"This time the backlash came loud swift and digital in the face of Western arrogance!"
Black Culture Diary: General Michael Langley, head of U.S. Africa Command, leaned forward and spoke with the calm assurance of someone who believed he was untouchable. With cameras rolling, Langley stated that Captain Ibrahim Traoré—the transitional president of Burkina Faso—was “using the country’s nationalized gold reserves to entrench military control rather than uplift the Burkinabé people.” It sounded diplomatic, calculated, and rehearsed. But it struck like a slap across the face.
There was no proof cited. No context offered. No balancing of perspectives. Just a bold accusation: that Traoré was hoarding national wealth for his power. And at that moment, something snapped—not in Langley, but in Africa. As the African Diaspora saying goes, "I am because we are, and we are because I am."
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