What If West Africa United Into ONE Country?
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ต.ค. 2024
- While many attempts to unify the African continent have been made in the past, none have been successful. That begs the question, what would happen if countries in Africa sharing similar cultures united to create giant nations, and how would they impact the world?
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The top three languages will be English, French and Hausa (the widely spoken language in west Africa. Not Yoruba)
Different online sources have conflicting information regarding which are the top 3 most spoken languages. Some Nigerian websites claim it's Yoruba, while more international websites say that it's Hausa, so I favoured the Nigerian website's information over the rest.
@@Nudagbewa One language for the Continent as Swahili & Bantu. That's it.
@@Nudagbewa Nigerian source for a Pan-West African video? Hausa is spoken widely, yoruba is more concentrated in just western Nigeria & Benin.
There you go... this is why such planned unification will never happen. Instead, kick-out the colonizers and let things happen organically. Before the Whiteman came, the peoples in this geographical space interacted with each other. Whether warring or trading, they certainly had means of communicating
Great Video! My name's Frederick Delk I vision the United States of West Africa in 1992 - 1996. United States of West Africa is larger than the West African Federation because I include 1. Western Sahara 2. Chad 3. Cameroon 4. Central African Republic, 5. Gabon 6. Republic of the Congo 7. Equatorial Guinea and 8. the Southern 1/3 of Algeria make it about 3.6 million square miles about the size of the USA. The biggest problem in West Africa is the lack of trade & standards between the West/Central African Countries. The United States of West Africa would create larger single market & freer trade, transportation, Utilities, Railroads, Highways, Airflight connectivity etc within the Region.
I would be fine with this as long as it's independent from France
as a French person, same
This aged well
West Africa, I love my country.
Even with bad economic conditions and high poverty rate, just imagine what a federation like this would be able to accomplish. China is huge but remember how badly they were doing 40 years ago and look at them now.
Wow. 🇳🇬 represent. Westafrica represent.
🇧🇯❤️🇳🇬
Is possible only if discipline and transparency is place on the forefront!
Would love to see this happen!
France would make sure it would never happen
Cool idea
Being the most ethnically and linguistically diverse doesn't equate impossibility of union. Because union means to constituted in transcendence. To Union is to nourish each other with differences, in order to develop in a collegial way, by deliberating on the common destiny. Just as a nation is the deployment of nature in an institution, union is also the deployment of individualities to form a whole, a whole.
The nations taken individually, are an ethnic and linguistic diversity.
Having said that the issue isn't a United Africa, the issue is the well-being, freedom in Africa.
What needed to be explored is the reasons why some leaders in Africa have thought the necessity of a united Africa?
Was it, is it a reaction or a mean perceived that need to be conceived?
In looking at the history, there are some pieces of key of understanding. The Berlin Conference of 1884 has shared, divided. Share and divided refer to a situation where the underlying is a whole.
Since an idea is always an answer, the idea of a United Africa may have emerged in thought as an answer to this historical event.
And since idea has a spatio-temporal dimension, the era in which leaders have thought a United Africa is also a key. The colonial era. Colonization as the domination, the conquest of the other. Thus, leaders may have considered that if Africa were united, the continent may have withstood the contempt.
The ideas of Pan-Africanism, a United Africa have all been determined by how Africa and Africans have been treated. This is why even today, some Africans and more and more consider that Pan-Africanism, a United Africa are important goals, where Swahili is viewed as the language.
It is the contempt that has led to these ideas. The lived hasn't been a benevolence. Thus, what is, is perceived as something that has been imposed. Therefore, the being must become authentic, and authenticity means to distinguish oneself from certain things.
There have been too many errors when it comes to Africa. And the drama is some people don't want to change, they still perceive Africa and Africans through centuries-old lens. Thus, they are making things worse. Here is what French President Sarkozy told Africans in Dakar, Senegal in 2007 '"The tragedy of Africa is that the African man has not entered history enough."
There have been too many errors towards Africa and Africans.
The ideas of a United Africa, Pan-Africanism are perceived by some Africans and some African descents as instruments that will allow Africa and Africans to write their own history, their own narrative.
Speculate on how an East African Federation can come to be. A western one is less likely. Thanks for a thought provoking video.
Proud to be West African!
Nice video. But I'm pretty sure Hausa is more spoken across West Africa than Yoruba
What West Africa need urgently is a common Defence Pact and a Military High Command. THIS SHOULD BE INDEPENDENT FROM ANY FOREIGN INFLUENCE.
Whilst some NATIONS are destabilizing the REGION, ARABS are pressing to acquire parts of the SAHEL. Therefore, the NEED becomes imperative. The young ladies and gentlemen enrolled in the military service of the USA, UK and France could join such a Force. I am confident that West Africa can create a Force of about 1.5 million soldiers to guard against our wealth, whereby the demand for every need should be created and supplied within Africa and not from outside, irrespective of whether the demanded items have less Quality. REMEMBER, THE COMPANIES CAN ONLY GROW OR BE PERFECTED THROUGH R&D. Africa must start to coordinate jointly, the Production of CAPITAL GOODS resulting from creating Platforms for Private and National Engineering Entities. Such Activities must be backed by and with National sovereignties. It is imperative, and African Historians may examine and see that this is the right time to embark on such ventures. Please examine carefully which historical events boosted the Independence Achievements in Africa, especially North, West and East.
United States of West Africa/Nigeria
Land: 3,600,000 square miles
Population: 1 billion
GDP: $10 Trillion
PPP: $15 trillion
Nuclear Power Plants: 50
Nuclear Weapons: Yes
Military Expenditures: $350 billion or 3.5% of GDP
ECOWAS Nations, CEMAC Nations, Mauritania & Western Sahara into One Nation.
When East Africa become one federation then Africa more prosperous. Then other regions would be form new federation. Later Central African countries Cameroon, Gabon, Congo Republic will be the part of this federation
Yes.
The moment east africa federation to be declared they are now federation.... U will see the rest doing it faster faster
I'm from west africa and i think that will happen soon
im from east africa and i wish you the best
That's possible in East Africa,i don't think can work in west Africa
So what can we the youth do from abroad? How much would it take for the industrialization area? And can a man achieve this mythical goal
I predicted that that ECOWAS Nations, CEMAC Nations including Mauritania and Western Sahara to become One Political Entity or One Country between 2040 and 2050.
United States of West Africa/Nigeria
Land: 3.6 million square miles
Population: 1 billion
GDP: $5 trillion
PPP: $10 trillion
The irony is, if the
- conflicts in the area would end,
- fight against corruption
- make way to economic cooperation and development
This could happen by 2050, a 5 trillion GDP would be doable
Ghana is the most stable nations in Africa, where did you get that source.
3:43 I would say Madagascar is a bit politically unstable
This will be very tough
If West Africa is united, it will be by a a west African American, and under the banner of religion.
If the Continent is united, it will be a son of new Africa, very likely under Ghana or a newspaper nation which has never spoken french, portugese or english.
I long for a day when all people can look at each other as equals.
Abuja is the capital of ecowas and you think accra with bad roads and floods would be the capital?
When looking for a theoretical capital, I prioritized political stability above everything else. (Also from my personal experience, Accra infrastructure is relatively decent especially for a low income country)
This hypothetical country may win fifa world cup.
bruh they're copying us 😐
1975...
1,One west African army
2,one west African currency, economy and free movement of people goods and services
3,one west African diplomatically and political confederation.
West Africa unite, east Africa unite north Africa unite, southern Africa unite =one step away from Africa unity which is the ultimate strength and force the world have never seen 😂😂😂😢
Yup, it will be a 4 billion people nation by 2100 if the continent will unite
Even 5-6 unions would be a huge step forward
But people need to tolerate each other and all conflicts ended so it can encourage investments and the dictatorships replaced
Yoruba a lingua franca around the entire country? That makes no sense, Yoruba is only spoken in the south east of West Africa and Yoruba isn't even a lingua franca in Nigeria. Why would it be one in the entirety of West Africa?
English should be lingua franca
@@blenderremastered9959 isn't the point to escape colonialism?.. Yeah this would never work the tribalism is already showing. I'm not even yoruba and I wouldn't mind bc they are my brothers
And then give the leadership to Assimi Goita or Ibrahim Traore!
How did you know no one knows tomorrow west African might be what you didn’t expect
All of Africa east west north south
civil war and chaos. and you know it
The entire continent will unite as it once was before the Devils arrived. All Africans of the Diaspora are returning home. All other's must get out or perish!
one day
These are lies ... Africa only has 4 Tribes BANTU NILOTES CUSHITES & BARBERS uniting into United Nations of Africa is not that complicated
Hausa is predominant language in West Africa
Jend. Sam Ardi Bolkiah Abdurrahman, GUAM ( irian dar'es salam) country situs Ibrahim nabi.
All thanks to Nigeria tho
The idea is that in such a theoretical nation every entity that makes up the nation has something to bring to the table. For instance, Nigeria has a severe electricity problem that they've been dealing with for a while. Meanwhile Ghana produces more electricity than it actually needs, and Benin has a handful of solar farms. These countries could supply electricity to Nigeria, while Nigeria helps other states with other things :)
@@Nudagbewa Yes.
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West Africa tryna copy east Africa lollllll
1975...
Yes east is the best federation for now
Not even Mali can have peace... Imagine a Giant Mali
They cant have peace because of westerners who sponsorize terrorism to spoil gold and uranium.
Giant Mali, did you hear of the Mali Empire, or Songhai empire, which is essentially west African federation.
No tell them French and English to leave
Ghana is peaceful on his own pocket, common dude Ghana capital? sick
Not as great as United States of Africa.
This could also be applied to all
the North African Countries from
the West to the East,to create
a Super Country.
Theys nothing comes out of united of Crcks 😂😂😂
Why you sound like a white guy?
Maybe I'm white ;)
@@Nudagbewa if that's your name definitely NOT
If I may give you a suggestion : why not a historically and culturally compatible state in West Africa ? Not this CEDEAO federation but a state who covered thé soudano sahélien area historically united since centuries by its muslim empires like Mali, Songhay, Kanem Bornou ans Sokoto. These people have same religion, islam who unite them despite different ethnic groups. This sahelian federation would cover roughly thé current Senegal, Gambia, Mauritania, two Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Northern Côte d'Ivoire, Niger, Chad, Northern Nigeria, North Cameroon. That's thé sudano sahelian civilization area with same dominant religion and culturally compatible people. This state would be named "Sahedane" because of the contraction of Sahel and Sudan.
Man that's so complex
It can never ever happened
My brother do research before you upload a video wisely
I would appreciate constructive criticism :)
Do you think that will be fair for Nigeria? Generating more than 80% of gdp and resouces to be share with other west africans who are largely unproductive owing to france ! This isnt realistic in my opinion.
U think the rest of west africa has no resources? 😂 lol
@@dawud7864 it’s not about what I think. It’s about figures and data. Recourses doesn’t always equal money, that’s why Africa is the poorest continent despite huge resources.
What the hell are you talking about?....
Cote d'Ivoire is the first producer of cocoa in the word,and second in evea....,Guinea Conakry is the country which has every natural resources in the world...,Republic of BENIN is the first producer of Cutton in africa,Senegal has the best africa fish reserve in its ocean.....and so on....don't put everything on Nigeria which is overpopulated and which also has safety and energetic issues although their ressources.....
Beeing together we will help each other in something.....but just saying those bullshit that this country is better than another in that case is very useless......
Thanks..
@@medardzohoun7460No sentiments! Could you put your questions to France why these countries have so much, yet only very little liquid cash.
Nigerias gdp is $530b, while the next highest in the region is Ghana $74b, and cotte de voir $70b and most of the rest under $20b
Do the maths!
If you discard figures and consider only sentiments, then I have nothing more to discuss with you.
No matter how you all in Ghana hate Nigeria, the truth still remains!
@@freshoilonyou how come? You don't even know which country am i from and you said Ghana
Do i tell you i'm from Ghana?
You're talking about francophone country and you don't even know that half of their financial ressources belongs to France...and if we become one country like WEST AFRICA COUNTRY it want be the same....
And what you don't know there are a lot of things that those countries you're minimising do to help Nigeria back....do you think all the cement that Dangote sells are all sold in Nigeria?.....
Everybody likes his country but coming here and talk the way you're doing that's very useless....and that's also some reason why you people from NIGERIA are not really welcomed and well hosted in other countries because of your ego and so on....bof...
The literacy rate is based on Western languages.
Not the ajami, which rises to nearly 100%
Wrong. The literacy rate is based on local and foreign languages.
"It is estimated that over 50% of the population of this ‘French-speaking country’ are illiterate in French, and adequate skills in written and oral French largely remain the purview of urban elites. Many ethnic groups of the country, including Wolof, Pulaar and Mandinka use Ajami scripts for their written communication. "
"In the Diourbel area of Senegal where Ajami dominates French literacy".
Yeah right.