I was glad to read that French politician Emmanuel Macron, admitted to and recognised the cruel nature of France's colonial rule particularly in Algeria by calling France's colonisation of Algeria a "crime against humanity,".
And true, France with other colonial powers did commit innumerable atrocities in many African countries.
Such rhetoric will not come without opposition. Emmanuel Macron has come under fire from his right-wing opponents for AFP news agency reports.
Mr Macron visited the Martyrs' Memorial in Algeria this week, and said in a television interview that France's actions during the colonial era were "genuinely barbaric, and constitute a part of our past that we have to confront by apologising".
We must never forget what colonialism did to Africa. We need more brave politicians, academics etc to challenge and change the narratives of how Africa is perceived and tell the truth, the truth about the history of colonialism in Africa, the devastation caused, expropriation of land, natural and human resources, erosion of African traditions and religion and stifling the truth about African ingenuity.
Source: bbc.co.uk
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