{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Who is &quot;Africa&quot; in Global Negotiations?","description":"  Firoze Manji, publisher of Daraja Press and Adjunct Professor in the Institute of African Studies, Carleton University, argues that asking how Africa can stop being an &quot;afterthought&quot; in global negotiations is the wrong question. Africa is already central\u2014a theater of competition between superpowers. The real issue is internal: which Africa? Three billionaires hold more wealth than half the continent, and 75% of elite wealth sits offshore. Drawing on Fanon, Manji shows post-colonial elites have simply replaced the colonial settler, recreating the Manichean divide. Giving this &quot;Africa&quot; more power only serves a class aligned with global oligarchs. The deeper question: What is our conviction? Integration into an unequal order\u2014or building something new?     &amp;nbsp;   ","author_name":"DARAJA PRESS PODCASTS","author_url":"https:\/\/sites.libsyn.com\/538512","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/40784845\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/200585870"}