ADDI: Super Excitement in Burkina Faso

A GDN Exclusive

By Peter Grear

Why was Dr. Stella Jefferies, a native of Liberia, “super excited” during ADDI’s recent trade mission to Burkina Faso?  She tells the world when featured in this short podcast: ADDI: Super Excitement in Burkina Faso (youtube.com). She was super excited because she saw proof that Africa is engaged in a long overdue economic revolution and that she is one of its driving forces.

Many know the history of the more than 700 years of economic exploitation of Africa by European colonizers, but the history is equally unknown. This exploitation history includes the infamous “Berlin Conference” of 1884-1885 and the Pact for the Continuation of Colonization issued by the French on December 19, 1947. The Pact was instrumental in ensuring that the so-called African Independence Movement of 1950-1960 was fake independence.

Readers who are following the expulsion of the French military from numerous African countries should know that the African Diaspora Development Institute (ADDI), its members, and others view the French as the worst exploiters and abusers in Africa since the African Independence Movement.  However, it is widely believed that the days of French rule in Africa are numbered and are being replaced by an economic revolution.  Burkina Faso is one of the African countries that expelled the French.  I hazard to guess, but I believe that this development has Dr. Jefferies “super excited.”

Burkina Faso invited ADDI to bring the recent trade delegation.  Burkina Faso has joined Mali and Niger, who also expelled the French, in a governing alliance.  They are all reclaiming their natural resources and inviting Africans and Africans in the diaspora to join in the industrialization of Africa and reclaim the wealth of Africa, our birthright. Yes, this is why Dr. Jefferies is “super excited.

One little-known factor in the changes that are taking place that cannot be overlooked is the massive support for the changes being driven by students and the youth.  I predict that when Black students and youth in the diaspora recognize what is happening, a new global Black student movement for the economic liberation of Africa will be born.

Many economists predict that Africa will industrialize in the next 40 years and become the next China. The question that comes with this realization is whether Africans in the diaspora will recognize this immense economic opportunity and take advantage of it to build the generational wealth that has been denied during more than 700 years of slavery, colonization, and exploitation.

Well, those of us in ADDI recognize its founder, Dr. Arikana Chihombori-Quao, the most consequential Black leader in the world since Dr. Martin Luther and Kwame Nkrumah, as the driving force in pursuit of the Economic Liberation of Africa and are calling for committed support for Dr. Arikana and ADDI.  I encourage everyone who reads my article on this topic and watches my podcast to go to www.ouraddi.org, become a registered member, and help spread the good news.

In the wake of the recent trade mission to Burkina Faso, ADDI is establishing a permanent office to facilitate investments and other opportunities beckoning Blacks in Africa and the diaspora.  I am planning interviews with other ADDI members to discuss the various opportunities recognized as high priorities.  Some priority sectors are education, medical care, mining, and agriculture, to name a few.  However, Blacks should understand that the many problems in Africa mean that there are many opportunities. People should not forget that Africa is the wealthiest continent in the world with its abundant natural resources.

Additionally, ADDI is planning future missions to Niger and Mali, where the governments have issued warm invitations and support.

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