Message to Diaspora Blacks: Racism against Blacks also Exists in Africa at the hands of Other Black Africans.

The issue with Black Americans and other Black people from the diaspora who leave Western countries and the Caribbean is that most of them believe that once they leave the Western world and other areas outside of Africa, and move and relocate to Africa, they will not face discrimination or racism on the continent because they share the same skin color as those in the motherland. I apologize for disappointing you; I’ll explain why you’re wrong.

I understand the desire and need for Black people in the United States, Brazil, Jamaica, the United Kingdom, France, Holland, and much of the diaspora to reconnect with their roots, even though I haven’t felt connected to the Motherland since I was 12 years old and still lived there. If you don’t know your past, you won’t be able to progress in life since your identity impacts your perception of the world and the setting in which you grew up.Many Black Americans leave the United States and relocate to other African nations as a result of the racism, discrimination, and abuse they have encountered or witnessed in the United States. Many Jamaicans and other Black people in the Caribbean seek to reconnect with Africa because their forefathers were imported as slaves, and prior generations were subjugated, mistreated, racially abused, and given few opportunities. Most Jamaicans adore Africa, to the point where some have moved there, while others are considering doing so. I am not one of the Black passport bros who will paint a rosy picture of Africa, nor will I promise you that you will have a better life on the continent simply because we share a race and skin color.

job is not to disappoint you, my job is to tell you the truth: if you think that you as a Black person from a diaspora leaving your respective countries and showing up on the continent, and you’re not going to experience racism, discrimination, rejection, judgments in Africa because most Africans look just like you and me — you’re wrong; second, Africa is not a country, it’s a continent, made up of 54 countries, no matter how stupid Pan African movements are by thinking about rebuilding the continent and transform it into a single Black supremacist nation, Africa is a continent with 54 separate countries with different customs. We may be the same people, yet we hail from different countries and have different norms, traditions, and ways of life. There is a lot of tribalism and ethnic discrimination in several Sub-Saharan African countries, to the point where some communities may treat Indians, Whites, Arabs, and other groups of people better than their fellow Black Africans from the same country. Furthermore, there are Black CEOs in such countries who will refuse to hire their own Black compatriots, particularly if they are from a different tribe. Furthermore, xenophobia exists in many Black African states, with masses unaware of their anti-Black racist attitudes toward Black people from other African countries; some also despise Black people from countries other than the Motherland.

To add insult to injury, ethnic conflicts frequently turn fatal, such as in the Central African Republic, where Christians and Muslims are killing one another; the country has been grappling with a civil war for a long time. Some Somalis identify as Arabs rather than Blacks because of their religion and proximity to the Arab world, even though their country is located in Africa. There are citizens of the Republic of the Congo who despise citizens of their neighboring Democratic Republic of the Congo, whom they find rude and uncivilized; the majority of the mass deportations that occur in the country have Black people from other Central and West African countries as targets by another Black-majority country; the case is not isolated in the Republic of the Congo. In North African countries, there are many Arab and Berber Africans who don’t see themselves as Africans, given that they’re light-skinned and belong to the Arab world: they discriminate and violently attack Black people in their countries, even though not all of them don’t subscribe to this anti-Black racism; racism in North Africa and much of the Middle East is far worse toward Black people and other communities than in the West, where minorities have protections and You may be concerned about the legal systems of these African countries, but most Sub-Saharan African countries have weak legal systems, and even when laws exist against racism, tribalism, and so on, they are not implemented.

Please conserve your breath before discussing colonization with me. Africa was never this mythical place where all Black people got along and liked each other; in fact, there were many tribal wars during pre-colonial times, and some of our ancestors owned other Black slaves from other tribes, which most of us are unwilling to confront these days because it contradicts the idea of us accepting responsibility for our actions and our role in subjugating ourselves and each other. Instead, we fantasize about something that never existed, speaking of African unity, while failing to address the core problems that are generating rotting fruits. Africa was a place where many kingdoms fought each other for territories and dominance, we kept lying to ourselves when we thought that we were once and there were no borders while living in peace. More power to you, if you want to continue to lie to yourself as another Black individual about Africa, but I don’t subscribe to the notion that Africa was this one great place where all Black tribes from various kingdoms got along; I don’t intend to.

I am not dismissive of the impact colonization has had on various African communities; however, I am not going to solely blame it and infantilize our people, because as long as we do not accept responsibility for the lack of development to which we have contributed, we will never progress and will remain stagnant for decades and centuries; look at Haiti and see how things are working there. Colonization occurred all across the world, not just in Africa; I don’t see countries like Malaysia, Brunei, and Indonesia condemning past colonial Western powers for discrimination and bigotry against their respective tribes within those countries. We choose to be cruel to one another, and it is up to us to accept personal responsibility for our preconceptions and hatred; no one is going to do it for us.

Before deciding to relocate to an African country, you, as a Black person from the diaspora, should conduct research on the societal issues and obstacles that each country faces. Perhaps you would be better off exploring those countries on your own, learning about the legal system, cultural norms, corruption, poor governance, and why the country may be falling behind when it comes to treating other people equally. Colonization is an excuse for everything wrong with Africa, and what are Africans doing to grow twice as quickly as Europeans and Asians? Nothing!

I’m glad I don’t live in Africa anymore because I’d lose my shit toward my people every day. Don’t just listen to Black Americans and other Black people from the diaspora living on the continent telling you to come to the Motherland and help rebuild it; instead, go there on your own and form your own opinions — even if some people will disagree with you. You will face racism from other Black people in that country who may envy you because they wish they were in your circumstances; for example, being passport bros, or believing that you have a superiority complex over them since you are from a Western country or the Caribbean. Be aware that, there are Black spiritual traditional practitioners that slaughter Black albinos and harvest their bodies; toddlers and adults are slashed to death with machetes in various countries such as Malawi, Tanzania, Uganda, Kenya, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Republic of the Congo, and other Sub-Saharan African countries — are we going to continue to blame Whites, Arabs, Chinese people, Japanese people, Turks, Pakistanis, Indians, and other groups of people for this shit too? Those who tell other Black people to move to the Motherland, do they raise these issues and challenge those involved with this savagery? Hell, freaking no!