I am from India we have similar concerns regarding the colonial atrocities since 1000 years from MOGHUL that is some arab race from Persia IRAN and from European imperialists
"African Art" is NOT INDIGENOUS BANTU art, it is a HYBRID art of WITCHCRAFT(majini(in water=maji); mami(mother)-wata(water)l vodoo, macumba, santaria) that comes from INDO-ARAB trader ancestor idol and/or polytheistic cultures. Indigenous BANTU culture is PURE MONOTHEISM like the HEBREW DEITY in the bible NOT in Triune-Arian Christianity!, and ANCESTORS are FOREFATHERS who are DEAD! The BANTU, unlike the GREEK does NOT believe in SEPARATION of BODY and SOUL, but the PERSON is a WHOLE ENTITY who is INDIVISIBLE, and therefore no such a thing as a GHOST, the WORD GHOST, does NOT even EXIST in BANTU languages because the DEAD PERSON was a WHOLE PERSON and NOT a DISEMBODIED "spirit"! So all that so-called "African" ART is NOT BANTU but a MONSTROUS ART of the ALIEN witCHCRAFT of the Middle and far East, Christianity and Islam and NOT BANTU. That "African" ART SHOULD NOT be MASQUERADING as BANTU ART, and so it should NOT be RETURNED as it DOES NOT BELONG to this MONOTHEISTIC BANTU continent. MOST of the MASKS have DISTINCT INDO-ARAB PHENOTYPIC and even WHITE-RED Colour with BLUE EYE even! and others like the BENIN BRONZE HEADS are from INDONESIAN Warriors...so as BANTU learn to ANALYSE these "African" ART they KNOW BETTER that this ART is NOT their art but an ART OF EUROPEAN PATRONAGE, what WHITES and ARABS wanted from the HYBRID(Indo-Arab+Bantu(Berber(Baba=fathers!)) RACE they were creating and calling "Africa/African" So its IMPORTANT to EXPOSE this IMPERIALISTIC ART forms MASQUERADING as belonging or DEFINING the CULTURE of the BANTU when it DOES NOT, as its POLYTHEISTIC and WITCHCRAFT WORLDVIEW is completely ALIEN to the BANTU MONOTHEISTIC worldview!...an INFORMED REVIEW of what is BANTU and what is COLONIAL "African" culture...is NEEDED
If only you are ready to hear the truth, here it's: I appreciate the fact that she is educated but I'm sorry she doesn't have the heart of an AFRICAN PATRIOT and she is very much aware of that.💝🙏🏽
Chimamanda is a very brave woman, I am very much proud of you as an African man and Namibian, the truth will never change, we must call a spider and spider, Europe is one of the most evil continent on earth, even God knows, I did not wanted to comment on this topic but it touches my heart and soul, even if Europe tries to escape their ugly history in Africa under the pretext of not trying to dwell in the past, it will never change, Europe is just full of ignorance
Dear Chimamanda.. it's only very recently I learned about you.. but I am mesmerized by your confidence and the way you convey the truth in a simple and more convincing way with such stable and strong way. I want to read more of your books and want to show my 4 year old daughter how confident and strong a women should be!
Thank you so much sister Chimamanda! A voice and example of courage to be followed in the motherland. From my diasporic experience, I cannot only say 'kudos' sister for your courage! Black woman power!
From Ghana: I can listen to your brilliant expose ten times a day without getting tired. Indichie, you are exceptionally brilliant, witty , charming and powerful. As a Freedom fighter,. you continue to make Africa and all peoples who suffer brute exploitation proud and hopeful. You powerful voice can never be ignored. You have truly won the hearts of many including mine. Thank you , Jah bless.
Wow! Wow! Wow! Sweet voice like honey but sharp as a sword. Full of insight, dignity, and courage. I once said it, whether you want it or not, YOU ARE MY SISTER!!! From Burkina Faso.😊❤😊
For peace to be, there must be justice. No Justice without Truth. Then come apologise, restitution, forgiveness reconciliation and progress. Chimamanda is World class
I would love Chimamanda to talk about Americans making it illegal to teach our history! We can never overcome racism if we ban learning about it! Teaching about the long, long history of slavery, Jim Crow, black codes, redlining, mass incarceration and more is necessary to heal in the U.S.
30 years ago I met African Americans ...who did not. Know they were here cuz of slavery. Serious! They even got upset. When I said u guys are actually Africans. Who lost their tribe language. IAM no African! Hihihihihihi I realised maybe only college. Provides this history. Cuz they were. All factory workers. U are right! Many Don t know history!
What a timely and poignant presentation, Ms. Adichie! Thank you! I am a white American male who has just come back home from a marvelous four-week tour of Namibia. While there, I was taken aback by the presence of monuments extolling the actions of the German Imperial soldiers who were instrumental in the deaths of the 100,000 native Herero and Nama people in what was then German Southwest Africa. I visited the field located on the edge of the city of Swakopmund containing the unmarked graves of hundreds of Herero and Nama. Meanwhile, in the center of the city, there is a large monument unveiled in 1908 dedicated to the memory of the German Imperial soldiers who slaughtered the Hereros and Nama in the years 1904-1908. I NEVER KNEW this about Germany. German rule of what is now Namibia ended 117 years ago, and these monuments ARE STILL ON DISPLAY! I saw first-hand the "German nostalgia for Imperial times" which you have just referred to. This is especially strong in Swakopmund. It is insulting to all present-day Namibians, especially to the descendants of the murdered Herero and Nama. Germany definitely owes present-day Namibia restitution. Restitution, NOT loans! It is time for the white man, be he American, Canadian, or European, to right the historical wrongs which our ancestors perpetrated on the non-white world.
Nobody ever denied German atrocities, but why do you need to exaggerate? Between 40-60000 Herero died (every single victim one too much). This war-crime was an exaggerated retalliation initiated by Lieutenant General von Trotha (after 1500 Germans were killed), and von Trotha was directly called back to Berlin after the news had spread and he was tried in court.
@@wolfsettgast4945 Listen.. Dont stop, continue with this hubris, but remember "after hubris comes fall". Namibia will clean out their trash of german nazis very soon. You can buy corrupt african politicians but you cant pay more than the chinese, and they hate you way more than african do. You can say what ever you want, but everyone knows that whites are done in Africa (of course not as tourists, but as landowners? Haha.. DONE
Correct. It baffles me that the Africans said to be responsible for war crimes in Rwanda, Congo,Uganda etc were brought before the International Criminal Court at the Hague,but not even one European country has been sent to to the ICC for its involvement of colonialism, the brutal murder of Africans, not even one. Africa did not need loans ,for the fraction of damage caused by Colonialism outweighs what they to offer in terms of loans and development.
@@JacquiM2023 'said to be responsible'??? Wtf. There we have it. I assume the victims were dreaming and it was actually the Mexicans who killed their families and neighbours. Such a bizarre start to your comment. Try again dummy.
I also like her but in one way she is asking about truth and in other she is lying and ignores the fact that Europe is much larger and that Belgium, Germany, France and the UK are not the only part of the continent.
Just like America, the thing is the tales of America are stories made up to soothe white people but as distorted as they are they still shed a bad light on white people. Quite frankly the stories about white people globally is a horrific one.
Yip....it leaves out a lot of the facts: Biggest traders in slaves were Arabs. Nobody hears about that. People think whites ran around Africa with large nets catching slaves. In fact they were TRADED. One could say Americans responsible for z% , x% Portuguese, y% South America ect. But it was AFRICAN chiefs who sold 100% of these slaves. Africa was the LAST place to outlaw slavery. Mauritania abolished it reluctantly in 1981! Britain actively fought against it for years and outlawed it in the 17th century!!! Yet all you hear is white contribution. Slavery is not a racist issue it is about who is in power and who is vulnerable. There was an active trade in white slavery - the word slave is derived from thexword "slava" - east european, white slaves. In fact, Britain outlawed slavery LONG before it outlawed white child labour!!! Anyone holding onto a selective, racist narrative is doing so willfully, stupidly and for their own benefits.
Some comments from the people who have benefited from stolen wealth can be very arrogant, flaunting their riches to the world while expecting the people they have looted to remain silent. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you are our queen, intelligent and beautiful!
One can understand the Western & European colonial powers wants to forget and just to move on, but unfortunately some European nations are not acting in a good faith. We are still seeing European greed & extreme corruptions, and they are repeating similar old colonial behaviors filled with all type of oppressions, political pressures, proxy wars, assassinations, Market monopolies, degrading African nations, land occupations, and continuing to steal the natural resources of Africa, Middle East, South America, and some asian small nations. Europe needs first to show good faith by real action and not by words. Europeans must teach the true history worldwide, followed by returning the stolen arts & stolen resources, and to help build These nations in Africa and all over the world to bring equality & justice free of biases, and to let the diverse free world to improve humanity and to build a much better civilized world for all humanity. The healing can all be done in the right way and then we all can move on to protect such history and to build our planet earth. At the end we are all living a temporary life and we hope to leave a good legacy for the new generations to come.
What a brilliant young African lady!Speak the truth without stumbling,it’s time the European leaders own to the wrongs done by their ancestors.Teach in schools the truth so our young ones knows the truth of what happened,God has bless you with Wisdom,Knowledge & Understanding.I’m proud of you beautiful lady 🙏🏽🌹🌹🌹🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Bravo! She speaks for every people that has been a victim of imperialism and colonialism. She speaks for justice, fairness and human decency with superb eloquence and irrefutable logic. Listening to her speech fills my heart with admiration and hope. Bravo!
Wow. Beautiful speech. European here. I completely agree with her 100%. I think European countries should return many art and important pieces to the countries they were stolen from. The UK, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries have stolen pieces and display them on their museums. It's a disgrace. The British Museum, for instance, wouldn't be the same at all without those pieces. I mean, without those pieces they could probably keep the 'British' in the name without being questioned as an authentic 'British' museum. Also the history part she was talking about is completely true. Me as a Canarian (Canary Islands) know this still happens today in a daily basis. Canarian kids are not told the full story of the Guanches in school. The Guanches are the aboriginal ancestors from the Canaries that were ultimately exterminated. There was a genocide, the same as there was in Spanish speaking Latin American countries. Men were mostly killed or sold as slaves the same as many women and kids. Some women were forced to marry Spaniards or European citizens. That's why many Canarians still have some mitochondrial DNA that comes from their female Guanches ancestors. Kids are told in history class a lot about the Spanish kings, queens and colonial 'possessions' in a way that looks like a nice fairy tale. It's disgusting. What about the history of our true ancestors who were Berbers from Northern Africa, established in the Canaries in the first millennium BCE? Some part of the history is told but not the way we'd like or with the same importance we'd like. They just reserve a bit of the last chapters of the history books to tell kids about the aboriginals and the massacre they suffered by the end of the year. That way kids can forget quickly about it. They also don't talk about any massacre but about a discovery and conquest. Hahaha. They are trying to erase and change our past and culture and nobody cares about it. Only the ones who want to keep their history alive keep pushing to educate future generations our true history. Today as a Canarian you can only be properly informed of your ancestors and history if you inform yourself. There are Guanches mummies outside the Canaries in Madrid, Cambridge, Paris, Germany and Canada among probably other places. That needs to be returned the same as any other archaeological rests that are kept outside the Canaries. Many African countries are full of a European influence that reminds to colonialism still today. It's a shame. Let's hope this can change in a near future. They need more education and people like her who can demand their right to be respected and left alone. Unfortunately Africa is full of corrupted politicians who need to be taken out of power by the African population the same as some remaining regimes. Then the wealth has to be distributed among the population via social politics to create a healthy educated and dignified population.
I'm in love and in Awe!!!! If only I could be near women of such beauty, intelligence, and awareness in Brooklyn, NY! I would be the happiest man on Earth!!
This Beautiful Queen is a blessing and a Gift...the blessing being her ability to express the perspective of the silenced so eloquently while Gifting those of us lacking the Educational background an insight into our History when haven't had excess to...All Praises be to the Honor of this Queen Presence in our Lifetime 🖤🤎🖤🤎❣
One thing l know for certain is Africa will rise . We will remember what they did to us and still do to us. Be patient my people, black people all over the world.
Kind of a one--sided way to look at things. Do Africans take no responsibility at all for the condition of their continent? All of your problems are the fault of Europeans? I don't buy it. How much food and medical supplies and God knows what else has been given to African countries in the last 40 years. Billions and billions.
@@dienomo Now that’s BS and you know it. Everything that the west have is basically ours they stole and plundered or through the backs of black people. They continue to invest in plundering Africa and war. The white man and his capitalist system are our biggest enemy in Africa. If they stay out of Africa we will rise beyond
She's an African writer painting the real picture of events, how is that termed revenge? She's bold and head on on the problem. Outlined the illness and the remedy too💯.THE PROBLEM AFRICA HAS IS EUROPE ERASING BRUTAL HISTORY AND PRETENDING AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED. Why can't she speak for Latinos, Asians or any other ethnicity?, she's African that's her creative space, that's her cup of tea. Thank you for giving a voice to the voiceless.
American Imam Warith Mohammed said " you cannot expect a thief to return stolen goods." A society that does not embrace the virtue of honesty can't possibly be trusted to have the capacity to be generous. The fact that many European institutions fail to properly acknowledge their own history could only mean the distortion of others. I think that we must for as long as others lack an interest in right guidance stop expecting others to act with right guidance. All this said I am encouraged by the fact that not all Europeans were involved in slave trading and colonization but for the most part the EU has benefited from it by it's modern trade relations and those more responsible European countries should take a lead on the future of Europe.
We as black people should know our history but many of us been mislead by western education and media. I was born here in Canada, my parents from Jamaica while my great great grandmother from old Kongo Kingdom. So when I hear about Belgian genocide King Leopold I take it personally.
King Leopold ranks up with the worst examples of colonialism, exploitation and genocide. His people are ashamed of him. But if you follow African history don’t think that some African leaders themselves haven’t, or didn’t practice genocide. Your own ancestors capture by traders and subsequent slavery also amounts to genocide. It doesn’t need western media to mislead you about them. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Sudan, Mali, zululand, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mogadishu, and Kenya amongst many. Enjoy Canada where tales of historical genocide clog the media. I hope you find peace in your new home my brother.
Canada and the rest of North America are the site of one of the greatest genocides in recent history, a conservative estimate is that there are 50 million Native Americans fewer than there should be, some estimates put it at double that.
She is a con artist and a grifter that's all sh is. What about african that sold their own people why is she not talking about that. Africans sold their own and they still do that's why their women are being abused like slaves in the middle east and being used as a human toilet for money.
“We cannot change the past, but we can change our blindness to the past” ___ Chimamanda Adichie Do not claim to be saviours while denying your brutal days in the past. Chimamanda Adichie is a rare gem in our generation. Very objective in all her views. Wallahi kin gama aiki .
Daughter of the soil. I greet you! Even the English Queen's crown was stolen from AFRICA. Kenya, East Africa and Africa are proud of you, Chimamanda Ngozi A. and PLO Lumumba. May you live long.
I loved this speech, informative and eye-opening. Also, close to my heart, considering that a great percentage of Italian artifacts all over the world were indeed stolen
@@grahamt5924 European should try having children. You all are dying out. Focus on that. We (Africans) still have population numbers in the billions. Can you all say the same ? 😩🤣
@@grahamt5924 Africa had developed, prosperous kingdoms. Europe needs to acknowledge what they DID & continue to do TODAY! European nations invaded African kingdoms for ONE thing - to enrich Europe. So how was Africa poor?
We have a responsibility to teach our children our real history in our own homes.We need to be honest and encourage our children to do their own research concerning our past and present.We should not let other people tell our true stories!👍🙏🙏
Now I understand why They never wanted Africans to learn to read and Write.tell them Black Queen.....we are tired of their Avarice and Condescending attitudes...
Yes. And when you read some comments here, (in the case of Africa) there seem to be a concerted effort by some (Europeans) to either deny they were wrong or to say it was the Africans who were at fault.
How about what you are doing as we speak to Uighurs, Other countries with debt traps, exporting wuhan virus & Occupying & claiming places of dozens of other countries ?
@@Vidyasagarbb China isn't doing anything to the Uighurs. Tons of fake news about this have already been exposed publicly, not to mention that many independent journalists have gone into Xinjiang and recorded video evidence. The Grayzone did a whole piece years ago exposing Adrien Zenz as the source of these fabrications. As for claiming land, territorial claims exist between many nations. It's so common it's a non issue. You know what China doesn't do? Invade places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya and use countries like Ukraine for proxy wars.
@@kuanged you are absolutely wrong. We have an Uighur married into our family, I have firsthand information to confirm all atrocities are true. Her parents passports have been snatched, her Uncle disappeared without a trace. Chinese authorities literally burst into homes and force feed people to stop them fasting in Ramadan. She hasn’t seen her parents in years and she cannot visit them. They can’t even talk openly on video calls. Uighur are oppressed. Least you can do is admit the truth. However, if you live in China, we all can understand that your safety lies in denying/ avoiding this topic. After all, everyone remembers what the authorities did to the first Chinese doctor who identified Coronavirus. I don’t need to say more.
@@ammarafatima9717 When did this happen? What year? Assuming they did investigate him, do you know if her father had ties to ETIM? Are you aware of the unprovoked massacres by Uighur extremists that happened in past decades? How do you know her family wasn't involved? The US has something called Homeland Security in the US, and they send people to Guantanamo for less. Let's not jump to conclusions about your "family member" and take her at her word. That is, assuming anything you said just now was even true.
She is so eloquent, I can listen to her share her views endlessly. She is admirably taking back what’s been ours all along. Colonialism has caused generational trauma. This needs to be responsibly accepted and atoned. A fan from 🇩🇪🇵🇰
My African Hebrew heritage can never be erased, as long as my people and I continue like the elders of old, to tell our history to our children. And never ever again let anyone else tell our beautiful story. And all the museums of the world need to return all of our treasures that they STOLE from our ancestors!!! And from now on, we need our own institutions and schools of higher learning, immediately.
Well said ma, the said end of slave trade was as a result of industrialization not because whatever was assumed right. The colonial past in African was both human labour and minerals exploitation
She's courageous and making so much sense! I am Chinese and I am with her. The west should tell about their colonialism history in details and admit the wrong doings and should return our precious ancient arts. And especially stop the neo-colonization in poor countries like African or others!
The Uyghurs in Chinese internment camps welcome your desire for justice. We applaud that you have the courage of your conviction. We expect you will start protesting against your government today.
@@tpt8476 not at all , your ignorance of my history , and your own history makes anything you say invalid. Time for afrocentrics to stop being delusional and pathetic .
Power is : ability to delay the revelation of truth until it lost its relevance and then invite the people to discuss it, teach about morality without any consequences.
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I am from India we have similar concerns regarding the colonial atrocities since 1000 years from MOGHUL that is some arab race from Persia IRAN and from European imperialists
"African Art" is NOT INDIGENOUS BANTU art, it is a HYBRID art of WITCHCRAFT(majini(in water=maji); mami(mother)-wata(water)l vodoo, macumba, santaria) that comes from INDO-ARAB trader ancestor idol and/or polytheistic cultures. Indigenous BANTU culture is PURE MONOTHEISM like the HEBREW DEITY in the bible NOT in Triune-Arian Christianity!, and ANCESTORS are FOREFATHERS who are DEAD! The BANTU, unlike the GREEK does NOT believe in SEPARATION of BODY and SOUL, but the PERSON is a WHOLE ENTITY who is INDIVISIBLE, and therefore no such a thing as a GHOST, the WORD GHOST, does NOT even EXIST in BANTU languages because the DEAD PERSON was a WHOLE PERSON and NOT a DISEMBODIED "spirit"! So all that so-called "African" ART is NOT BANTU but a MONSTROUS ART of the ALIEN witCHCRAFT of the Middle and far East, Christianity and Islam and NOT BANTU. That "African" ART SHOULD NOT be MASQUERADING as BANTU ART, and so it should NOT be RETURNED as it DOES NOT BELONG to this MONOTHEISTIC BANTU continent. MOST of the MASKS have DISTINCT INDO-ARAB PHENOTYPIC and even WHITE-RED Colour with BLUE EYE even! and others like the BENIN BRONZE HEADS are from INDONESIAN Warriors...so as BANTU learn to ANALYSE these "African" ART they KNOW BETTER that this ART is NOT their art but an ART OF EUROPEAN PATRONAGE, what WHITES and ARABS wanted from the HYBRID(Indo-Arab+Bantu(Berber(Baba=fathers!)) RACE they were creating and calling "Africa/African" So its IMPORTANT to EXPOSE this IMPERIALISTIC ART forms MASQUERADING as belonging or DEFINING the CULTURE of the BANTU when it DOES NOT, as its POLYTHEISTIC and WITCHCRAFT WORLDVIEW is completely ALIEN to the BANTU MONOTHEISTIC worldview!...an INFORMED REVIEW of what is BANTU and what is COLONIAL "African" culture...is NEEDED
Chimamanda is a world class African asset. Periodt.
Not just African asset..a world asset
Thinkers lives matter
If only you are ready to hear the truth, here it's:
I appreciate the fact that she is educated but I'm sorry she doesn't have the heart of an AFRICAN PATRIOT and she is very much aware of that.💝🙏🏽
And that’s that!!!!!!!!
You drop the quality of whatever you was going to say with your “periodT” shenanigans
@@cadaankaIskailaali , only the deep understand the deep, periodt
This woman’s whole vibe is absolutely mesmerizing.
Chimamanda is a very brave woman, I am very much proud of you as an African man and Namibian, the truth will never change, we must call a spider and spider, Europe is one of the most evil continent on earth, even God knows, I did not wanted to comment on this topic but it touches my heart and soul, even if Europe tries to escape their ugly history in Africa under the pretext of not trying to dwell in the past, it will never change, Europe is just full of ignorance
Yes yes and yes 👏🏿 You are right about everything you said
As a European and a Jew I agree and simpathize with your words. There are some very bad actors on that continent
Dear Chimamanda.. it's only very recently I learned about you.. but I am mesmerized by your confidence and the way you convey the truth in a simple and more convincing way with such stable and strong way. I want to read more of your books and want to show my 4 year old daughter how confident and strong a women should be!
Thank you so much sister Chimamanda! A voice and example of courage to be followed in the motherland. From my diasporic experience, I cannot only say 'kudos' sister for your courage! Black woman power!
This woman is a blessing to the Africans and every other oppressed content in the world
She's MAGICAL..Powerful in the BEST way!!!
I love to hear this beautiful intelligent sister speak
Man, this gal is dropping some bombs!!
I'm telling you!!! The sister is FIRE.
From Ghana: I can listen to your brilliant expose ten times a day without getting tired. Indichie, you are exceptionally brilliant, witty , charming and powerful. As a Freedom fighter,. you continue to make Africa and all peoples who suffer brute exploitation proud and hopeful. You powerful voice can never be ignored. You have truly won the hearts of many including mine.
Thank you , Jah bless.
Wow! Wow! Wow! Sweet voice like honey but sharp as a sword. Full of insight, dignity, and courage. I once said it, whether you want it or not, YOU ARE MY SISTER!!! From Burkina Faso.😊❤😊
I love you mama, your courage to nail the important point is superb. African arts belongs to Africa, simple
Well spoken my lady...Africa will get there one day
Are they listening or pretending?
What a stunning message!
An elegant and surgically precise presentation. I salute this woman.
We need to promotion all her books. We need to be guided by her narrative. 🎉🎉🎉🎉she make anyone wish they were her❤❤❤
Very moving very deep! Thank you!
What a magnificent woman and speaker
Great Lady, i do love the way you educate europeans on social behavior , history and culture. Go ahead, ur struggle is very powerful.
For peace to be, there must be justice. No Justice without Truth. Then come apologise, restitution, forgiveness reconciliation and progress.
Chimamanda is World class
I was just shaking whilst listening. I felt it within my bones. Mama Afrika 😭😭
I would love Chimamanda to talk about Americans making it illegal to teach our history! We can never overcome racism if we ban learning about it! Teaching about the long, long history of slavery, Jim Crow, black codes, redlining, mass incarceration and more is necessary to heal in the U.S.
30 years ago I met African Americans ...who did not. Know they were here cuz of slavery. Serious!
They even got upset. When I said u guys are actually Africans. Who lost their tribe language.
IAM no African! Hihihihihihi
I realised maybe only college. Provides this history.
Cuz they were. All factory workers.
U are right! Many Don t know history!
Thank you and massive respect to Chimamanda. AFRICA UNITE!
What a timely and poignant presentation, Ms. Adichie! Thank you! I am a white American male who has just come back home from a marvelous four-week tour of Namibia. While there, I was taken aback by the presence of monuments extolling the actions of the German Imperial soldiers who were instrumental in the deaths of the 100,000 native Herero and Nama people in what was then German Southwest Africa. I visited the field located on the edge of the city of Swakopmund containing the unmarked graves of hundreds of Herero and Nama. Meanwhile, in the center of the city, there is a large monument unveiled in 1908 dedicated to the memory of the German Imperial soldiers who slaughtered the Hereros and Nama in the years 1904-1908. I NEVER KNEW this about Germany. German rule of what is now Namibia ended 117 years ago, and these monuments ARE STILL ON DISPLAY! I saw first-hand the "German nostalgia for Imperial times" which you have just referred to. This is especially strong in Swakopmund. It is insulting to all present-day Namibians, especially to the descendants of the murdered Herero and Nama. Germany definitely owes present-day Namibia restitution. Restitution, NOT loans! It is time for the white man, be he American, Canadian, or European, to right the historical wrongs which our ancestors perpetrated on the non-white world.
Nobody ever denied German atrocities, but why do you need to exaggerate? Between 40-60000 Herero died (every single victim one too much). This war-crime was an exaggerated retalliation initiated by Lieutenant General von Trotha (after 1500 Germans were killed), and von Trotha was directly called back to Berlin after the news had spread and he was tried in court.
@@wolfsettgast4945 Listen.. Dont stop, continue with this hubris, but remember "after hubris comes fall".
Namibia will clean out their trash of german nazis very soon. You can buy corrupt african politicians but you cant pay more than the chinese, and they hate you way more than african do.
You can say what ever you want, but everyone knows that whites are done in Africa (of course not as tourists, but as landowners? Haha.. DONE
More self-hating white advocacy. You give them reparations.
Correct. It baffles me that the Africans said to be responsible for war crimes in Rwanda, Congo,Uganda etc were brought before the International Criminal Court at the Hague,but not even one European country has been sent to to the ICC for its involvement of colonialism, the brutal murder of Africans, not even one. Africa did not need loans ,for the fraction of damage caused by Colonialism outweighs what they to offer in terms of loans and development.
@@JacquiM2023 'said to be responsible'??? Wtf. There we have it. I assume the victims were dreaming and it was actually the Mexicans who killed their families and neighbours. Such a bizarre start to your comment. Try again dummy.
This Woman says such powerful words I like her a lot☺️❤️
I also like her but in one way she is asking about truth and in other she is lying and ignores the fact that Europe is much larger and that Belgium, Germany, France and the UK are not the only part of the continent.
It’s not just you, it’s me, it’s all of us! Thank you beautiful beautiful message from you!
She is so smart and well articulated. This is what the world needs, more thinkers.
Thank you Ngozi
Sending you lots of love from Namibia 🇳🇦
Europe has developed a way telling the story of its colonial history!
Just like America, the thing is the tales of America are stories made up to soothe white people but as distorted as they are they still shed a bad light on white people. Quite frankly the stories about white people globally is a horrific one.
Yip....it leaves out a lot of the facts:
Biggest traders in slaves were Arabs. Nobody hears about that. People think whites ran around Africa with large nets catching slaves. In fact they were TRADED. One could say Americans responsible for z% , x% Portuguese, y% South America ect. But it was AFRICAN chiefs who sold 100% of these slaves. Africa was the LAST place to outlaw slavery. Mauritania abolished it reluctantly in 1981! Britain actively fought against it for years and outlawed it in the 17th century!!! Yet all you hear is white contribution. Slavery is not a racist issue it is about who is in power and who is vulnerable. There was an active trade in white slavery - the word slave is derived from thexword "slava" - east european, white slaves. In fact, Britain outlawed slavery LONG before it outlawed white child labour!!! Anyone holding onto a selective, racist narrative is doing so willfully, stupidly and for their own benefits.
Some comments from the people who have benefited from stolen wealth can be very arrogant, flaunting their riches to the world while expecting the people they have looted to remain silent. Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, you are our queen, intelligent and beautiful!
I do enjoy listening to this very intelligent
And fearless woman
Intelligent,she fearlessly demonized a whole nation for the sins of one man.
I am proud to be a Nigerian and African. Thank you Chimamanda❤️
Absolutely brilliant woman .
Uncomfortable truth told with poise, brilliance and courage by a gifted, African beauty. Thank you, Chimamanda, you make us all proud!
Thanks, Chimamanda for being our voice.
One can understand the Western & European colonial powers wants to forget and just to move on, but unfortunately some European nations are not acting in a good faith. We are still seeing European greed & extreme corruptions, and they are repeating similar old colonial behaviors filled with all type of oppressions, political pressures, proxy wars, assassinations, Market monopolies, degrading African nations, land occupations, and continuing to steal the natural resources of Africa, Middle East, South America, and some asian small nations.
Europe needs first to show good faith by real action and not by words. Europeans must teach the true history worldwide, followed by returning the stolen arts & stolen resources, and to help build These nations in Africa and all over the world to bring equality & justice free of biases, and to let the diverse free world to improve humanity and to build a much better civilized world for all humanity.
The healing can all be done in the right way and then we all can move on to protect such history and to build our planet earth.
At the end we are all living a temporary life and we hope to leave a good legacy for the new generations to come.
Simply amazing. Awesome delivery. Always.
What a brilliant young African lady!Speak the truth without stumbling,it’s time the European leaders own to the wrongs done by their ancestors.Teach in schools the truth so our young ones knows the truth of what happened,God has bless you with Wisdom,Knowledge & Understanding.I’m proud of you beautiful lady 🙏🏽🌹🌹🌹🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Thank you Chimamanda
Bravo!
She speaks for every people that has been a victim of imperialism and colonialism. She speaks for justice, fairness and human decency with superb eloquence and irrefutable logic.
Listening to her speech fills my heart with admiration and hope.
Bravo!
As the late great Dr. Maya Angelou once said “a half truth is an entire lie”
YOU GO REAL QUEEN.
Wow. Beautiful speech. European here. I completely agree with her 100%. I think European countries should return many art and important pieces to the countries they were stolen from. The UK, France, Germany, Spain and many other countries have stolen pieces and display them on their museums. It's a disgrace. The British Museum, for instance, wouldn't be the same at all without those pieces. I mean, without those pieces they could probably keep the 'British' in the name without being questioned as an authentic 'British' museum.
Also the history part she was talking about is completely true. Me as a Canarian (Canary Islands) know this still happens today in a daily basis. Canarian kids are not told the full story of the Guanches in school. The Guanches are the aboriginal ancestors from the Canaries that were ultimately exterminated. There was a genocide, the same as there was in Spanish speaking Latin American countries. Men were mostly killed or sold as slaves the same as many women and kids. Some women were forced to marry Spaniards or European citizens. That's why many Canarians still have some mitochondrial DNA that comes from their female Guanches ancestors. Kids are told in history class a lot about the Spanish kings, queens and colonial 'possessions' in a way that looks like a nice fairy tale. It's disgusting. What about the history of our true ancestors who were Berbers from Northern Africa, established in the Canaries in the first millennium BCE? Some part of the history is told but not the way we'd like or with the same importance we'd like. They just reserve a bit of the last chapters of the history books to tell kids about the aboriginals and the massacre they suffered by the end of the year. That way kids can forget quickly about it. They also don't talk about any massacre but about a discovery and conquest. Hahaha. They are trying to erase and change our past and culture and nobody cares about it. Only the ones who want to keep their history alive keep pushing to educate future generations our true history. Today as a Canarian you can only be properly informed of your ancestors and history if you inform yourself. There are Guanches mummies outside the Canaries in Madrid, Cambridge, Paris, Germany and Canada among probably other places. That needs to be returned the same as any other archaeological rests that are kept outside the Canaries.
Many African countries are full of a European influence that reminds to colonialism still today. It's a shame. Let's hope this can change in a near future. They need more education and people like her who can demand their right to be respected and left alone. Unfortunately Africa is full of corrupted politicians who need to be taken out of power by the African population the same as some remaining regimes. Then the wealth has to be distributed among the population via social politics to create a healthy educated and dignified population.
I'm in love and in Awe!!!! If only I could be near women of such beauty, intelligence, and awareness in Brooklyn, NY! I would be the happiest man on Earth!!
This Beautiful Queen is a blessing and a Gift...the blessing being her ability to express the perspective of the silenced so eloquently while Gifting those of us lacking the Educational background an insight into our History when haven't had excess to...All Praises be to the Honor of this Queen Presence in our Lifetime 🖤🤎🖤🤎❣
THE POWER OF THIS WOMAN IS IMMEASURABLE
@@AgolKuc she is the epitome of class.
One thing l know for certain is Africa will rise . We will remember what they did to us and still do to us. Be patient my people, black people all over the world.
Amen, brother
Exactly
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Kind of a one--sided way to look at things. Do Africans take no responsibility at all for the condition of their continent? All of your problems are the fault of Europeans? I don't buy it. How much food and medical supplies and God knows what else has been given to African countries in the last 40 years. Billions and billions.
@@dienomo Now that’s BS and you know it. Everything that the west have is basically ours they stole and plundered or through the backs of black people. They continue to invest in plundering Africa and war. The white man and his capitalist system are our biggest enemy in Africa. If they stay out of Africa we will rise beyond
Speaking like a QUEEN OF QUEEN's,,,.
Chimamanda Adichie
BRILLIANT speech.
GOD BLESS HER.
There is a God, noone will escape God's Judgement.
A modern day Griot personifying grace, dignity and courage. A world treasure.
This is a beautiful lady, I am so glad my walk coincides with hers. I hope our journeys see Black people progress all over world. Thank you!
Speaking Truth. Every word she spoke is truth.
Beautifully said!
She's an African writer painting the real picture of events, how is that termed revenge? She's bold and head on on the problem. Outlined the illness and the remedy too💯.THE PROBLEM AFRICA HAS IS EUROPE ERASING BRUTAL HISTORY AND PRETENDING AS IF IT NEVER HAPPENED.
Why can't she speak for Latinos, Asians or any other ethnicity?, she's African that's her creative space, that's her cup of tea.
Thank you for giving a voice to the voiceless.
Very very lucid. 👍
American Imam Warith Mohammed said " you cannot expect a thief to return stolen goods."
A society that does not embrace the virtue of honesty can't possibly be trusted to have the capacity to be generous.
The fact that many European institutions fail to properly acknowledge their own history could only mean the distortion of others.
I think that we must for as long as others lack an interest in right guidance stop expecting others to act with right guidance.
All this said I am encouraged by the fact that not all Europeans were involved in slave trading and colonization but for the most part the EU has benefited from it by it's modern trade relations and those more responsible European countries should take a lead on the future of Europe.
Never forget,and they should all pay reparation and release Africa of the colonial debt.
You Tell The Truth Sister. Bless You, and Your Historical Truth. ❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉😊😊😊
My dearest Chimamanda, my daughter will listen to your speeches. I love how you deliver the African story and pain calmly yet bluntly.
Admirable speech
"A story is true only when it is complete "
Thank you Chimamanda. I can sense the nervousness standing in front of vultures, so props to you.
At least she was invited to speak. Things are starting to change.
We as black people should know our history but many of us been mislead by western education and media. I was born here in Canada, my parents from Jamaica while my great great grandmother from old Kongo Kingdom. So when I hear about Belgian genocide King Leopold I take it personally.
King Leopold ranks up with the worst examples of colonialism, exploitation and genocide. His people are ashamed of him. But if you follow African history don’t think that some African leaders themselves haven’t, or didn’t practice genocide. Your own ancestors capture by traders and subsequent slavery also amounts to genocide. It doesn’t need western media to mislead you about them. Liberia, Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Sudan, Mali, zululand, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Mogadishu, and Kenya amongst many. Enjoy Canada where tales of historical genocide clog the media. I hope you find peace in your new home my brother.
@@mambaman9363 Yes, there's a fixation on white oppressive forces that borders on racism.
Canada and the rest of North America are the site of one of the greatest genocides in recent history, a conservative estimate is that there are 50 million Native Americans fewer than there should be, some estimates put it at double that.
This woman is an African hero
She is a con artist and a grifter that's all sh is. What about african that sold their own people why is she not talking about that. Africans sold their own and they still do that's why their women are being abused like slaves in the middle east and being used as a human toilet for money.
Really? You seem to be very liberal with your use of the word 'hero'.
Thank you for bringing us this brilliant essay. This woman's intellct is a gift to the integrity she so well represents. She continues to inspire me
This lady is great ! Content and delivery perfect.
Very precise. What a germ.
“We cannot change the past, but we can change our blindness to the past” ___ Chimamanda Adichie
Do not claim to be saviours while denying your brutal days in the past.
Chimamanda Adichie is a rare gem in our generation. Very objective in all her views.
Wallahi kin gama aiki .
Daughter of the soil. I greet you! Even the English Queen's crown was stolen from AFRICA. Kenya, East Africa and Africa are proud of you, Chimamanda Ngozi A. and PLO Lumumba. May you live long.
Tension so pulpable, you could literally cut the tension with a knife.
I loved this speech, informative and eye-opening. Also, close to my heart, considering that a great percentage of Italian artifacts all over the world were indeed stolen
Remember Walter Rodney Book How Europe Underdeveloped Africa. I read that book.
Africans need to develope themselves. Africa was not developed prior to colonisation that only lasted about 60 years and ended more than 60 years ago.
@@grahamt5924 look into something called ‘neocolonialism’
@@raph_csg People all over the world in rural communities are poor, why should the people in the Congo be any different?
@@grahamt5924 European should try having children. You all are dying out. Focus on that. We (Africans) still have population numbers in the billions. Can you all say the same ? 😩🤣
@@grahamt5924 Africa had developed, prosperous kingdoms.
Europe needs to acknowledge what they DID & continue to do TODAY!
European nations invaded African kingdoms for ONE thing - to enrich Europe. So how was Africa poor?
Chimamanda is a teacher for all time. Thank you for the illumination
Hi miss Africa i lift my hat to you you have courage and guts to show the colonizer who they realy are and you do it in style with class
Total respect. It take courage to say such things to such assembly. well done and we'll say. thank you for this inspirational speech
Love this women, from Ethiopia....I saw you first in my school(Europe). I hope they also show this video to future generationn.
Wow.. what a good speech. Did western media cnn and BBC broadcast this?
Wow! Well said!!
We have a responsibility to teach our children our real history in our own homes.We need to be honest and encourage our children to do their own research concerning our past and present.We should not let other people tell our true stories!👍🙏🙏
Now I understand why They never wanted Africans to learn to read and Write.tell them Black Queen.....we are tired of their Avarice and Condescending attitudes...
She needs her own media organization … Chi Media Truths Inc.
what a gift you are to this generation if only we can listen more and more from you
What an amazing speech!!! 👏
You are a genius, salute
I'm Chinese and I would say they are just like the Japanese. They still don't want to face the shame of what their forebears did to ours.
Yes. And when you read some comments here, (in the case of Africa) there seem to be a concerted effort by some (Europeans) to either deny they were wrong or to say it was the Africans who were at fault.
How about what you are doing as we speak to Uighurs, Other countries with debt traps, exporting wuhan virus & Occupying & claiming places of dozens of other countries ?
@@Vidyasagarbb China isn't doing anything to the Uighurs. Tons of fake news about this have already been exposed publicly, not to mention that many independent journalists have gone into Xinjiang and recorded video evidence. The Grayzone did a whole piece years ago exposing Adrien Zenz as the source of these fabrications. As for claiming land, territorial claims exist between many nations. It's so common it's a non issue. You know what China doesn't do? Invade places like Syria, Iraq, and Libya and use countries like Ukraine for proxy wars.
@@kuanged you are absolutely wrong. We have an Uighur married into our family, I have firsthand information to confirm all atrocities are true. Her parents passports have been snatched, her Uncle disappeared without a trace. Chinese authorities literally burst into homes and force feed people to stop them fasting in Ramadan. She hasn’t seen her parents in years and she cannot visit them. They can’t even talk openly on video calls.
Uighur are oppressed. Least you can do is admit the truth. However, if you live in China, we all can understand that your safety lies in denying/ avoiding this topic.
After all, everyone remembers what the authorities did to the first Chinese doctor who identified Coronavirus. I don’t need to say more.
@@ammarafatima9717 When did this happen? What year? Assuming they did investigate him, do you know if her father had ties to ETIM? Are you aware of the unprovoked massacres by Uighur extremists that happened in past decades? How do you know her family wasn't involved? The US has something called Homeland Security in the US, and they send people to Guantanamo for less. Let's not jump to conclusions about your "family member" and take her at her word. That is, assuming anything you said just now was even true.
Thanks for sharing your analysis and brilliance in regard to the matter at hand.
The Three Nigerian women i so much respect are Dr. Chiamanda Achebe, Dr. Ngozi Okunjo-iwuala and Late Dr. Dora Akuwili of Nafdac
She is so eloquent, I can listen to her share her views endlessly. She is admirably taking back what’s been ours all along.
Colonialism has caused generational trauma. This needs to be responsibly accepted and atoned.
A fan from 🇩🇪🇵🇰
Europe did our ancestors bad here in the Caribbean. We will never forget the land of our ancestors.
You need to erase African history to not blame Africans over the slave trade.
This woman is so incredible!!!
Bilal was a slave!
We as fba of black americans, support this.
Foundational black american, are here.
The same goes for the United States! I love love love listening to Chimamanda speak.
Wow brillantly said
This woman ❤️🙏🏾
My African Hebrew heritage can never be erased, as long as my people and I continue like the elders of old, to tell our history to our children. And never ever again let anyone else tell our beautiful story. And all the museums of the world need to return all of our treasures that they STOLE from our ancestors!!! And from now on, we need our own institutions and schools of higher learning, immediately.
Well said ma, the said end of slave trade was as a result of industrialization not because whatever was assumed right. The colonial past in African was both human labour and minerals exploitation
She's courageous and making so much sense! I am Chinese and I am with her. The west should tell about their colonialism history in details and admit the wrong doings and should return our precious ancient arts. And especially stop the neo-colonization in poor countries like African or others!
The Uyghurs in Chinese internment camps welcome your desire for justice. We applaud that you have the courage of your conviction. We expect you will start protesting against your government today.
Power to the people of the mother land!!!
We shall never forget what they did to us. We shall tell our generations the story of the wickedness of the West in Africa.
What about east africa?
Yeah probably best check out what those ottomans got up to.
Never shall we forget. We have to pass on the pain of injustices and the fight to continue to the next generations👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿
@@RastaLivityZim don't forget to mention that those colonials made you and your countries into what they are today.
Chimamanda in the "Lion's Den".
Chimamanda merely holds a mirror for Europeans today to look at themselves.
Yes and we very much like what we see.
@@LadyThunderbird63 but your institutional amnesia, fake narratives and propaganda betray otherwise.
@@tpt8476 not at all , your ignorance of my history , and your own history makes anything you say invalid. Time for afrocentrics to stop being delusional and pathetic .
THANK FOR THE MESSAGE..
Power is : ability to delay the revelation of truth until it lost its relevance and then invite the people to discuss it, teach about morality without any consequences.
Chimamanda!!! Chimamanda!!!! Thank you, thank, thank you....