
#5. Exclusive right to supply military equipment and Train the country military officers
Through a sophisticated scheme of scholarships, grants, and “Defense Agreements” attached to the
Colonial Pact, the Africans should send their senior military officers for training in France or French
ran-training facilities.
#6. Right for France to pre-deploy troops and intervene military in the country to defend its interests
When President Laurent Gbagbo of Côte d’Ivoire tried to end the French exploitation of the country,
France organized a coup. During the long process to oust Gbagbo, France tanks, helicopter gunships and
Special Forces intervened directly in the conflict, fired on civilians and killed many. After France
succeeded the coup, and transferred power to Alassane Outtara, France requested Ouattara government
to pay compensation to French business community for the losses during the civil war.
#7. Obligation to make French the official language of the country and the language for education
The “Francophone” cultural and educational system, with several satellites and their affiliates, is supervised
directly by the French minister of foreign affairs. African people are pressured to speak French instead of
their own languages.
#8. Obligation to use France colonial money FCFA
That’s the real milk cow for France, but it’s such an evil system even denounced by the European Union,
but France is not ready to move from that colonial system which puts about 500 billions dollars from
Africa to its treasury EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
#9. Obligation to send France annual balance and reserve report.
#10. Renunciation to enter into military alliance with any other country unless authorized by France
#11. Obligation to ally with France in situation of war or global crisis
[Maybe it is not such a good idea for any Africans to visit France even as a tourist]
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EVERY ONE OF THE COUP D'ETAT HAS BEEN ORCHESTRATED BY THE FORMER COLONIZER
Benin [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. October 28, 1963: Christophe Soglo overthrows Hubert Maga
2. November 27, 1965: Christophe Soglo overthrows Sourou-Migan Apithy
3. December 16, 1967: Maurice Kouandété overthrows Christophe Soglo
4. October 26, 1972: Mathieu Kérékou overthrows Justin Ahomadégbé-Tomêtin
Burkina Faso [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. January 3, 1966: Lieutenant Colonel Sangoulé Lamizana overthrows President Maurice Yaméogo.
2. November 25, 1980: Colonel Saye Zerbo overthrows President Sangoulé Lamizana.
3. November 7, 1982: Major Jean-Baptiste Ouédraogo overthrows President Saye Zerbo.
4. October 15, 1987: Blaise Compaoré overthrows Thomas Sankara
Burundi [EX-COLONY OF FRANCE] THOMAS
1. July 8, 1966: Ntare V overthrows Mwambutsa IV SANKARA
2. November 28, 1966: Michel Micombero overthrows Ntare V
3. November 10, 1976: Jean-Baptiste Bagaza overthrows Michel Micombero
4. September 3, 1987: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Jean-Baptiste Bagaza
5. July 25, 1996: Pierre Buyoya overthrows Sylvestre Ntibantunganya
Central African Republic [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. January 1, 1966: Jean-Bédel Bokassa overthrows David Dacko
2. September 21, 1979: David Dacko overthrows Jean-Bédel Bokassa by French military support
3. September 1, 1981: André Kolingba overthrows David Dacko
Chad [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. April 13, 1975: Noël Milarew Odingar overthrows François Tombalbaye
2. June 7, 1982: Hissène Habré overthrows Goukouni Oueddei
3. December 1, 1990: Idriss Déby overthrows Hissène Habré
Equatorial Guinea [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. September 29, 1979: Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo overthrows Francisco Macías Nguema
2. March 7, 2004: A coup attempt is stopped (BY ZIMBABWE) before the plotters can arrive in country
Gabon [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. February 17–18, 1964: A group of Gabonese officers overthrows President Leon Mba KWAME NKRUMAH

Gambia
1. July 22, 1994: Yahya Jammeh overthrows Dawda Jawara
Ghana [NKRUMAH PUSHED FOR THE UNITED STATES OF AFRICA]
1. February 24, 1966: Joseph Arthur Ankrah overthrows Kwame Nkrumah
Guinea-Bissau [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. November 14, 1980: João Bernardo Vieira overthrows Luís Cabral
2. May 7, 1999: Ansumane Mané overthrows João Bernardo Vieira
3. September 14, 2003: Veríssimo Correia Seabra overthrows Kumba Ialá
4. April 12, 2012: Army overthrows the government.
AMILCAR CABRAL

Lesotho [COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY SOUTH AFRICA]

1. January 18, 1986: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows Leabua Jonathan
2. November 12, 1990: Justin Metsing Lekhanya overthrows King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho
3. May 2, 1991: Elias Phisoana Ramaema overthrows Justin Metsing Lekhanya
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Madagascar [EX-COLONY OF FRANCE]
1. October 11, 1972: Gabriel Ramanantsoa overthrows Philibert Tsiranana
2. February 5, 1975: Richard Ratsimandrava overthrows Gabriel Ramanantsoa
Mali [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. November 19, 1968: Moussa Traoré overthrows Modibo Keïta
2. March 26, 1991: Amadou Toumani Touré overthrows Moussa Traoré
3. March 22, 2012: Military overthrows Amadou Toumani Touré
Mauritania [EX-COLONY OF FRANCE]
1. July 10, 1978: Mustafa Ould Salek overthrows Moktar Ould Daddah
2. April 6, 1979: Ahmad Ould Bouceif and Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrow Mustafa Ould Salek
3. January 4, 1980: Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla overthrows Mohamed Mahmoud Ould Louly
4. December 12, 1984: Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya overthrows Mohamed Khouna Ould Haidalla
5. August 3, 2005: Ely Ould Mohamed Vall overthrows Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
6. August 6, 2008: Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz overthrows Sidi Ould Cheikh Abdallahi
Niger [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. April 15, 1974: Seyni Kountché overthrows Hamani Diori.
2. January 27, 1996: Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara overthrows Mahamane Ousmane.
3. April 9, 1999: Daouda Malam Wanké overthrows Ibrahim Baré Maïnassara.
4. February 18, 2010: Salou Djibo overthrows Mamadou Tandja.
Nigeria
1. January 15–16, 1966: Chukwuma Kaduna Nzeogwu overthrows Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
2. July 29, 1966: Yakubu Gowon overthrows Johnson Aguiyi-Ironsi
3. July 29, 1975: Murtala Mohammed overthrows Yakubu Gowon
4. February 13, 1976: Buka Suka Dimka led a failed coup that resulted the death of the head of state
5. December 31, 1983: Muhammadu Buhari overthrows Shehu Shagari
6. August 27, 1985: Ibrahim Babangida overthrows Muhammadu Buhari
7. April 22, 1990: Gideon Orkar failed to topple president Ibrahim Babangida
8. November 17, 1993: Sani Abacha overthrows Ernest Shonekan
Rwanda [EX-COLONY OF FRANCE]
1. July 5, 1973: Juvénal Habyarimana overthrows Grégoire Kayibanda
Sierra Leone
1. March 21, 1967: David Lansana overthrows Siaka Stevens
2. April 19, 1968: John Amadu Bangura overthrows Andrew Juxon-Smith
3. April 29, 1992: Valentine Strasser overthrows Joseph Saidu Momoh
4. January 16, 1996: Julius Maada Bio overthrows Valentine Strasser
5. May 25, 1997: Johnny Paul Koroma overthrows Ahmed Tejan Kabbah
Togo [ONE OF FOURTEEN AFRICAN STATES FRANCE STILL CONTROLS]
1. January 13, 1963: Étienne Eyadéma and Emmanuel Bodjollé overthrow Sylvanus Olympio
2. January 13, 1967: Étienne Eyadéma and Kléber Dadjo overthrow Nicolas Grunitzky
Uganda
1. February 1966: Milton Obote overthrows King Mutesa II of Buganda
2. January 21, 1971: Idi Amin overthrows Milton Obote
3. May 12, 1980: Paulo Muwanga overthrows Godfrey Binaisa
4. July 27, 1985: Tito Okello Lutwa overthrows Milton Obote
5. January 26, 1986: Yoweri Museveni overthrows Tito Okello Lutwa