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What if there was a United States of Africa

Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:21 pm
Posted by DavidTheGnome
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:21 pm
Maybe not the whole continent but if somehow all of subsaharan Africa joined together to become an entity like the USA. I could see them becoming a dominant player in the world, maybe something to rival US and Chinese power? Someone would need to come in and completely take over, but if they could unify the countries I think that would be interesting.

Posted by tigerbait121
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:22 pm to
What if your aunt had a weiner?
Posted by The Boat
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:22 pm to
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What if there was a United States of Africa


There's not?
Posted by PolyPusher86
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:22 pm to
There is, it’s called New Orleans
Posted by TH03
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:22 pm to
They'd be kangz
Posted by VermilionTiger
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:22 pm to
one kang, do rule dem all
Posted by OweO
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:23 pm to
What if "if" was a fifth?
Posted by East Coast Band
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:23 pm to
Instead of the EU for Europe, you can call it AU for Africa.

Make Auburn University consider changing their helmet logo.
Posted by Hogwarts
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:25 pm to
3 bans, I'm calling it now.
Posted by Placebeaux
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:25 pm to
Gaddafi tried his whole life to unite Africa under its own currency and all it got him was killed. Killed by the global banking elite under the disguise of NATO.
Posted by Collegedropout
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:26 pm to
Well yes, that’s the Chinese plan
Posted by DavidTheGnome
Monroe
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:27 pm to
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Instead of the EU for Europe, you can call it AU for Africa.



Yeah but I’m envisioning something more politically cohesive than the EU. Europe is still a bunch of individual countries even if they are all tied together. I’m imagining someone just come in and dominate much of the African continent. Split it into a bunch of states like we are but have this unifying federal government.
Posted by SidewalkDawg
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:27 pm to
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Someone would need to come in and completely take over, but if they could unify the countries I think that would be interesting.


You know you may be on to something. Maybe we could have some 1st world country like, say, England come in and set up some trade routes and colonies. We can slowly start teaching Christianity and enforce civil laws. Then when the locals are ready, we can usurp the culture and voila, United States of Africa.
Posted by The Boat
Member since Oct 2008
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:27 pm to
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Gaddafi tried his whole life to unite Africa under its own currency and all it got him was killed. Killed by the global banking elite under the disguise of NATO.


Blowing up a 747 full of Westerners didn't help him any
Posted by redstick13
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:27 pm to
That region for the most part has been on a steady decline since the end of colonialism. The areas could never sort this out on their own and there is no way they would accept outside influence.

The former French speaking colonies have a common currency (Francs CFA) and a trade agreement (CEMAC). Even CEMAC doesn't work very well.

This post was edited on 1/24/18 at 12:30 pm
Posted by ItNeverRains
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:28 pm to
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Well yes, that’s the Chinese plan


China is a fantastic solution for Africa
Posted by KG6
Member since Aug 2009
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:30 pm to
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joined together to become an entity like the USA


You realize that only worked in the US because we were basically all English. Yes, it was 13 separate colonies, but overall the culture was pretty much the same. Outside of a few things to work out in the Continental Congresses, it wasn't that hard.

Compare that to Africans who likely don't even realize that there are other countries that exist outside of theirs, much less have a concept to joint together for a common cause.
Posted by redstick13
Lower Saxony
Member since Feb 2007
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:30 pm to
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China is a fantastic solution for Africa



Africa is flooded with Chinese. You wouldn't believe how many live there.
Posted by arkiebrian
NWA
Member since Nov 2006
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:31 pm to
Welll...gotta get that literacy rate up first. Dictatorial powers won’t do that.
Posted by Napoleon
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Posted on 1/24/18 at 12:32 pm to
Do you Star Trek bro?

Uhura was from United Africa.
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