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Revolution or advances
When Henri Lopes balance à Paris
by
Alexander Gerbi
L things are progressing ...
December 14 2010, Henri Lopes, a writer, a former Congolese independence activist and ambassador of Congo in France, attended a roundtable organized by the Institut Pierre Mendes France in Paris. Beside him, also took part in presentations Jean-Christophe Rufin, a writer, a former ambassador of France to Senegal, Stephane Gompertz, Director for Africa and Indian Ocean to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Hugeux, reporter for the Express, Emmanuel Laurentin producer at France Culture and moderator for the occasion.
Faced with these political representatives gratin journalistico-French intellectual, Henri Lopes said:
"(...) I have not written anything, I did not want to make a statement ex cathedra, as we were in a round table. I just thought I would bring some food for thought. (...) I may want to recall, giving a number of elements of context. The independence
, 1960: What happens there in Africa, what happens there in the world, what happens there in France, in their relations with the French colonies?
Worldwide, there are of course the cold war. But there is so we did not realize on a daily basis. And then there especially the war in Algeria, which comes after the Indochina wars. And France has work to do on this side, and a malaise that affects up to France. While the French political debate in the days when I was a student, was constantly interspersed with questions about Algeria. The demonstrations were held each day were mainly related to Algeria. In this climate (...) we did our university policies. And I feel that in what has been the policy of decolonization De Gaulle - and for me "decolonization" is different from independence, decolonization is a process, a continuous process - and in this policy, there is, it does not take a genius to History matters to understand that General de Gaulle was aware that he must not be created, to use the letter before a formula that Che Guevara was put in his famous letter of hope, creating "a thousand Vietnam, "and (...) had to avoid creating" a thousand Algeria "... There were parts of Africa who were already at war. It has been forgotten. It is essentially Cameroon. I do not speak English-speaking Africa, with Kenya, the Mau Mau rebellion. All these elements, I believe, were taken into account, and I do not want to develop more fully the things that you all know, but are sometimes lost sight of in the context.
So de Gaulle recognized the need to avoid having further outbreaks of war in which France would be involved with its colonies. And then there are the settlements of people who are agitated. First there is the elite, those that For example, in Central Africa, French Equatorial Africa, was called the "advanced", whose claim was initially simply a desire to have the same rights as French citizens. I could develop a long chapter. And it is against the obstinacy of certain French circles, especially in relation to the colonial milieu, which makes this concept we move to independence. And the idea of independence is not so rooted in the African population. Our parents scream "daredevil! "It is mainly the agitators - as I was, away from Africa, France - who go back on vacation to agitate. And it will be embodied in the choice of Guinea in 1958. So I would remember this: African leaders at the time, I mean the former French colonies - things are completely different in the English colonies - do not want independence: they are pushed to independence. (...) leaders [Africans] are taken, driven in part by the French leaders who realize that it is desirable to clear the situation up to independence. Hence Project De Gaulle, the French Community, with a first internal autonomy taking shape in 1958 and gradually progress towards independence. (...) What I would say is that these African leaders, I put myself in their place - I was opposed to them at the time - how do they see independence ... That imposes ... They say, well, we'll accept it, we will be independent (...). "
From minute 33 ': http://www.mendes-france.fr/2010/12/14/audio-forum-sur-la-politique-africaine-de-la-france/
recap: African leaders "pushed" to independence, independence "imposed" in 1960 by the French state, even better idea of independence "not so rooted in the African population" icing on the cake, independence especially the fact of a minority "out of Africa", who returned on holiday "to agitate"
... So many secrets that confirm what the blog announced merger for several months: the great common thesis Club Novation Franco-African (CNFA) and the Movement Mergers - namely lies disguised as planetary triumph of the "right of peoples to self-determination" which was, in fact, fifty years ago, the dropping of Africa by the French government, in defiance of Africans, and nefarious purposes, between racism, distrust civilizational, denial of equality and greed - this argument has triumphed in the background and is hardly challenged in the higher echelons Franco-African relations. Note that here, Henri Lopes will, on some points even further than the CNFA
... Besides, what do you think happened that day, around the round table organized by the Institute Mendes France?
Quite simply, everyone pretended not to have heard what was said Henri Lopes, a writer, a former Congolese independence activist and ambassador of Congo in France.
Jean-Christophe Rufin, a writer, a former ambassador of France to Senegal, Stephane Gompertz, Director for Africa and Indian Ocean to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vincent Hugeux, reporter for the Express, Emmanuel Laurentin, producer and moderator for France Culture Occasionally, not found in the words of Henri Lopes nothing suscitât home the rebound less ...
Recognize the moderator, Emmanuel Laurentin, producer and host on France Culture, the merit of consistency. He never invited any member of the Franco-African Club Novation in its broadcasts. Writers Garrier Claude Samuel Mbajum Simon Mougnol, and many other members of CNFA, never had the honor of France Culture. It is true that in terms of Radio France, French state radio, RFI only, over the years has received a trickle some of us. But neither France Culture, or France Inter France Info or never said anything about our work, or given any mic our ideas. There therefore hardly surprising that Emmanuel Laurentin material omission of the incongruity of about Henri Lopes, any more than other players, or even the public. For
dared to say what Henri Lopes is part of what must necessarily be silent, since it is the truth and that truth is the opposite of the official story that everyone is obliged last fifty years, under pain of social death, to join. Secrecy covers so many scandals immeasurable, and serves so many interests ... So "we play the game," the system plays the game "again and again ...
Beyond those we take away, beyond the dialogue of the deaf and despite the silences, evasions so comfortable, while Côte d'Ivoire Tunisia, Algeria is in turmoil, speaking in Paris ahead, anyway. Despite the politico-journalistico ultra-intellectual hypocrites. And, is it surprising, thanks to an old African voice ...
Alexander Gerbi
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