Africa Without Chains: The Nation That Could Have Been
What would Africa look like today if European colonization had never touched her shores?
Before the Berlin Conference carved up the continent… before missionaries replaced ancestral wisdom with the Bible… Africa was a powerhouse of empires, trade networks, and spiritual systems rooted in community and nature.
In this episode of Movement, Rhythm, and Conversations with Tafari, we step into the Africa that could have been, a continent free to rise on its own terms. We explore the wealth of pre-colonial kingdoms like Benin, Ashanti, Dahomey, Ethiopia, and Kongo, and how they resisted both colonization and the imposed “gift” of Christianity.
We’ll confront the uncomfortable truth: Africa’s vast resources still flow out of the continent, while churches flourish in communities struggling with poverty. We’ll ask the hard question: Was Christianity a tool of salvation… or the most powerful weapon of control ever used against a people?
This is more than history — it’s a wake-up call.
Unchain your mind. Reclaim your soul. Africa can still rise.
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